Power distribution within an electric machine with rectified rotor windings

An electric machine comprising:

• a stator defining multiple stator poles with associated stator windings configured to receive a stator current;
• a rotor defining multiple fixed rotor poles with associated rotor windings, wherein the rotor defines a field energizable by magnetic fields produced by the stator windings, responsive to the stator windings receiving the stator current, to produce a relative motion between the rotor and the stator, wherein the rotor is maintained in synchronicity with the magnetic fields produced by the stator during operation of the electric machine;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• energize the stator windings of the stator by the stator current;
• produce a stator magnetic field within the stator by the energized stator windings;
• produce a corresponding rotor magnetic field within a ferromagnetic material within the rotor by the stator magnetic field;
• generate a force tangential to the rotor by a shift in the stator magnetic field;
• move the rotor by the generated force tangential to the rotor;
• reduce a decay of energization of flux in an air gap between the stator and the rotor by a rectifier included in the rotor windings;
• resist a decay of a magnetic flux within the rotor by current within the rotor windings in response to the shift in the stator magnetic field;
• and
• achieve a target operational output of the electric machine.