Optimized Model Predictive Control With Dead-Time Voltage Vector for PMSM Drives

In order to improve the current steady-state control performance of the model predictive control (MPC), a dead-time voltage-vector based MPC method is proposed in this article. First, the effect of the dead-time on MPC is introduced, and the formation process of the dead-time voltage vector existed in MPC is analyzed. Furthermore, the beneficial dead-time voltage vector and nonbeneficial dead-time voltage vector for the current steady-state control performance of MPC is distinguished, and the advantage of the beneficial dead-time voltage vector is analyzed. Then, the MPC method based on dead-time voltage vector is presented, which optimizes the action time of dead-time. Finally, the experimental results prove that the current steady-state control performance of the proposed MPC method is better than the conventional MPC method without increasing the switching frequency.