Overcurrent detection reference compensation system of switching element for inverter and overcurrent detection system using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11277124-B2
Application number	US-202016923703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2020
Priority date	Aug 1, 2019
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

An overcurrent detection reference compensation system of a switching element for an inverter and an overcurrent detection system using the same can correct an overcurrent detection reference used to detect an overcurrent of a switching element according to a temperature of the switching element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An overcurrent detection reference compensation system for an inverter, comprising:
a switching module having a plurality of switching elements which are connected in series;
a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of each of the switching elements;
a correction reference determiner configured to calculate a difference between a set reference temperature and the temperature of at least one of the switching elements detected by the temperature detector, and determine a correction reference according to the calculated difference; and
a detection reference corrector configured to correct an overcurrent detection reference of each of the switching elements using the correction reference,
wherein the correction reference determiner includes:
a gain selector configured to determine a correction gain according to the difference between the temperature of the at least one of the switching elements and the reference temperature; and
a correction reference calculator configured to calculate the correction reference according to the difference using the correction gain.

2. The overcurrent detection reference compensation system of claim 1 , wherein the temperature detector includes:
a diode module which is disposed in a housing in which the switching elements are embedded and receives a constant current; and
a temperature estimator configured to estimate, when the constant current is supplied to the diode module, the temperature of each of the switching elements on the basis of a voltage across both terminals of the diode module.

3. The overcurrent detection reference compensation system of claim 2 , wherein the temperature estimator estimates the temperature of each of the switching elements using a temperature determination map in which the voltage across both terminals of the diode module is an input and the temperature of each of the switching elements is an output.

4. The overcurrent detection reference compensation system of claim 1 , wherein the detection reference corrector calculates an overcurrent detection reference in which the deviation according to the temperature of each of the switching elements is corrected by adding the correction reference to the overcurrent detection reference.

5. The overcurrent detection reference compensation system of claim 1 , wherein the switching elements include a field effect transistor (FET).

6. An overcurrent detection system for an inverter, comprising:
a switching module having a plurality of switching elements which are connected in series;
a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of each of the switching elements;
a correction reference determiner configured to calculate a difference between a set reference temperature and a temperature of at least one of the switching elements detected by the temperature detector, and determine a correction reference according to the calculated difference;
a detection reference corrector configured to correct an overcurrent detection reference of each of the switching elements using the correction reference; and
an overcurrent detector configured to determine whether an overcurrent flows in each of the switching elements according to a result of comparing the overcurrent detection reference corrected in the detection reference corrector with a drain-source voltage of the switching elements,
wherein the correction reference determiner includes:
a gain selector configured to determine a correction gain according to the difference between the temperature of the at least one of the switching elements and the reference temperature; and
a correction reference calculator configured to calculate the correction reference according to the difference using the correction gain.

7. The overcurrent detection system of claim 6 , wherein the overcurrent detector includes:
a voltage signal receiver which receives information on the drain-source voltage of the switching elements; and
an overcurrent determiner configured to determine, when the drain-source voltage received from the voltage signal receiver is equal to or less than the overcurrent detection reference corrected in the detection reference corrector, that the overcurrent is applied to the switching elements.

8. The overcurrent detection system of claim 7 , wherein, when the drain-source voltage received from the voltage signal receiver exceeds the overcurrent detection reference corrected in the detection reference corrector, the overcurrent determiner determines that the overcurrent is not applied to the switching elements.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Yoo Jong
• Jang Ji Woong
• Lee Ki Jong
• Shin Sang Cheol

Classifications

• H03K17/0812

  by measures taken in the control circuit · CPC title

• H03K17/0828 Primary

  in composite switches · CPC title

• H02M1/08

  Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters · CPC title

• H02M7/5387

  in a bridge configuration · CPC title

• H02M7/525

  with automatic control of output waveform or frequency (H02M7/517 - H02M7/523 take precedence) · CPC title