Rotor Position Phase Correction for Sensorless Brushless DC Motor Based on Line Back EMF
This paper proposes a novel rotor position estimation method based on line back EMF for brushless DC motor (BLDCM). The relationship between position phase error and the symmetric line back EMF is analyzed. It is noted that line back EMF error can exactly reflect rotor position phase error. If the amplitude of line back EMF at the beginning of commutation is equal to the amplitude of line back EMF at the end of commutation, the waveform of line back EMF should be symmetric. Based on the above analysis, a closed loop control method to correct rotor position phase is presented. Line back EMF error is employed to keep the waveform of line back EMF symmetrical by PI controller. This paper also develops a sensorless BLDCM driver to implement the proposed method based on DSP and the experimental results prove the validity of the proposed method.