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1 Introduction
J. Lee et al. (Eds.): ICIRA 2013, Part II, LNAI 8103, pp. 545–554, 2013.
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546 Z. Li, Z. Yin, and Y.-l. Xiong
the zero-crossing of back EMF [9]. Shao originally proposed the method of sensing
back EMF to build a virtual neutral point, and then the voltage difference between the
virtual neutral and the voltage at the floating terminal is sensed [10]. A new rotor
position estimation method based on the zero-crossing of line back EMF of the motor
is also presented in [11]. These methods have disadvantages to monitor both current
and voltage.
For sensorless control of BDLC motor drives, different PWM schemes may
involve the detection error of a rotor position due to the switching noise, and results in
the reduction of maximum electromagnetic torque and efficiency of the BLDC motor.
This paper presents a novel PWM strategy for position estimation based on the
zero-crossing detection of back EMF. Five traditional kinds of PWM strategies for
BLDC motor with six-step commutation are analyzed and compared. Through the
analysis to the diode freewheeling currents in the unexcited phase on non-
commutation period, the applicable PWM strategies are obtained corresponding to
above rotor position identification methods. On the basis, a novel PWM scheme is
proposed for position sensorless control of BLDC motor drives. It can reduce the
diode freewheeling current and the zero-crossing of back EMF can be detected
accurately. Simulation results show the good performance for the proposed PWM
scheme in position estimation for sensorless control for BLDC motor drives. It also
develops a sensorless BLDC motor driver to implement the proposed method based
on DSP and the experimental results verified its effectiveness.
This paper is organized as follows: Section 2: Zero-crossing of back-EMF model,
Section 3: The optical PWM scheme for back-EMF sensing technique, Section 4:
Simulation results, Section 5: Experimental results, and section 6: Conclusion.