SUMMARYRecently the development of power electronics technology has made it possible to realize ultrahigh-speed drives, and ultrahigh-speed drives promise to be useful in various applications. This research aims at sensorless control drive of an induction machine in the ultrahigh-speed region by utilizing rotor slot harmonics, which occur due to the structure of the induction machine. In this paper, we focus on the slot harmonics which appear in the neutral point voltage, and we propose a method for detection of the slot harmonics voltage and a speed estimation method utilizing the FFT with limitation of the detection band. The effectiveness of the proposed method and the possibility of speed sensorless control with the proposed method are illustrated through speed estimation results obtained both offline and online.