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The Dc Motors, A Kind Of Permanent Magnate Synchronous Motor Essay

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Brushless DC motors is a kind of permanent magnate synchronous motor. Permanent magnet synchronous motors are classified on the basis of the wave shape of their induce emf, i.e, sinusoidal and trapezoidal. The sinusoidal type is known as permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM); the trapezoidal type goes under the name of PM Brushless dc (BLDC) machine. Table (2.1) shows the difference between (PMSM) and (BLDC) motor. Permanent magnet (PM) DC brushed and brushless motors incorporate a combination of PM and electromagnetic fields to produce torque (or force) resulting in motion. This is done in the DC motor by a PM stator and a wound armature or rotor. Current in the DC motor is automatically switched to different windings by means of a commutator and brushes to create continuous motion. In a brushless motor, the rotor incorporates the magnets, and the stator contains the windings. As the name suggests brushes are absent and hence in this case, commutation is implemented electronically with a drive amplifier that uses semiconductor switches to change current in the windings based on rotor position feedback. In this respect, the BLDC motor is equivalent to a reversed DC commutator motor, in which the magnet rotates while the conductors remain stationary. Therefore, BLDC motors often incorporate either internal or external position sensors to sense the actual rotor. This eliminates the problems associated with the brush and the commutator arrangement, for example, sparking

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