Abstract: An AC motor drive includes a PWM voltage inverter which is responsive to voltage commands from a synchronous current regulator to control motor armature current and rotor speed. A feedforward voltage is also applied as input to the PWM voltage inverter and it is compensated to boost the effective gain of the inverter when it is operated in the pulse dropping region. The compensation values are precalculated and stored in a table from which they are read during drive operation.

Abstract: A non-invasive system for accurately determining the counter EMF or speed voltages in an electric motor during motor operation. The system includes a mechanism for determining the phase angle of the stator current within the dq frame of reference and a mechanism for transforming feedback voltages into a new frame of reference defined by this phase angle. The speed voltage values thereby detected are free from stator resistance effects and represent parameters of improved accuracy which can be used in motor control functions.

Abstract: An open-loop pulse width modulation (PWM) motor control for an induction motor includes a voltage regulator loop which is wrapped around a current regulator. When a load is suddenly encountered by the motor, voltage drops at the output of the current regulator. This is sensed and fed back to a voltage regulator and to a current limiter which then adjust the input signal to the current regulator to prevent an overcurrent that will trip a circuit protection device. The voltage regulator and current limiter may be implemented in either analog or digital circuitry.

Abstract: An open loop, volts/hertz motor drive for control of an induction motor adjusts the voltage command to a sine-triangle PWM inverter to compensate for reduction in PWM inverter gain and to compensate for variations in DC bus voltage in the pulse dropping transition region between PWM operation and six-step operation. The drive includes a microelectronic processor interfaces to DC bus voltage sensing circuitry and to the PWM inverter.

Abstract: An electronic motor drive for vector control of an induction motor controls slip and operating frequency in response to changes in stator voltage. The drive includes a torque control loop, a flux control loop and a frequency control loop which includes slip control in response to a voltage difference. In the constant horsepower range, above base speed, slip is controlled in response to an error between a d-axis reference voltage that is sampled at base speed and a d-axis feedback voltage that is sensed when the motor is operating above base speeed. Flux-weakening is provided in response to an error between a q-axis reference voltage that is sensed when the motor is operating at base speed and a q-axis feedback voltage that is sensed when the motor is operating above speed.

Abstract: A frequency control method is incorporated in a motor drive to prevent overcurrent trips when an induction motor is subjected to impact loads or reconnection under load. The drive includes a current regulator loop to control stator current and a voltage regulator loop to control the command to the current regulator. Motor voltage is sensed and a voltage error is developed. This voltage error is processed through a proportional-integral control loop which controls an operating frequency signal to the current regulator. The drive responds during current limit conditions to reduce operating frequency and speed until the current limit conditions subside. The motor can then be re-accelerated up to the desired operating speed.

Abstract: A regulator for a closed loop control system receives a sinusoidal reference input signal i* and sums it with a feedback signal i to produce an error signal. A control signal is produced by the regulator by combining signal components which include: (a) a component proportional to the error signal; (b) a componet proportional to the integral of the error signal; and (c) a component related to the frequency of the reference input signal. The latter component insures that an accurate control signal is produced by the regulator over a wide frequency range.

Abstract: A current regulator for a variable frequency power supply includes a proportional plus integral circuit that produces a composite control output signal for each phase. To improve the performance of the current regulator at higher frequencies, the composite control output signal for each phase also inlcudes a cross coupled component which is produced by multiplying a d.c. signal proportional to frequency times an integrator output signal from another phase. The composite control signals are applied to a voltage source inverter which produces the output currents to a load.