Vehicle comprising electronic control unit configured to control inverter by switching PWM control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10081256-B2
Application number	US-201715495266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2017
Priority date	Apr 28, 2016
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform control of an inverter by switching a plurality of controls including i) first PWM control of generating a first PWM signal of a plurality of switching elements by comparison of voltage commands of respective phases based on a torque command of a motor with a carrier voltage and switching the plurality of switching elements, and ii) second PWM control of generating a second PWM signal of the plurality of switching elements based on a modulation factor of a voltage and a voltage phase based on the torque command and the number of pulses in a predetermined period of an electrical angle of the motor and switching the plurality of switching elements. The electronic control unit is configured to limit execution of the second PWM control when an abnormality occurs in the rotational position sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a motor configured to drive the vehicle;
an inverter configured to drive the motor by switching a plurality of switching elements;
a battery configured to exchange power with the motor via the inverter;
a rotational position sensor configured to detect a rotational position of a rotor of the motor; and
an electronic control unit configured to perform control of the inverter by switching a plurality of controls including
i) a first PWM control of generating a first PWM signal of the plurality of switching elements by comparison of voltage commands of respective phases based on a torque command of the motor with a carrier voltage and switching the plurality of switching elements, and
ii) a second PWM control of generating a second PWM signal of the plurality of switching elements based on a modulation factor of a voltage and a voltage phase based on the torque command and a number of pulses in a predetermined period of an electrical angle of the motor and switching the plurality of switching elements, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to limit an execution of the second PWM control when an abnormality occurs in the rotational position sensor.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to prohibit the execution of the second PWM control as limiting of the execution of the second PWM control.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to generate the first PWM signal at a first interval when performing the first PWM control and to generate the second PWM signal at a second interval longer than the first interval when performing the second PWM control.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to reduce a torque command range or a rotation speed range of the second PWM control as limiting of the execution of the second PWM control and execute the first PWM control.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to generate the first PWM signal at a first interval when performing the first PWM control and to generate the second PWM signal at a second interval longer than the first interval when performing the second PWM control.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to generate the first PWM signal at a first interval when performing the first PWM control and to generate the second PWM signal at a second interval longer than the first interval when performing the second PWM control.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamada Kenji
• Yamamoto Toshihiro
• Mizuno Masashi

Classifications

• B60L2240/421

  Speed · CPC title

• B60L2240/527

  Voltage · CPC title

• H02P29/0241

  the fault being an overvoltage · CPC title

• B60L50/16

  with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion · CPC title

• B60L3/003

  relating to inverters · CPC title