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and it offers the fastest dynamic response of any current controller [62, pp.30-31,93]. The chief<br />

disadvantage is that the switching frequency is not constant throughout an electrical cycle it<br />

varies depending on the load type and the shape of the reference waveform. Another disadvantage<br />

is that independent control of the three phases is not possible (Appendix D) thus “phaseinterference<br />

minimization” control strategies are required to prevent errant behavior [132], which<br />

can include limit cycles [78, p.326]. There are methods to mitigate switching frequency variation<br />

([62, p.31], [43, p.752]) or achieve constant switching frequency [132]. Hysteresis regulation is in<br />

use in some areas [78, p.324] but at this time hysteresis control is not widely in brushless motor<br />

control applications. A third class of CRPWMs are the predictive (and/or dead-beat) methods<br />

[43, p.751] that rely on a load model. As far as this report is concerned, those methods will be<br />

lumped with on-line optimization methods; neither are discussed here.<br />

Figure 4.16 – Hysteresis CRPWM.<br />

In the sine-triangle inverter it is possible for the reference value to be greater than peak value of<br />

the carrier; this causes the inverter to saturate over the peaks of the reference, as shown in Figure<br />

4.17. 31 This causes harmonics to be produced as the average waveform deviates from sinusoidal.<br />

At the same time, the amplitude of the fundamental of the average waveform produced becomes<br />

larger than the amplitude of the sinusoidal output when no harmonics are generated (normal<br />

operation, when the reference amplitude is less than that of the carrier). In a properly designed<br />

SPWM controller the reference would be clamped so that saturation would not occur and<br />

harmonics would not be generated. However if the harmonics can be tolerated in exchange for the<br />

larger fundamental amplitude, the inverter could be designed to operate in this mode, which is<br />

31 This can happen in the hysteresis CRPWM as well but in that case it is an uncontrollable saturation,<br />

whereas the sine-triangle PWM the controller can prevent this from occurring, or command it to occur if<br />

desired.<br />

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