Design and implementation of a 350-watt BLDC motor driver using an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)

Abstract

IGBT device was not commonly used as a BLDC motor speed controller. This paper described the successful of using IGBTs in a 350Watt BLDC motor speed controller. Triple bridge configuration with PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) wave signal for power tuning was mainly integrated as a main switching method in order to drive the current commutation cycle. Also, an efficient bootstrap IC was designated to perform as the high and low side driver. The data were measured by using a current sensor and a DC voltage sensor to measure the current and the voltage delivered from the power source. Then, IGBT device was activated based on triple bridge commutation cycle and phase based on motor hall effect sensor triggering signal. The performance was also tested by varying the duty cycle input ratio and its PWM frequency. It can conclude that the BLDC motor controller can be made by using an IGBT and added gate drivers for the IGBT. Meanwhile, to adjust the commutation cycle, a high speed processor was used to generate gate activation and PWM signal. Changing the PWM duty cycle starting from 10% to 90% by turning the setting point, observed that BLDC motor rotates successfully without load and maximum power used was 111.20 watts with 2,32 amperes current at 48 volts supply voltage.