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D, some of the 120° methods are applicable when using a 180° inverter, but these require a<br />

neutral connection which is not available on standard motors.<br />

In contrast to the 120° inverter, a 180° inverter drives each phase high or low at all times thus<br />

there is no possibility of using the direct bEMF sensing techniques applicable with 120° inverters.<br />

Instead, an estimator of some sort must be used to determine rotor position. Many of these<br />

methods are applicable to 120° inverters as well (but as mentioned, the converse is not true). The<br />

estimation methods could be divided into two categories. The first consists of those that estimate<br />

variables (such as rotor-stator flux linkage, bEMF) based on principle (first-order) effects. The<br />

second consists of those that estimate variables based on second-order or parasitic effects. These<br />

include tracking inductance variation due to saliency (a second-order effect) or due to saturation<br />

(which is normally a parasitic effect but it can be intentionally exploited) [87, pp.167-176]. The<br />

latter methods are specialized to particular machine topologies; many require a salient machine<br />

but some are applicable to rotors with surface-mounted magnets. In addition, some of them<br />

exploit features that require analysis deeper than that presented in this report, including a detailed<br />

treatment of the leakage flux path and the consideration of the effects of slotting and tooth<br />

saturation. Some techniques require very accurate values of machine parameters. Finally, a<br />

variety of techniques require a high-frequency signal to be injected into the stator voltage<br />

commands to excite the variance they track (this requires a deeper understanding of the inverter)<br />

and the chosen frequency and magnitude can be critical to performance [168], [169], [170], [171].<br />

Several methods require special techniques to remove ambiguity in position sensing. For these<br />

reasons, only the estimators of “normal” principle quantities will be discussed further. (As with<br />

all other areas of BPMS motor control, the sensorless literature is flooded with techniques that<br />

use artificial intelligence [87], [60], [61]. As before, many of these warrant their own field of<br />

study and are not mentioned here.)<br />

Reviews of sensorless operation of AC motors have been published ([172], [167], [166]) as well<br />

as general articles reviewing AC motor control which include sections summarizing sensorless<br />

operation ([93], [102]). Many references address AC motors as a whole, thus care is required in<br />

discerning which general group of motors and inverters a technique is applicable to (induction or<br />

BPMS, nonsalient BPMS or salient BPMS, 120° or 180° inverters); this is very difficult to do<br />

when techniques for induction and BPMS motors are reviewed simultaneously.<br />

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