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BPM brush/brushless PM<br />

ECBM electronically commutated brushless motor<br />

ECDCM electronically commutated DC motor<br />

EDCM equivalent DC motor<br />

PMAC permanent magnet AC<br />

PMBDC permanent magnet brush/brushless DC<br />

PMDC permanent magnet DC<br />

PMSM permanent magnet synchronous motor<br />

SPM sinusoidal/surface/synchronous PM<br />

SPMSM surface PM synchronous motor<br />

SMPMSM surface mounted PM synchronous motor<br />

Most of these acronyms are unsuitable because they are ambiguous or contradictory. There seems<br />

to be an emerging trend in the popular literature: BLDC is used to refer to a trapezoidal motor<br />

and; PMSM is used to refer to a sinusoidal motor. But even within that trend there is much<br />

inconsistency. Additionally there is little consistency among motor manufacturers, but it is<br />

sometimes observed that motors meant to be driven with 120° currents are called “brushless DC”<br />

(BLDC) motors whereas motors meant to be driven with sinewave currents are called “brushless<br />

AC” (BLAC) servos. In surveying several motor manufacturers’ websites, some have two<br />

separate links (akin to BLDC and BLAC) that do point to two separate product lines, indicating<br />

the possibility of two different motors. Others have two separate links (akin to BLDC and BLAC)<br />

that point to the same product; in this case there is obviously only one motor type. Others have a<br />

single link, indicating that there is only one motor type offered by that manufacturer. As<br />

mentioned in the section on taxonomy, the motors considered in this report are all synchronous,<br />

brushless, AC, and they all employ permanent magnets. Thus this report has used trapezoidal and<br />

sinusoidal (or the shorter trap and sine) to describe the two common variants of the BPMS<br />

(brushless permanent magnet synchronous) motor, with the understanding that both types are<br />

synchronous and AC. There are many alternative definitions of AC and DC motors that have<br />

advantages (a good example is [69, p.1.3]), but most tend to unnecessarily segregate the brushless<br />

motors into the trap or sine types.<br />

It is the author’s opinion that the difference between trap and sine BPMs is surrounded by more<br />

misunderstanding and confusion than any other subject in the field of brushless motor control (the<br />

second-place award goes to the distinction between vector- and field-oriented- control). Magazine<br />

and online articles, internet discussion forums, datasheets, and application notes are often filled<br />

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