BLDC Motor Control
Designer Reference Manual
DRM028 — Rev 0
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BLDC Motor Control
MOTOROLA
Figure 3-3. BLDC Motor Back EMF and Magnetic Flux
The filled areas in the tops of the phase back-EMF voltage waveforms
indicate the intervals where the particular phase power stage
commutations occur. The power switches are cyclically commutated
through the six steps; therefore, this technique is sometimes called six
step commutation control. The crossing points of the phase back-EMF
voltages represent the natural commutation points. In normal operation
the commutation is performed here. Some control techniques advance
the commutation by a defined angle in order to control the drive above
the pulse-width modulator (PWM) voltage control.
Psi_A
Psi_B
Psi_C
Ui_A
Ui_B
Ui_C
Ui_AB
Ui_BC
Ui_CA
Atop
Btop Ctop
Cbot Abot
Bbot
Speed reversal
“Natural” commutation point
Phase Magnetic
Phase Back EMF
Phase-Phase
Flux Linkage
B–C
C–A
A–B
PH. A
PH. B
PH. C
Back EMF
PH. A
PH. B
PH. C
“NATURAL” COMMUTATION POINT
SPEED REVERSAL
ACTING POWER SWITCH IN THE POWER STAGE
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