Sensorless Control and Inductances Estimation of IPMSMs using FPGA and High bandwidth Current Measurement

This paper presents a sensorless control method and a very fast on-line inductances identification of an IPMSM. The current slopes (derivatives) at one active-voltage vector and one zero-voltage vector are measured every PWM cycle to estimate the rotor speed and position with the aim of increasing the estimation accuracy and reducing total harmonic distortion. In addition to these current slopes, the DC bus voltage of the inverter is measured to estimate the machine inductances on-line. The proposed on-line parameter identification method can overcome the drawback of the existing off-line methods, such as: the requirement of a robust mechanical clamping system and test signal generators. The proposed on-line method also addresses the limit of the existing on-line methods, such as slow update and the possibility of incorrect convergence of the estimated parameters. Extensive experimental studies were conducted to verify the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed sensorless control and parameters identification of the IPMSM. Author