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Sinusoidal Approximations<br />

There are several ways a winding can be made to approximate a sinusoidal distribution. Perhaps<br />

the most intuitive is to allocate a number of conductors per slot in a stepped approximation to a<br />

sinewave, as shown in Figure C.4, where all coils are connected in series. The end turns curve<br />

around the stator but are shown straight for clarity.<br />

Figure C.4 – Stepped approximation.<br />

A particular example is given in [42, p.175] where the optimal values were determined and were<br />

as follows. Assuming impractical ideal conditions, this stepped winding did not produce any<br />

MMF harmonics below the 11 th (which was 18% of the fundamental).<br />

N1 = 250 turns<br />

N2 = 183 turns<br />

N3 = 67 turns<br />

Such a stepped winding can only be wound if the motor has a large number of slots per pole (six<br />

in this case if the motor had two poles). In addition, this winding would force conductors from all<br />

three phases to occupy each slot which increases the manufacturing complexity and cost of the<br />

winding [68, p.180]. The least intuitive method is to build a fractional slot motor, which is one<br />

with a non-integral number of slots per pole per phase [68, p.87]. In this type of motor the coils<br />

are connected in series as usual and each individual coil has the same span, but the coils are not<br />

placed symmetrically about the stator. While not all fractional slot motors approximate sinusoidal<br />

windings they can be made to do so. Apparently the factional slot motor is more easily<br />

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