US4348627A
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Induction motor controller with rapid torque response
Assignee: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc
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Filing: 1980-03-24
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Granted: 1982-09-07
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Expires: 2000-03-24
Abstract
Abstract A control system for an induction machine. The system includes a multiphase variable frequency oscillator adapted to provide at least one pair of signals having frequencies proportional to the sum of a desired slip frequency and the frequency of rotation of the induction motor shaft, where the signals are in phase quadrature. A weighting network amplitude-scales one of each pair of signals by a factor related to the desired slip frequency. A summing network then generates an excitation signal for each stator winding by summing the amplitude-scaled signal and its associated quadrature signal corresponding to that stator winding.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald E. Fulton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:45
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P23/00; H02P23/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A controller for an induction motor having an output shaft, comprising: means for receiving a slip frequency command signal representative of a desired slip frequency for said motor, w s , means for receiving a shaft frequency signal representative of the rate of rotation of said shaft, θ, oscillator means responsive to said slip frequency command signal and said shaft frequency signal, said oscillator including means for generating at least one pair of associated signals, wherein the associated signals of each of said pairs have frequencies proportional to the sum of said desired slip frequency and said shaft rotation rate, θ+w s , and are in phase quadrature, weighting means for amplitude scaling only one signal of each of said pairs of signals by a factor proportional to said desired slip frequency, adding means for generating stator command signals representative of the sum of each of said amplitude scaled signals and its associated quatrature signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A controller for an induction motor having an output shaft, comprising: means for receiving a slip frequency command signal representative of a desired slip frequency for said motor, w s , means for receiving a shaft frequency signal representative of the rate of rotation of said shaft, θ, oscillator means responsive to said slip frequency command signal and said shaft frequency signal, said oscillator including means for generating at least one pair of associated signals, wherein the associated signals of each of said pairs have frequencies proportional to the sum of said desired slip frequency and said shaft rotation rate, θ+w s , and are in phase quadrature, weighting means for amplitude scaling only one signal of each of said pairs of signals by a factor proportional to said desired slip frequency, adding means for generating stator command signals representative of the sum of each of said amplitude scaled signals and its associated quatrature signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
116 words
A controller according to claim 1 wherein said shaft frequency signal is a pulse signal having a pulse repetition frequency equal to m θ, where m is an integer, and wherein said oscillator comprises: A. means responsive to said slip frequency command signal, for generating a first square wave binary signal having a frequency equal to m(w BIAS +w s ), where w BIAS is representative of a reference frequency, B. means responsive to said shaft frequency signal and said first square wave signal, for generating a second square wave signal having a frequency equal to w BIAS +w s +θ, C. means for transforming said second square wave signal to said pairs of associated signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
A controller according to claim 2 wherein said transforming means comprises: at least two pulse width multipliers for generating said pairs of associated signals, each of said multipliers being responsive to said second square wave signal and a carrier square wave signal having a frequency equal to w BIAS , wherein the carrier square wave signals for said multipliers have a predetermined phase relationship.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A controller according to claim 3 wherein said transforming means further comprises a sine wave shaper means responsive to the output signals from said multiplier means, for transforming said output signals to quasi-sinusoidal signals corresonding to said associated pairs of signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
A controller according to claims 3 or 4 wherein said motor is two phase and said transforming means includes two pulse width multipliers and wherein said carrier square wave signals are in phase quadrature.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A controller according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 wherein said motor is three phase and said oscillator means generates at least two pairs of signals having frequency θ+w s .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A controller according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 wherein said motor is two phase and said oscillator means generates at least two pairs of signals having frequency θ+w s .
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