Initial Position Detection of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines with Self-Tuning Extended State Observer

The performance of the initial rotor position detection of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (PMSMs) at standstill depends much on the position observer. In this paper, the Extended State Observer (ESO) is compared with the traditional Proportional Integration (PI) observer adopting the rotating high frequency voltage injection algorithm, and the observer parameter design method is derived based on the bandwidth analysis of the close-loop transfer function. Experiments are carried out on a 3 kW PMSM prototype for verifications.