The document provides information about permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), including their construction, working principle, advantages over induction motors, and applications. It discusses that a PMSM has a rotor made of permanent magnets and an identical stator to an induction motor. The rotor rotates synchronously with the supply current frequency. PMSMs have higher efficiency than induction motors due to no excitation losses. They are compact, provide good torque control and are used in applications ranging from general purpose to high performance equipment.