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Figure 4.9 – Gating and POLE voltages for ideal 120° and 180° six-step inverters.<br />

From a general power electronics perspective, both squarewave inverters can be used to<br />

approximate a sinewave output. It seems there is no sense in using the 120° inverter for this<br />

purpose because the fundamental would be lower than that of the 180° inverter; indeed it appears<br />

that only the 180° inverter is commonly used for this purpose. On the other hand, the squarewave<br />

180° inverter was the basis of the original adjustable speed AC induction motor drives and these<br />

are still commonly used [73], [75]. In that application the frequency is adjusted in order to control<br />

motor speed and the bus voltage is adjusted proportionally (according to a “V/Hz” profile) to<br />

keep the flux constant [78], [77]. The same 180° inverter could be used to control sinusoidal<br />

synchronous machines but this is not common in brushless permanent magnet motors. From a<br />

motor control perspective, it is obvious that the 120° six-step inverter described here is exactly<br />

suited to driving the trapezoidal BPMS motor discussed in Chapter 2. However it seems that the<br />

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