Power conversion device and machine equipped with power conversion device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10160334-B2
Application number	US-201415121310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2014
Priority date	Mar 25, 2014
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a power conversion device capable of selectively suppressing harmonic noise in a frequency band and a machine equipped with the power conversion device. The power conversion device includes a switching element ( 13 ), a switching signal generation unit ( 23, 24 ) for generating a switching control signal for controlling the turning on/off of the switching element ( 13 ), and a control unit ( 18 ), and is characterized in that the switching control signal generation unit ( 23, 24 ) generates the switching control signal including a combination of a pair of symmetrical pulse waveforms having on and off periods that are interchanged with respect to a repeated cycle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power conversion device comprising:
a switching element;
a switching signal generation unit for generating a switching control signal for controlling turning on/off the switching element; and
a control unit,
wherein the switching control signal generation unit generates the switching control signal comprising a combination of a pair of symmetrical pulse waveforms having on and off periods that are interchanged with respect to a repeated cycle.

2. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the switching signal generation unit includes:
a first pulse waveform generation unit for outputting a first pulse waveform of the pair of pulse waveforms; and
a second pulse waveform generation unit for outputting a second pulse waveform of the pair of pulse waveforms,
wherein the control unit determines symmetrical duty ratios of the pair of pulse waveforms on the basis of frequency information input from an outside, controls the first pulse waveform generation unit and the second pulse waveform generation unit on the basis of the duty ratios, and generates the pair of pulse waveforms.

3. The power conversion device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the control unit determines a combination ratio of the pair of pulse waveforms on the basis of the duty ratios, controls the switching control signal generation unit on the basis of the combination ratio, and generates a switching control signal.

4. The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein
the switching signal generation unit includes a triangular wave signal generation unit,
wherein the first pulse waveform generation unit and the second pulse waveform generation unit generate pulse waveforms on the basis of a triangular wave signal output by the triangular wave signal generation unit and a command value, output by the control unit, for generating the duty ratios.

5. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , further including
a phase shift unit for shifting phase of the triangular wave signal output by the triangular wave signal generation unit,
wherein the phase shift unit shifts the phase of the triangular wave signal output by the triangular wave signal generation unit on the basis of an amount of phase shift input from the control unit, and outputs a resulting signal to the second pulse waveform generation unit.

6. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , further including
a voltage sensor for detecting output voltage after power conversion,
wherein the control unit compares a voltage value obtained by the voltage sensor with a preset output voltage value, selects a duty ratio having a lower rate of a high level from the symmetrical duty ratios if the voltage value obtained by the voltage sensor is larger, selects a duty ratio having a higher rate of the high level from the symmetrical duty ratios if the voltage value obtained by the voltage sensor is smaller, generates a command value for generating the duty ratio, and outputs the command value to the first pulse waveform generation unit and the second pulse waveform generation unit to generate the pulse waves.

7. A machine equipped with the power conversion device according to claim 1 .

8. A machine equipped with the power conversion device according to claim 2 .

9. The machine according to claim 8 comprising:
a radio receiver,
wherein the radio receiver outputs frequency information on a broadcast station to which the radio receiver is tuned to the control unit in the power conversion device; and
the control unit determines the symmetrical duty ratios of the pair of pulse waveforms on the basis of the input frequency information, and controls the first pulse waveform generation unit and the second pulse waveform generation unit on the basis of the duty ratios to generate the pair of pulse waveforms.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Houda Isao
• Takahashi Masayoshi
• Funato Hiroki
• Akiyama Hitoshi

Classifications

• B60L11/1803 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• H02M7/44

  by static converters · CPC title

• H02M1/44 Primary

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters · CPC title

• H02P27/08

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• H02M3/156

  with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators · CPC title