An improved nonlinear speed control of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) is presented A quasi-linearized and decoupled model including the influence of parameter variations and speed measurement error on the nonlinear speed control of a PMSM is derived Using this model, to overcome the drawbacks of conventional nonlinear control scheme, the improved nonlinear control scheme which employs time delay control (TDC) scheme is proposed. To show the validity of the proposed control scheme, simulation studies are carried out and compared with the conventional control scheme