Optical encoder feedback system for levitating rotor system

Shrey Khanna; Joe N. Ho; Jonathan Irwen; Gurjinder Rakka; Weichih Wang

doi:10.1117/12.847713

8 April 2010 Optical encoder feedback system for levitating rotor system

Shrey Khanna, Joe N. Ho, Jonathan Irwen, Gurjinder Rakka, Weichih Wang

Proceedings Volume 7650, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010; 76501Z (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847713
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the design and fabrication of feedback control system for a three phase motor with a diamagnetically levitating rotor. The planar rotor described in this paper uses a triangular configuration of magnets that rotates due to nine electric coils evenly spaced around the rotor. An optical mechanical feedback system controls the frequency at which the rotor spins. The current input to the coil is controlled by a mechanical relay circuit which latches based on a DC pulse signal generated by a PID control algorithm. The mechanical relay circuit allows current to flow to each coils (the actuators of this system), which then produces a magnetic field strong enough to spin the rotor.

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Shrey Khanna, Joe N. Ho, Jonathan Irwen, Gurjinder Rakka, and Weichih Wang "Optical encoder feedback system for levitating rotor system", Proc. SPIE 7650, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010, 76501Z (8 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847713

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