FPGA-Based Controller for a Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive Based on a Four-Level Active-Clamped DC-AC Converter

Joan Nicolas-Apruzzese, Emili Lupon, Sergio Busquets-Monge, Alfonso Conesa, Josep Bordonau and Gabriel García-Rojas
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Joan Nicolas-Apruzzese: Electronic Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Emili Lupon: Electronic Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Sergio Busquets-Monge: Electronic Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Alfonso Conesa: Electronic Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Josep Bordonau: Electronic Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Gabriel García-Rojas: Electronic Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: This paper proposes a closed-loop control implementation fully-embedded into an FPGA for a permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive based on a four-level active-clamped converter. The proposed FPGA controller comprises a field-oriented control to drive the PMSM, a DC-link voltage balancing closed-loop control (VBC), and a virtual-vector-based modulator for a four-level active-clamped converter. The VBC and the modulator operate in consonance to preserve the DC-link capacitor voltages balanced. The FPGA design methodology is carefully described and the main aspects to achieve an optimal FPGA implementation using low resources are discussed. Experimental results under different operating conditions are presented to demonstrate the good performance and the feasibility of the proposed controller for motor-drive applications.

Keywords: DC-link voltage balancing; field-oriented control; field-programmable gate array; multilevel active-clamped converter; motor drive (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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