Interconnected inverter and method of manufacturing interconnected inverter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11984909-B2
Application number	US-202217690008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2022
Priority date	Mar 12, 2021
Publication date	May 14, 2024
Grant date	May 14, 2024

Abstract

A system of an interconnected inverter includes an inverter that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power and provides AC power to an AC power line, an RDC that converts a voltage value obtained by a voltage sensor into electrical angle information that shows a phase angle of an output voltage, the voltage sensor obtaining a voltage value of an output voltage from the inverter to a power grid, and an ECU that controls the inverter to provide an alternating current in synchronization with an alternating current that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the RDC attains to a prescribed angle. Extra cost for diversion can be reduced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An interconnected inverter comprising:
an inverter circuit that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power and provides AC power to an AC power line;
a resolver digital converter that converts a voltage value obtained by a voltage sensor into electrical angle information that shows a phase angle of an output voltage from the inverter circuit to the AC power line, the voltage sensor obtaining the voltage value of the output voltage; and
a control unit that controls the inverter circuit to provide an alternating current in synchronization with an alternating current that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter attains to a prescribed angle, wherein
the control unit controls the inverter circuit to provide AC power in synchronization with AC power that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter attains to 0 degree or ±180 degrees.

2. The interconnected inverter according to claim 1 , wherein
the inverter circuit, the resolver digital converter, and the control unit are diverted from a system for driving a motor.

3. The interconnected inverter according to claim 2 , wherein
the system for driving a motor is a vehicle.

4. The interconnected inverter according to claim 1 , wherein
the AC power line is a three-phase AC power line.

5. The interconnected inverter according to claim 1 , wherein
the AC power line is a single-phase AC power line.

6. A method of manufacturing an interconnected inverter, the method being a method of diverting a resolver digital converter, an inverter circuit, and a control unit mounted on a system, the system including
an inverter circuit that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power,
a motor that generates driving force by using AC power from the inverter circuit,
a resolver that detects a value relating to rotation of the motor,
a resolver digital converter that converts a value from the resolver into electrical angle information that shows a phase angle relating to rotation, and
a control unit that controls the inverter circuit by using an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter,
the method comprising:
providing a terminal for connection to a DC power supply, of input of DC power to the inverter circuit;
providing a terminal for connection to an AC power line, of output from the inverter circuit connected to the motor;
providing a terminal for connection of a signal line from a voltage sensor to the resolver digital converter, the voltage sensor obtaining a voltage value of an output voltage to the AC power line; and
modifying a method of control by the control unit to control the inverter circuit to provide an alternating current in synchronization with an alternating current that flows through the AC power line by using timing at which an angle shown in the electrical angle information given from the resolver digital converter attains to a prescribed angle.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Asakawa Kojiro
• Hayashi Kazuhito
• Nakamura Ikuhiro

Classifications

• H03M1/645 Primary

  for position encoding, e.g. using resolvers or synchros (H03M1/485 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J3/40

  Synchronisation of generators for connection to a network or to another generator · CPC title

• H02M7/48

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode · CPC title

• H02P27/06

  using DC to AC converters or inverters (H02P27/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J3/38 Primary

  Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised networks from additional generators or sources in parallel · CPC title