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Unidrive M702 User Guide            129
Issue Number: 3          
Ke is the ratio between r.m.s. line to line voltage produced by the motor 
and the speed in V/1000 rpm. Care must also be taken not to de-
magnetize the motor. The motor manufacturer should always be 
consulted before using this mode.
8.6.4     Maximum speed / frequency
In all operating modes (Open loop, RFC-A and RFC-S) the maximum 
output frequency is limited to 550 Hz. However, in RFC-S mode the 
speed is also limited by the voltage constant (Ke) of the motor. Ke is a 
specific constant for the servo motor being used. It can normally be 
found on the motor data sheet in V/k rpm (volts per 1,000 rpm).
8.6.5     Quasi-Square wave (open-loop only)
The maximum output voltage level of the drive is normally limited to an 
equivalent of the drive input voltage minus voltage drops within the drive 
(the drive will also retain a few percent of the voltage in order to maintain 
current control). If the motor rated voltage is set at the same level as the 
supply voltage, some pulse deletion will occur as the drive output voltage 
approaches the rated voltage level. If Pr 05.020 (Quasi-square wave 
enable) is set to 1 the modulator will allow over modulation, so that as 
the output frequency increases beyond the rated frequency the voltage 
continues to increase above the rated voltage. The modulation depth will 
increase beyond unity; first producing trapezoidal and then quasi-square 
waveforms.
This can be used for example:
• To obtain high output frequencies with a low switching frequency 
which would not be possible with space vector modulation limited to 
unity modulation depth,
or
• In order to maintain a higher output voltage with a low supply 
voltage. 
The disadvantage is that the machine current will be distorted as the 
modulation depth increases above unity, and will contain a significant 
amount of low order odd harmonics of the fundamental output frequency. 
The additional low order harmonics cause increased losses and heating 
in the motor.