Motor control device and steering system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12184209-B2
Application number	US-202218065470-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2022
Priority date	Jun 17, 2020
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

A motor control device for a motor including first and second winding sets, includes: first and second inverters; and a control unit that controls the first and second inverters by differentiating a magnitude of current flowing through the first winding set and a magnitude of current flowing through the second winding set, or by restricting an output voltage of the second inverter so as to reduce a first output voltage from the first inverter to the first winding set when the first output voltage is higher than a first upper limit voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control device for controlling a motor including a first winding set and a second winding set, the motor control device comprising:
a first inverter connected to the first winding set and supplied with electric power from a first power supply unit;
a second inverter connected to the second winding set and supplied with electric power from a second power supply unit; and
a control unit that controls the first inverter and the second inverter by differentiating a magnitude of current flowing through the first winding set and a magnitude of current flowing through the second winding set, or by restricting an output voltage of the second inverter, so as to reduce a first output voltage as a voltage to be output from the first inverter to the first winding set when a voltage to be output from the first inverter is higher than a first upper limit voltage determined based on a first maximum output voltage.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the control unit includes:
a first control unit that controls the first inverter based on a first request voltage when the first request voltage, which is a request value of the voltage to be output by the first inverter, is not higher than the first upper limit voltage set based on the first maximum output voltage, and controls the first inverter to reduce the first request voltage when the first request voltage is higher than the first upper limit voltage; and
a second control unit that controls the second inverter based on a second request voltage, which is a request value of the voltage to be output by the second inverter.

3. The motor control device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first control unit calculates the first request voltage based on a command value that commands a torque to be output to the motor, controls the first inverter based on the first request voltage when the first request voltage is not higher than the first upper limit voltage set to be equal to or lower than the first maximum output voltage, and controls the first inverter to reduce the first request voltage when the first request voltage is higher than the first upper limit voltage; and
the second control unit calculates the second request voltage, which is the request value of the voltage to be output by the second inverter, based on the command value, and controls the second inverter based on the second request voltage.

4. The motor control device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the control unit calculates a first d-axis current command for instructing a command of a d-axis current of the first winding set and a first q-axis current command for instructing a command of a q-axis current of the first winding set based on the command value that instructs a command for the torque to be output to the motor;
the control unit calculates the first request voltage, which is the request value of the voltage to be output by the first inverter, based on the first d-axis current command and the first q-axis current command; and
the control unit controls the first inverter to reduce an absolute value of the first q-axis current command when the first request voltage is higher than the first upper limit voltage.

5. The motor control device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the control unit controls the first inverter to reduce the first request voltage as a first voltage excess amount, by which the first request voltage as a request value of the voltage to be output by the first inverter exceeds the first upper limit voltage, becomes larger.

6. The motor control device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the control unit controls the first inverter so that the larger an integrated value of the first voltage excess amount is, the lower the first request voltage is.

7. The motor control device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the control unit controls the first inverter so as to reduce the first request voltage, which is the request value of the voltage to be output by the first inverter to be lower than the second request voltage, which is the request value of the voltage to be output by the second inverter when the first maximum output voltage is lower than the second maximum output voltage, which is the maximum output voltage that the second inverter outputs to the second winding set.

8. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the control unit controls the first inverter to reduce a q-axis current of the first winding set when a first request voltage, which is a request value of the voltage to be output by the first inverter, is higher than the first upper limit voltage.

9. The motor control device according to claim 8 , wherein:
the control unit calculates a second d-axis current command for instructing a d-axis current of the second winding set and a second q-axis current command for instructing a q-axis current of the second winding set based on the command value that commands the torque to be output to the motor, and controls the second inverter to increase the second q-axis current command based on an amount of decrease in which the q-axis current of the first winding set is reduced.

10. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the control unit calculates a first d-axis current command for instructing a command of a d-axis current of the first winding set or a first q-axis current command for instructing a command of a q-axis current of the first winding set based on the command value that instructs a command for the torque to be output to the motor;
the control unit calculates the first request voltage, which is the request value of the voltage to be output by the first inverter, based on the first d-axis current command and the first q-axis current command; and
the control unit controls the first inverter to reduce a back electromotive force of the first winding set when the first request voltage is higher than the first upper limit voltage.

11. The motor control device according to claim 10 , wherein:
the control unit calculates a second d-axis current command for commanding a d-axis current of the second winding set and a second q-axis current command for commanding a q-axis current of the second winding set based on the command value;
the control unit controls the second inverter to reduce a back electromotive force of the second winding set when the first d-axis current command reaches the first d-axis limit value; and
the control unit controls the first inverter based on the second d-axis current command, the first d-axis limit value, and the first q-axis current command when the first d-axis current command reaches the first d-axis limit value.

12. The motor control device according to claim 10 , wherein:
the first winding set and the second winding set are distribution-wound;
the control unit calculates a second d-axis current command for commanding a d-axis current of the second winding set and a second q-axis current command for commanding a q-axis current of the second winding set based on the command value;
the control unit controls the second inverter to increase a back electromotive force of the second winding set by a first d-axis excess amount by which the first d-axis current command exceeds the first d-axis limit value when the first d-axis current command exceeds the first d-axis limit value; and
the control unit controls the first inverter based on the second d-axis current command, the first d-axis current command, and the first q-axis current command when the first d-axis current command exceeds the first d-axis limit value.

13. The motor control device according to claim 10 , wherein:
the first winding set and th

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Takashi

Classifications

• H02P27/12

  pulsing by guiding the flux vector, current vector or voltage vector on a circle or a closed curve, e.g. for direct torque control · CPC title

• H02P25/22

  Multiple windings; Windings for more than three phases · CPC title

• H02P21/0089

  using field weakening · CPC title

• B62D5/0409

  Electric motor acting on the steering column · CPC title

• H02P21/0003

  Control strategies in general, e.g. linear type, e.g. P, PI, PID, using robust control · CPC title