Sliding mode control of a permanent magnets synchronous machine

This paper presents a speed sliding mode controller for a vector controlled (FOC) of the permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) fed by a pulse width modulation voltage source inverter. The sliding mode control (SMC) is used to achieve robust performance against parameter variations and external disturbances. The problem with this conventional controller is that it has large chattering on the torque and the drive is very noisy. In order to reduce a torque ripple, the sign function is used. The proposed algorithm was simulated by Matlab/Simulink software and simulation results show that the performance of the control scheme is robust and the chattering problem is solved.