Analytical prediction of the cogging torque and torque constant of a hybrid stepping motor

Abstract

We present an analytic method to efficiently calculate the torque constant and cogging torque of a hybrid stepping motor. The feature of the proposed method is its computational efficiency in that it is a useful tool for the motor design which is aimed at reducing the level of cogging torque or increasing the torque constant. This method is verified by comparing with the 3D finite element method and some experiments. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.