High-performance PMSM servo-drive with constrained state feedback position controller

This paper describes high-performance permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) servo-drive with constrained state feedback (SFC) position controller. Superior behavior of the control system has been achieved by applying SFC with constraints handling method based on a posteriori model predictive approach (MPAC). The concept utilizes predictive equations obtained from discrete-time model of the PMSM to compute control signals which generate admissible values of the future state variables. The novelty of the proposed solution lies in the limitation of several state-space variables in servo-drive control system. Since MPAC has firstly been applied to limit more than one state-space variable of the plant, necessary conditions for introducing constraints into multivariable control system with SEC are depicted. Due to the low complexity of proposed algorithm, a low cost microprocessor, STM32F4, is employed to execute the state feedback position control with model predictive approach to constraints handling. Experimental results show that the proposed control method provides superior performance of PMSM servo drive with modern SiC based voltage source inverter (VSI).