Recent advances and applications of power electronics and motor drives - Advanced and intelligent control techniques

In power electronics and electrical drives by extension, the control systems has always been a key issue since they influence drastically the overall system performances. Starting from fully analog design in the early beginning and being today fully digital, the control systems technology has reached a certain degree of maturity even in industry. This summary paper will include basic elements for the design of advanced control techniques applied to power electronics and electrical drives. Basic guidelines for smoothing the debate in between the so-called ldquocrisprdquo control and ldquointelligentrdquo control are provided in order to help the designer in its final decision. The main control techniques for power electronics and electrical drives are described and then classified.