摘要:
A system applicable for use in for example, an electric vehicle, for controlling a separately-excited DC motor (19,21,53), permits field current control over all operating speed ranges of the motor. Below base speed a current limiting resistor (23) is placed in series with the armature winding (19) and the torque is directly proportional to field current (I f ). Above base speed, the resistor (23) is shorted (S 2 ), and the speed is inversely proportional to field current. A feedback network is responsive to acceleration and deceleration input signals (E 1 , E 2 ) for controlling the magnitude of the field current. A logic network (27) provides automatic control, including switching battery (V Bl -V Bn ) interconnections, for changing the operating speed range of the motor by changing the level of voltage applied across the armature winding (19). Relatively low current switching of the batteries (V Bl -V Bn ) is provided by first summing with the error signal (E.) in the feed back loop, a ramp signal (E,), for forcing the magnitude of the armature current (I A ) towards zero, second, opening a switch (S 1 ) to disconnect the batteries from the armature winding (19), third, switching the batteries into a new circuit configuration, fourth, a differential amplifier (51) for subtracting from the new level of battery voltage (E B ) the present armature voltage, (E A ) produces an output signal (E B -E A ) having a level analogous to the difference therebetween for summing with the error signal (E,) for controlling the magnitude of field current (IF) to equate the battery and armature voltages, and lastly, closing a switch (S,) to reconnect the battery configuration across the armature winding (19).