CURRENT CONTROL ALGORITHM TO REDUCE TORQUE RIPPLE IN BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS

This paper proposes a current control algorithm to reduce the torque ripple to commutation in unipolar PWM inverter-fed trapezoidal brushless dc motor drives. In this paper, we analyze the average voltage variation of the conducting phase due to commutation, and design a current controller to compensate for the average voltage variation. The proposed method predicts the duration of commutation to reduce the torque ripple due to over-compensation. Experimental results are presented that validate the proposed method.