3-Phase Inverter Motor Drive Analysis

5 Series MSO Option 5-IMDA Application Datasheet

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Measurements and analysis on three-phase power systems are inherently Measurement overview
more complex than on single-phase systems. Although oscilloscopes can Three-phase power converters such as variable frequency drives require a
capture voltage and current waveforms with high sample rates, further range of measurements during the design process. The Inverters, Motors,
calculations are required to produce key power measurements from the and Drives Analysis package for the 5 Series MSO automates key electrical
data. Power converters based on Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), such as measurements which are grouped into three categories:
variable-frequency motor drives, further complicate measurements since
filtering and triggering on PWM signals are challenging. Yet for most Input analysis
validation and troubleshooting, understandably their oscilloscope is the Output analysis
instrument of choice for designers. Special software, designed to automate
power analysis on inverters, motors, and drives, greatly simplifies important Ripple analysis
three-phase power measurements on PWM systems and can help Each of these sections include key measurements which are critical to a
engineers get faster insights into their designs. The Inverter Motor Drive motor design.
Analysis (IMDA) solution from Tektronix helps engineers design better and
more efficient three-phase motor drive systems, taking full advantage of the
advanced user interface, six or eight analog input channels, and ‘High Res’ Input analysis
mode (16 bits) on the 5 Series MSO. The IMDA solution provides fast, Input analysis includes the basic measurements used in most power
accurate, and repeatable results for electrical measurements on industrial equipment designs. The 5-IMDA solution automatically measures the
motors and drive systems for AC induction motors, permanent magnet current, voltage, and power values for different wiring configurations. The
synchronous motors (PMSM), and brushless DC (BLDC) motors. It can be measurements can be set to measure 1V1I ( 1-Phase-2Wire), 2V2I
configured to measure DC to three-phase AC converters, such as those (1 Phase - 3 Wire), 2V2I (3 Phase - 3 Wire) or 3V3I (3-Phase-3Wire), and
used in the electric vehicles. 3P4W (3-Phase-4Wire) to support various supply and motor configurations.
Measurements can be performed line-to-line or line-to-neutral, to support
Key features and specifications delta or wye configurations.
Accurately analyze three-phase PWM signals used to drive AC
induction, BLDC, and PMSM motors.
Unique oscilloscope based phasor diagrams indicate VRMS, IRMS, VMAG,
IMAG, and phase relationships at a glance for the configured wiring
pairs.
Debug motor drive designs by viewing the drive input/output voltage
and current signals in the time domain simultaneously with the phasor
diagram.
Three-phase Autoset feature configures the oscilloscope for optimal
horizontal, vertical, trigger, and acquisition parameters for acquiring
three-phase signals.
Measures harmonics per the IEEE-519 standard or using custom limits.
Measures drive system efficiency using the 2V2I (two wattmeter)
method.
Quickly add and configure measurements through the intuitive drag
and drop interface on the 5 Series MSO.
Analyze Inverter and Automotive three-phase designs for DC-AC
topology.
Input analysis wiring configuration
Supports 1-Phase-2Wire (1V1I) and 1-Phase-3Wire (2V2I) under the
AC-AC Industrial configuration.

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Harmonics Power quality

Power waveforms are rarely textbook sinusoids. Harmonics measurements This group provides critical three-phase power measurements including:
break down non-sinusoidal voltage or current waveforms into their frequency and RMS magnitudes of voltage and current, crest factors of
sinusoidal components, indicating the frequency and amplitude for each voltage and current, PWM frequency, true power, reactive power, apparent
component. power, power factor, and phase angle for each phase.
Harmonics analysis can be performed up to 200th harmonic order. The Voltage and current vectors can be displayed on a phasor diagram so you
maximum harmonic order can be set to suit your needs by specifying the can quickly judge phase shift for each phase and the balance among
range in the measurement configuration. THD-F, THD-R and fundamental phases. Each vector is represented by an RMS value and phase is
values are measured for each phase. Measurements can be evaluated computed using the DFT method.
against the IEEE-519 or IEC 61000 3-2 standard, or custom limits. Test
results can be recorded in a detailed report indicating pass/fail status.

Easily configure the settings to get insight into the power quality

Compare harmonics measurements against industry standards or custom limits

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Output analysis
This group of measurements can help calculate the overall performance of
the motor drive system.

Efficiency
Efficiency measures the ratio of the output power to input power for
respective input and output V and I pairs. By using the 2V2I method, three-
phase efficiency may be measured using eight oscilloscope channels
(2 Voltage and 2 Current sources on the input side and 2 Voltage and
2 Current sources on the output side). The solution calculates efficiency at
each phase and the total (average) efficiency of the system.

Configure wiring and filters to perform efficiency measurements for a DC-AC topology

Configure wiring and filters to perform efficiency measurements for an Industrial motor

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Get complete insight into the overall system efficiency

Phasor diagram
The measurement displays the magnitude and phase angle between
Voltage(V) and Current(I) vectors in a phasor plot. The V and I vectors
depend on the wiring configuration.

Easily configure the voltage and current inputs to display phasor diagrams

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Unique scope based phasor diagram feature provides the relation between the voltage and current vectors

Ripple analysis
Ripple is defined as the residual AC voltage on a constant DC component
(offset). Typically, the ripple component is often small in magnitude relative
to the DC component.
The solution measures two types of ripple:
Line ripple
Switching ripple
Line ripple: The line ripple measures the RMS at the configured line ripple
frequency and the peak-to-peak value of the time domain waveform for the
configured phases.
Switching ripple: The switching ripple measures the RMS at the
configured switching ripple frequency and the peak to peak value of the
time domain waveform for the configured phases.

Ripple analysis configuration can be set to look into line and switching ripple

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Detailed ripple analysis being carried out on all three-phases

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Report generation
The 5-IMDA software simplifies data collection, archiving, documentation of
your design, and development process. It supports the report generation in
MHT, PDF or CSV formats with pass/fail results for easy analysis.

A sample IMDA test report file with summary, details, and corresponding images

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Specifications
Wiring Configuration 1V1I (1-Phase-2Wire), 2V2I (1 Phase - 3 Wire), 2V2I (3 Phase - 3 Wire), 3V3I (3-Phase-3Wire), and 3P4W (3-Phase-4Wire)

L-L to L-N Conversion Applicable for 3 Phase-3 Wire (3V3I) 1

Input Analysis Power Quality, Harmonics 2, Input Voltage, Input Current and Input Power

Ripple Analysis Line ripple, Switching ripple (for Industrial), and Ripple (for Automotive)

Output Analysis Efficiency 3, Phasor Diagram

Three-phase Autoset For all measurements

Plots Phasor diagram and harmonics bar graph 4

Report MHT and PDF format, Data export to CSV format

Degauss/Deskew (static) Automatic detection of probes, Auto Zero. User can deskew voltage and current probes, degauss the current probe from the
menus for each channel

Source support Live analog signals, reference waveforms, and math waveforms

1 For 3 Phase-4 Wire (3V3I) the connection is always Line to Neutral and for 3 Phase-3 Wire (2V2I), it is Line to Line.

2 Supports Custom limits

3 For 2V2I wiring

4 Range filter as part of measurement configuration.

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Ordering information

Models
Product Options Supported instruments Bandwidth available
New instrument order option 5-IMDA 5 Series MSO (MSO56, MSO58)
350 MHz
Product upgrade option SUP5-IMDA 5 Series MSO (MSO56, MSO58)
500 MHz
Floating license SUP5-IMDA-FL 5 Series MSO (MSO56, MSO58)
1 GHz
2 GHz

Recommended probes
Probe model Description Quantity
TCP0030A Current Probes 3 for 3V3I wiring 5
THDP0200 or TMDP0200 High Voltage Differential Probes 3 for 3V3I wiring 5

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Product(s) complies with IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, RS-232-C, and with Tektronix Standard Codes and Formats.

Product Area Assessed: The planning, design/development and manufacture of electronic Test and Measurement instruments.

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