Electrically controlled synchronous machine
First Claim
1. An electronically controlled synchronous machine that comprises:
- a magnetically-permeable cylindrical rotor comprising a periodic tooth structure and radial airgap;
a stator having stator windings comprising at least two armature windings and one field winding, the stator windings being situated about the stator such that self inductance in the armature windings and the field winding is substantially independent of rotor position, but the mutual induction between the armature windings and the field winding is variable with relative position between the rotor and the stator whereby continuous torque is produced when appropriately shaped and synchronized current waveforms are introduced into the armature windings; and
rotor position detector means for sensing a voltage in at least one of the stator windings and for relating that voltage to the relative position between the rotor and the stator so as to permit the proper synchronizing of the armature current waveforms with relative position between rotor and stator.
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Abstract
An electronically controlled rotating synchronous machine having armature and field windings on the same magnetically-permeable core. The rotor of the machine is an open tooth structure. The self inductance of the armature and field windings is substantially independent of relative position between the rotor and stator but mutual inductance between the armature and field windings varies with relative position. A rotor position detector senses the voltage in one of the machine windings and relates that voltage to said relative position. Switches are provided to control electric current flow in the armature winding on the basis of the voltage sensed by the detector.
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28 Claims
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1. An electronically controlled synchronous machine that comprises:
- a magnetically-permeable cylindrical rotor comprising a periodic tooth structure and radial airgap;
a stator having stator windings comprising at least two armature windings and one field winding, the stator windings being situated about the stator such that self inductance in the armature windings and the field winding is substantially independent of rotor position, but the mutual induction between the armature windings and the field winding is variable with relative position between the rotor and the stator whereby continuous torque is produced when appropriately shaped and synchronized current waveforms are introduced into the armature windings; and rotor position detector means for sensing a voltage in at least one of the stator windings and for relating that voltage to the relative position between the rotor and the stator so as to permit the proper synchronizing of the armature current waveforms with relative position between rotor and stator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a magnetically-permeable cylindrical rotor comprising a periodic tooth structure and radial airgap;
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13. An electronically controlled machine that comprises:
- a stator comprising a stack of steel stator laminations having a cylindrical central opening therethrough and having nonuniformly spaced, alternately adjacently disposed stator teeth and stator slots in the steel laminations adjacent to the cylindrical central opening, said stator including a dc field winding within some of the stator slots and a plurality of ac armature phase windings in some of the stator slots;
a rotor comprising a cylindrical stack of steel rotor laminations having a plurality of substantially uniformly spaced rotor teeth and open rotor slots disposed at the periphery thereof, the diameter of the rotor laminations being slightly smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical central opening in the stator, the rotor being rotatably disposed within said central opening with its axis parallel to the axis of the cylindrical central opening; the winding being situated about the stator such that self inductance of both said dc field winding and said plurality of ac armature phase windings is essentially independent of rotor angular position as the rotor rotates within said central opening of the stator but mutual inductance between the dc field winding and each ac phase winding varies substantially sinusoidally with rotor angular position in the course of said rotation, there being several electrical cycles for every mechanical cycle in the course of said rotation; a plurality of power switching circuits connected to control electrical current flow through the ac phase windings of the stator; and control means connected to control the switching circuits, said control means including sensing means positioned to detect electromagnetically current flow through the ac phase windings to provide a rotor position signal which is analyzed by the control means to indicate the angular position of the rotor, which angular position serves as the basis for sequencing said switching circuits by the control means.
- a stator comprising a stack of steel stator laminations having a cylindrical central opening therethrough and having nonuniformly spaced, alternately adjacently disposed stator teeth and stator slots in the steel laminations adjacent to the cylindrical central opening, said stator including a dc field winding within some of the stator slots and a plurality of ac armature phase windings in some of the stator slots;
- 14. An electronically controlled synchronous machine comprising magnetically-permeable toothed laminations stacked to form a first core having a plurality of teeth and slots, an armature winding disposed in some of the slots of the first core, a field winding disposed in some of the slots of the first core, magnetically-permeable toothed laminations stacked to form a second core having a pluraltiy of teeth and slots, the slots of the second core being open slots, the second core being closely spaced with respect to the first core with an airgap therebetween, there being magnetic coupling between the first core and the second core and relative movement therebetween when the machine is operating, the windings being situated about the first core such that the self-inductance of both the armature winding and the field winding is substantially independent of the relative angular position between the first core and the second core but mutual inductances between the armature and field windings vary with the relative positions in a way that continuous force is produced between the first core and the second core when appropriately shaped and synchronized electric current waveforms are present in the armature winding and an electric current is present in the field winding, and position detector means to sense a voltage in at least one of the windings of the first core and operable to relate that voltage to the relative position between first core and the second core to permit the proper synchronizing of the armature current waveforms with the relative position between the first core and the second core.
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19. An electronically controlled machine that comprises:
- a magnetically-permeable cylindrical rotor comprising a periodic tooth structure and radial airgap;
a stator having stator windings comprising an armature windings and a field structure, the stator windings being situated about the stator such that self-inductance in the armature winding is substantially independent of rotor position, but the mutual induction between the armature winding and the field produced flux of the field structure varies with relative position between the rotor and the stator so that continuous torque is produced when appropriately shaped and current waveforms are present in the armature winding; and
rotor position detector means to sense a voltage in a stator winding and to relate that voltage to the relative position between the rotor and the stator so as to permit the timing armature current waveforms with relative position between rotor and stator. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- a magnetically-permeable cylindrical rotor comprising a periodic tooth structure and radial airgap;
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