Inverter control device and electric vehicle system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12170497-B2
Application number	US-202117917395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2021
Priority date	Apr 8, 2020
Publication date	Dec 17, 2024
Grant date	Dec 17, 2024

Abstract

An inverter control device 200 includes a PWM control unit 220 that generates a PWM pulse for controlling an inverter 100 , and a pulse edge control unit 250 that performs pulse edge control for correcting (shifting) a phase of a pulse edge of the PWM pulse generated by the PWM control unit 220 . The PWM control unit 220 generates a PWM pulse by using a modulation rate based on a voltage command (Vd*, Vq*). The pulse edge control unit 250 corrects the PWM pulse so that a phase difference between a zero cross point where the modulation wave changes across 0 and a pulse edge of the PWM pulse falls within a predetermined range.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inverter control device, comprising:
a PWM control unit that generates a PWM pulse for controlling an inverter by using a modulation wave based on a voltage command, wherein the PWM control unit generates the PWM pulse by linearly approximating the modulation wave in a predetermined near-zero cross region including the zero cross point, and calculating a duty of the PWM pulse based on the modulation wave having been linearly approximated; and
a pulse edge control unit that corrects the PWM pulse such that a phase difference between a zero cross point where the modulation wave changes across 0 and a pulse edge of the PWM pulse falls within a predetermined range, wherein corrects the PWM pulse by determining a shift direction of the PWM pulse based on a slope of the modulation wave having been linearly approximated, and shifting the PWM pulse in the shift direction having been determined,
wherein when a phase difference between the zero cross point and a pulse edge of the PWM pulse after shift does not fall within the predetermined range, the pulse edge control unit sets a portion protruding from the predetermined range in the PWM pulse after shift as a pulse error, and arranges the pulse error separately from the PWM pulse after shift.

2. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the pulse edge control unit does not correct the PWM pulse when a modulation rate based on the voltage command is less than a predetermined value.

3. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein the pulse edge control unit corrects the PWM pulse so as to reduce a number of pulses of the PWM pulse included in one period of the modulation wave.

4. An electric vehicle system, comprising:
the inverter control device according to claim 3 ;
the inverter controlled by the inverter control device; and
a three-phase synchronous motor driven by the inverter, wherein
the electric vehicle system travels using a rotational driving force of the three-phase synchronous motor.

5. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inverter is connected to a motor, and
the PWM control unit corrects a modulation rate based on the voltage command and a phase of the modulation wave such that an amount of current output by the inverter to the motor decreases in order to perform weak field control on the motor.

6. An electric vehicle system, comprising:
the inverter control device according to claim 1 ;
the inverter controlled by the inverter control device; and
a three-phase synchronous motor driven by the inverter, wherein
the electric vehicle system travels using a rotational driving force of the three-phase synchronous motor.

7. An inverter control device comprising:
a PWM control unit that generates a PWM pulse for controlling an inverter by using a modulation wave based on a voltage command, wherein the PWM control unit generates the PWM pulse by linearly approximating the modulation wave in a predetermined near-zero cross region including the zero cross point, and calculating a duty of the PWM pulse based on the modulation wave having been linearly approximated; and
a pulse edge control unit that corrects the PWM pulse such that a phase difference between a zero cross point where the modulation wave changes across 0 and a pulse edge of the PWM pulse falls within a predetermined range, wherein corrects the PWM pulse by determining a shift direction of the PWM pulse based on a slope of the modulation wave having been linearly approximated, and shifting the PWM pulse in the shift direction having been determined,
when a phase difference between the zero cross point and a pulse edge of the PWM pulse after shift does not fall within the predetermined range, the pulse edge control unit sets a portion protruding from the predetermined range in the PWM pulse after shift as a pulse error, and dispersedly arranges the pulse error at a plurality of zero cross points.

8. An electric vehicle system, comprising:
the inverter control device according to claim 7 ;
the inverter controlled by the inverter control device; and
a three-phase synchronous motor driven by the inverter, wherein
the electric vehicle system travels using a rotational driving force of the three-phase synchronous motor.

Assignees

• Hitachi Astemo Ltd

Inventors

• Ajima Toshiyuki
• Hara Takafumi
• Ashida Akihiro
• Matsui Hirokazu
• Kuroda Kiyoshi

Classifications

• H02M7/5395

  by pulse-width modulation · CPC title

• B60L2210/40

  DC to AC converters · CPC title

• B60L50/51

  characterised by AC-motors · CPC title

• B60L53/20

  characterised by converters located in the vehicle · CPC title

• H02M1/0054

  Transistor switching losses (periodically suspending operation of switching converter in low power mode H02M1/0035) · CPC title