Sliding mode control of AC drives

The application of sliding mode control to permanent-magnet synchronous motors (DC brushless motors), wound-rotor synchronous motors, and asynchronous motors is presented. A unified approach to the control problem of AC machines reveals that a simple control algorithm which effectively solves the problem can be derived using variable-structure system theory. Selection of the control variable (angular position, speed, acceleration, or torque) leaves the basic control structure unchanged, and even current limiting can easily be included. The theoretical results are verified by experiments. The design procedure and experimental results show that this approach provides good behavior of the system in both transient and steady-state operation