A low-cost linear switched reluctance motor with integrated position sensor for general-purpose three-phase motor controller

Wai Chuen Gan, Chow Norbert Cheung

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel linear switched reluctance motion system that can be driven by a general-purpose motor controller hardware. This is achieved by two methods: a low-cost position sensor is first integrated into the linear switched reluctance motor (LSRM) by making use of the unique open structure feature of the motor. The resolution of the position sensor is further enhanced via sine-cosine interpolation. The output of the proposed position sensor is a standard quadrature (A,B) signal for industrial encoder interfacing. Then with a proper reconfiguration of the three-phase motor windings and the insertion of three diodes, the LSRM can be driven by a standard three-phase bridge inverter with two current feedback sensors only. By combining the proposed low-cost position sensor and the novel driving scheme, the LSRM can directly replace any three-phase linear AC permanent magnet (PM) motors or linear AC induction motors without any hardware reconfiguration. This would increase the popularity of applying LSRM in motion control system.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Pages468-473
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society IECON'2001 - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: 29 Nov 20012 Dec 2001

Conference

Conference27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society IECON'2001
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver, CO
Period29/11/012/12/01

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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