Integrated Current Regulation for a Brushless ECM Drive Academic Article

abstract

• An enhanced means of regulating phase currents in a brushless electronically-commutated motor (ECM) without the use of any discrete current sensors such as shunts or current transformers is described. Current feedback information is provided by current sensors integrated into MOS-gated power switches (i.e., MOSFET' and IGBTs), and the current regulation is performed by gate drive power integrated circuits. A high degree of drive circuit integration is achieved by this new scheme, in addition to providing protection against dangerous fault currents not sensed by conventional bus-shunt configurations. Available power semiconductor switches and power integrated circuits make this technique applicable to permanent magnet ECM drives operating at bus supply voltages up to 500 VDC with power ratings from fractional to > 10 hp. 1991 IEEE

authors

• Ehsani, Mehrdad

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS

altmetric score

• 12

author list (cited authors)

• Jahns, T. M., Becerra, R. C., & Ehsani, M.

citation count

• 84

complete list of authors

• Jahns, Thomas M||Becerra, Roger C||Ehsani, M

publication date

• January 1991

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/63.65010

start page

• 118

end page

• 126

volume

• 6

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/63.65010