| CPC H02P 21/13 (2013.01) [H02P 21/141 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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15. An electric drive configured to drive an induction motor, the electric drive comprising an inverter and a computing device having a processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
obtain a stator current vector of the induction motor;
estimate, using a state observer for a stator and/or rotor flux linkage vector of the induction motor, the stator and/or rotor flux linkage vector based on the stator current vector, a voltage reference vector and a stator angular frequency reference, wherein the state observer is a speed-sensorless reduced-order state observer based on a mathematical model of the induction motor;
perform speed-sensorless state-feedback control based on the estimated stator and/or rotor flux linkage vector, the stator current vector, a stator flux linkage reference vector and the stator angular frequency reference so as to calculate a stator voltage reference vector; and
apply the stator voltage reference vector to the inverter for feeding the induction motor.
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