In this paper, a new linear synchronous motor - permanent magnet double-sided synchronous motor with perpendicular arrangement (PMDLSM), was proposed. It was designed to account for the drawbacks of conventional linear motors, such as the normal force and end effects. The detent force and the thrust were analyzed for different combinations of primary core modules and magnet poles of the machine, and the optimum combination was made. The characteristics of the perpendicular PMDLSM were analyzed by finite element method, and the experiments agreed well with the analysis.