Title :
Micromotor technology: electric drive designer´s perspective
Author :
Chapman, P.L. ; Krein, P.T.
Author_Institution :
Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Some insight as to the application of modern electric drive expertise to micro-scale electric machines is given. The discussion is supported by a summary of current micromotor technology and some calculations involving fundamental scaling issues. The main conclusions are: (1) that despite recent advances in magnetic micromachines, electrostatic machines are still the most viable; and (2) that considerable insight from drives experts can be offered in either case.
Keywords :
electrostatic motors; machine theory; micromotors; motor drives; electric drive design; electrostatic machines; fundamental scaling issues; magnetic micromachines; micro-scale electric machines; micromotor technology; Breakdown voltage; Electric breakdown; Electrostatics; Linearity; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetic materials; Micromotors; Reluctance motors; Saturation magnetization;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2001. Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7114-3
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2001.955899
