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Since ordinary magnetic field poles of PM (permanent magnet) motor generate higher harmonic flux, sinusoidal current will cause torque ripple. They are usually removed by short pitch winding, skew slot method and so on. These methods show a drawback in terms of lower efficiency.
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Chen et al. (2000) studied this question.
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