Method for detecting a rotational position of a rotor of a
permanent magnet synchronous machine (101), wherein • a first measurement
signal (uc) designed as an alternating
signal in rotor coordinates (d, q) is provided, transformed by a
transformer control signal to the
transformer stage (112) in
stator coordinates (a, b) and fed into the
permanent magnet synchronous machine (101), • the first measurement
signal (uc), transformed in
stator coordinates (a, b) and formed by a carrier
voltage (uc), generates a second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) as a reaction in at least one
stator winding of the
permanent magnet synchronous machine (101), designed as an alternating signal and formed by a
carrier current (ic, ic1, ic2). • the second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) is measured and back-transformed into the rotor coordinates (d, q) by the
transformer control signal to the transformer stage (113), • an angle difference to the first measurement signal (uc) is obtained from the second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) which has been transformed back into the rotor coordinates (d, q), • the transform
control signal is formed from the angle difference by PI control and subsequent integration, and the transform control signal forms a measure of the rotational position of the rotor, • through the PI control, the angle difference is further regulated at least almost to zero, thereby achieving an alignment of the orientation of a real axis (d) of the rotor coordinates (d, q) with a rotor axis (118) along which a
resultant permanent
magnet flux of the rotor caused by permanent magnets encompassed by the rotor is aligned, • to determine the polarity of the permanent
magnet flux with respect to the real axis (d) of the rotor coordinates (d, q), at least one
operating point setting signal (ia, ua) is additively superimposed on the first measurement signal (uc). • a change in the amplitude of the second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) is caused by at least one
operating point setting signal (ia, ua) superimposed on the first measurement signal (uc) and • from the change in the amplitude of the second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) or of the second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) transformed back into the rotor coordinates (d, q) information about the polarity of the permanent
magnet flux with respect to the real axis (d) of the rotor coordinates (d, q) is obtained by the fact that - a decrease in the amplitude of the second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) with the same polarity and - an increase in the amplitude of the second measurement signal (ic, ic1, ic2) occurs with opposite polarity.