Patent ID: 7098623

Claim:
A method for sensorless estimation of rotor speed and position of a permanent magnet synchronous machine the method comprising the steps of forming a voltage model of the permanent magnet synchronous machine, forming a flux model of the permanent magnet synchronous machine, measuring stator currents of the permanent magnet synchronous machine, defining stator voltages of the permanent magnet synchronous machine, calculating first stator flux vector estimate ({circumflex over (ψ)} d,i +j{circumflex over (ψ)} q,i ) using the flux model and measured stator currents, calculating second stator flux vector estimate ({circumflex over (ψ)} d,u +j{circumflex over (ψ)} q,u ) using the voltage model and measured stator voltages, comparing the directions of the first and second flux vectors to achieve a first error signal (F ε ), using speed adaptation to achieve estimates for the rotor angular speed ({circumflex over (ω)} m ) and angular position ({circumflex over (θ)} m ) from the first error signal (F ε ), using the estimate for the rotor angular speed ({circumflex over (ω)} m ) in the voltage model, injecting a known voltage signal (u c ) to the stator voltage, the magnitude of the voltage signal depending on the rotor speed such that the magnitude is decreased when the rotor speed increases and the magnitude reaches zero at a predefined rotor speed, detecting a current signal (i qc ) from the stator current to form a second error (ε) signal, which is dependent on the estimation error of the rotor position, and augmenting the voltage model by the second error signal (ε) to keep the first and second flux vector estimates aligned and so to correct the rotor angular speed ({circumflex over (ω)} m ) and angular position ({circumflex over (θ)} m ) estimates.