Motor driving apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016268951-A1
Application number	US-201615069958-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2016
Priority date	Mar 13, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A motor driving apparatus includes an AC-DC conversion unit configured to rectify an AC power supplied from an external AC power source, a DC link unit configured to stabilize a voltage rectified by the AC-DC conversion unit, and a DC-AC conversion unit configured to supply the AC power to a motor using the DC voltage from the DC link unit. The DC link unit may include one pair of film capacitors configured to remove a ripple of the rectified voltage, and the DC-AC conversion unit may include a 3-level inverter receiving the DC voltage from the one pair of film capacitors to supply the AC power to the motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A motor driving apparatus comprising:
an AC-DC conversion unit configured to rectify an AC power supplied from an external AC power source; a DC link unit configured to stabilize a voltage rectified by the AC-DC conversion unit; and a DC-AC conversion unit configured to supply the AC power to a motor using the DC voltage from the DC link unit, wherein: the DC link unit comprises at least one film capacitor configured to remove a ripple of the rectified voltage; and the DC-AC conversion unit comprises a 3-level inverter configured to supply the AC power to the motor using the DC voltage of the at least one film capacitor.

2 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the DC link unit comprises a first film capacitor and a second film capacitor connected to each other in series, and is configured to output a DC voltage between the first film capacitor and the second film capacitor, and a neutral point voltage between both ends of the second film capacitor.

3 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the DC-AC conversion unit further comprises a control module configured to control the AC power supplied to the motor, the DC voltage, and the neutral point voltage.

4 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the control module comprises:
a motor speed control module configured to control the 3-level inverter such that the motor rotates at a target speed input from an external device; a DC voltage control module configured to control the 3-level inverter such that the DC voltage is stabilized; and a neutral point voltage control module configured to control the 3-level inverter such that the neutral point voltage is stabilized.

5 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the motor speed control module outputs a voltage reference to control the 3-level inverter in accordance with the target speed input from the external device and a driving current output by the 3-level inverter.

6 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the motor speed control module comprises:
a speed controller configured to calculate a current reference from a difference between the target speed and a rotation speed of the motor; and a current controller configured to calculate the voltage reference from a difference between the current reference and the driving current.

7 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the DC voltage control module is configured to output a damping voltage according to the DC voltage and the voltage reference, to prevent divergence of the DC voltage.

8 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the DC voltage control module is configured to calculate the damping voltage from a difference between an average value of voltages applied from the external AC power source and the DC voltage.

9 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the neutral point voltage control module is configured to output an offset voltage according to the DC voltage, the neutral point voltage, the voltage reference, and a current reference, to reduce pulsation of the neutral point voltage.

10 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the neutral point voltage control module comprises:
a neutral point current calculator configured to calculate a neutral point current from the DC voltage and the neutral point voltage; and an offset voltage calculator configured to calculate a offset voltage, which stabilizes the neutral point voltage, from the current reference, the neutral point current, and the voltage reference.

11 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the 3-level inverter comprises:
a 6-switch inverter module configured to receive the DC voltage from both ends of the first film capacitor and the second film capacitor, and configured to supply an AC power to the motor via a U-phase terminal, a V-phase terminal, and a W-phase terminal; and a neutral point switch module configured to receive the neutral point voltage from a neutral point at which the first film capacitor and the second film capacitor are connected, and configured to supply the AC power to the motor via a U-phase terminal, a V-phase terminal, and a W-phase terminal.

12 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the 6-switch inverter module comprises:
three upper switching elements connected to the first film capacitor and three lower switching elements connected to the second film capacitor, wherein the three upper switching elements and the three lower switching elements are respectively connected in series, and three output nodes to which the three upper switching elements and the three lower switching elements are connected in series are respectively connected to the U-phase terminal, the V-phase terminal, and the W-phase terminal.

13 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the neutral point switch module comprises three pairs of switching elements respectively provided between the U-phase terminal and the neutral point, between the V-phase terminal and the neutral point, and between the W-phase terminal and the neutral point.

14 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the 6-switch inverter module and the neutral point switch module are configured on separate chips.

15 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the 6-switch inverter module and the neutral point switch module are configured on one chip.

16 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the U-phase terminal, the V-phase terminal, and the W-phase terminal of the 6-switch inverter module are respectively connected to the U-phase terminal, the V-phase terminal, and the W-phase terminal of the neutral point switch module.

17 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:
the DC-AC conversion unit further comprises a driving circuit configured to receive a control signal from the control module and drive the 3-level inverter; and the driving circuit comprises a plurality of gate drivers configured to respectively provide driving signals to the plurality of switching elements included in the 3-level inverter.

18 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 17 , further comprising a DC power source unit configured to supply a DC power to the control module and the driving circuit.

19 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the DC power source unit comprises:
a single-phase rectifying circuit configured to rectify the AC power; a DC link circuit configured to stabilize the voltage rectified by the single-phase rectifying circuit; and a DC-DC conversion circuit configured to change a voltage value of the DC voltage applied from the DC link circuit to apply the DC power having the changed voltage value to each of the plurality of gate drivers.

20 . The motor driving apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein:
the plurality of switching elements and the plurality of gate drivers are classified into a plurality of groups depending on whether emitter terminals of the switching elements are connected to each other, and the DC power source unit supplies an independent DC power to each of the gate drivers belonging to the plurality of groups.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Je Hyung
• Kim Sun Jin
• Seo Han Sol

Classifications

• H02P27/14 Primary

  with three or more levels of voltage · CPC title

• H02M1/14 Primary

  Arrangements for reducing ripples from DC input or output · CPC title

• H02M5/458

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H02P27/06 Primary

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

• H02M7/483 Primary

  Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltages levels · CPC title