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A fixed switching period sliding mode control (SMC) for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (PMSMs) is presented. The aim of the paper is to design a SMC that improves the traditional PI based Field Oriented Control (FOC) transient response, as well as to reduce the switching frequency variations of the Direct Torque Control (DTC). Such SMC requires a decoupling method of the control actions, which also brings constant switching functions slopes. These constant slopes allow to calculate the required hysteresis band value to control the switching frequency. The digital implementation degrades the performance of the hysteresis comparator and as a consequence, the previously calculated band becomes inaccurate to regulate the switching frequency. In order to recover the analogue hysteresis band comparator performance, a predictive algorithm is proposed. Finally, a set of experimental results with constant switching frequency during a torque reversal and speed control tests are provided.

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