This paper presents an adaptive sliding-mode observer for, speed-sensorless
field-oriented control of induction motors, The observer detects the rotor
flux components in the two-phase :stationary reference frame by the motor
electrical equations. The motor speed is estimated by an additional relatio
n obtained by a Lyapunov function. The analytical development of the slidin
g observer and the speed estimation algorithm is fully: explained. Experime
ntal results are presented, based on a TMS320F240 digital signal processor
controller implementation. The system performance with different observer g
ains and the influence of: the motor parameters deviations are shown and di
scussed.