Motor control device and electric power steering device provided with same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12388382-B2
Application number	US-202318459958-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2023
Priority date	Mar 5, 2021
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

A field-weakening controller determines a d-axis current command correction value in a field-weakening control according to a voltage of a DC power supply and a voltage amplitude of a voltage command. A d-axis current final value calculator outputs a d-axis current command final value calculated using a d-axis current command value and a d-axis current command correction value. A field-weakening controller has a voltage amplitude command limiter that limits a voltage amplitude command determined based on the power supply voltage. A voltage amplitude command limiter limits the voltage amplitude command to a voltage amplitude command limit value when the motor state quantity, which is correlated with a time rate of change when a sine wave center voltage of the voltage command crosses from negative to positive, is equal to or greater than a predetermined limit start value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control device applied to a motor drive system in which power from a DC power supply is converted into three-phase AC power by an inverter and supplied to a brushless motor for calculating a sine wave voltage command output to the inverter by vector control, comprising:
a torque command/current command converter configured to convert an input torque command into a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value;
a field-weakening controller configured to determine a d-axis current command correction value in a field-weakening control according to a voltage of the DC power supply and a voltage amplitude of the voltage command;
a d-axis current final value calculator configured to output a d-axis current command final value calculated using the d-axis current command value and the d-axis current command correction value; and
a current controller configured to perform a feedback control of the d-axis current command final value and the q-axis current command value;
wherein
the field-weakening controller has a voltage amplitude command limiter configured to limit a voltage amplitude command determined based on the voltage of the DC power supply, and
the voltage amplitude command limiter
calculates a product of the voltage amplitude of the voltage command and rotation speed of the motor as a motor state quantity, which is a time rate of change when a sine wave center voltage of the voltage command crosses from negative to positive, and
limits the voltage amplitude command to a voltage amplitude command limit value when the motor state quantity is equal to or greater than a predetermined limit start value.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the voltage amplitude command limiter sets the voltage amplitude command limit value to a constant value when the motor state quantity is equal to or greater than the limit start value.

3. A motor control device applied to a motor drive system in which power from a DC power supply is converted into three-phase AC power by an inverter and supplied to a brushless motor for calculating a sine wave voltage command output to the inverter by vector control, comprising:
a torque command/current command converter configured to convert an input torque command into a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value;
a field-weakening controller configured to determine a d-axis current command correction value in a field-weakening control according to a voltage of the DC power supply and a voltage amplitude of the voltage command;
a d-axis current final value calculator configured to output a d-axis current command final value calculated using the d-axis current command value and the d-axis current command correction value; and
a current controller configured to perform a feedback control of the d-axis current command final value and the q-axis current command value;
wherein
the field-weakening controller has a voltage amplitude command limiter configured to limit a voltage amplitude command determined based on the voltage of the DC power supply, and
the voltage amplitude command limiter
calculates a product of the voltage amplitude of the voltage command and rotation speed of the motor as a motor state quantity, which is a time rate of change when a sine wave center voltage of the voltage command crosses from negative to positive, and

limits the voltage amplitude command to a voltage amplitude command limit value when the motor state quantity is equal to or greater than a predetermined limit start value, wherein
when the motor state quantity is equal to or greater than the limit start value, the voltage amplitude command limiter sets the voltage amplitude command limit value lower as the motor state quantity increases.

4. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the voltage amplitude command limiter variably sets the limit start value.

5. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the voltage amplitude command limiter determines the voltage amplitude command limit value according to the temperature of the motor detected by a temperature detector in addition to the motor state quantity.

6. The motor control device according to claim 1 , further comprising,
a q-axis current command corrector configured to correct the q-axis current command value according to the d-axis current command final value, wherein
the motor is a motor having saliency.

7. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the motor is a multi-winding motor having a plurality sets of windings,
the motor control device is applied to a motor drive system provided with a plurality of inverters corresponding to a plurality sets of windings,
a plurality of the current controllers and a plurality of the field-weakening controllers corresponding to the plurality of inverters are provided, and
each of the plurality of field-weakening controllers has the voltage amplitude command limiter.

8. The motor control device according to claim 7 , wherein
the voltage amplitude command limit values in the plurality of voltage amplitude command limiters are set to the same value.

9. An electric power steering device, comprising:
a motor configured to output a steering assist torque; and
a motor control device according to claim 1 , which controls driving of the motor.

10. An electric power steering device, comprising:
a motor configured to output a steering assist torque; and
a motor control device configured to control driving of the motor, wherein
the motor control device
is applied to a motor drive system in which power from a DC power supply is converted into three-phase AC power by an inverter and supplied to a brushless motor,
calculates a sine wave voltage command to be output to the inverter by vector control, and

the motor control device includes
a torque command/current command converter configured to convert an input torque command into a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value,
a field-weakening controller configured to determine a d-axis current command correction value in a field-weakening control according to a voltage of the DC power supply and a voltage amplitude of the voltage command,
a d-axis current final value calculator configured to output a d-axis current command final value calculated using the d-axis current command value and the d-axis current command correction value, and
a current controller configured to perform a feedback control of the d-axis current command final value and the q-axis current command value,

the field-weakening controller has a voltage amplitude command limiter configured to limit a voltage amplitude command determined based on the voltage of the DC power supply, and
the voltage amplitude command limiter limits the voltage amplitude command to a voltage amplitude command limit value when a motor state quantity, which is a time rate of change when a sine wave center voltage of the voltage command crosses from negative to positive, is equal to or greater than a predetermined limit start value.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Oba Kohei
• Matsuki Yosuke
• Kano Ryo

Classifications

• H02P27/06

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

• B62D5/0472

  for damping vibrations · CPC title

• H02P21/22

  Current control, e.g. using a current control loop · CPC title

• H02P29/50

  Reduction of harmonics · CPC title

• H02P25/22

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