A Position Sensorless Control Strategy for the BLDCM Based on a Flux-Linkage Function

A novel sensorless control strategy for the brushless dc motor (BLDCM) is proposed in this paper. The proposed strategy is realized by employing new flux-linkage functions and can be applied to drive the sensorless BLDCM in the high-speed and low-speed ranges with highly accurate and reliable commutation. Another attractive feature is that the jumping edges of the flux-linkage functions are utilized to determine the commutation points, so there is no threshold needed as compared with other sensorless control methods. In addition, the three-phase current control method is adopted, and terminal voltages in flux-linkage function expressions can be easily obtained by calculation. By this way, the sample delay and the influence of the floating phase voltage can be eliminated, which can improve the accuracy and reliability of the sensorless control strategy. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy is verified by experimental results.

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