Method for calibrating a multiphase inverter, operating apparatus, computer program, and computer program product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9490727-B2
Application number	US-201214357586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2012
Priority date	Nov 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for calibrating a multiphase, in particular three-phase, inverter ( 1 ) having a respective switching element (T 1 , T 2 , T 3 ) on the high-voltage side and a respective switching element (T 4 , T 5 , T 6 ) on the low-voltage side for each of the phases thereof as well as a respective current sensor for at least some of the phases (I, II, III). The following steps are proposed: (f) switching off all switching elements (T 1 -T 6 ), (g) switching on a switching element (T 1 ) on the high-voltage side for a first phase (I) and a switching element (T 5 ) on the low-voltage side for a second phase (II), (h) measuring the currents flowing through the first phase (I) and the second phase (II), (i) forming an average value from the measured currents, and (j) calibrating the inverter ( 1 ) on the basis of the formed average value. The invention also relates to an apparatus, a computer program and a computer program product.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for determining one or more correction factors for current sensors ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) of a multiphase inverter ( 1 ), which has, for each of its phases (I, II, III), in each case one switching element (T 1 , T 2 , T 3 ) on the high-voltage side and in each case one switching element (T 4 , T 5 , T 6 ) on the low-voltage side and, for at least some of the phases, in each case one current sensor ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) assigned to one of the phases (I, II, III) and detecting current flowing through a respective winding phase or through a respective phase (I, II, III), the method comprising:
(a) switching off all of the switching elements (T 1 -T 6 ),
(b) switching on a switching element (T 1 ) on the high-voltage side of a first phase (I) and a switching element (T 5 ) on the low-voltage side of a second phase (II),
(c) measuring, by two of the current sensors ( 3 , 4 ), the currents flowing through the first phase (I) and the second phase (II),
(d) generating a mean value from the currents measured by the two current sensors ( 3 , 4 ), and
(e) generating at least one correction factor based on the generated mean value, the at least one correction factor used for operating the multiphase inverter ( 1 ).

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that for the determining one or more correction factors the absolute value of a real current of the inverter ( 1 ) is used to generate the mean value of the measured currents.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that, prior to step (b), a check is initially performed to ascertain whether the current in all phases is equal to zero.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that, prior to step (b), a check is initially performed to ascertain whether the current in at least that phase which is not energized in step (b) is equal to zero.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the method is repeated until all possible mean values of the inverter ( 1 ) have been detected.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the respective switching elements (T 1 -T 6 ) are only actuated for a short period of time in such a way that an electric machine ( 2 ) actuated by the inverter ( 1 ) does not generate any torque.

7. An apparatus for implementing the method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized by a specially designed control device ( 6 ) which implements the method.

8. A computer program which implements all of the steps of a method as claimed in claim 1 when the program is running on a computer.

9. A computer program product comprising a program code stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium for implementing the method as claimed in claim 1 when the program is executed on a computer.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the multiphase inverter ( 1 ) is a three-phase inverter.

Assignees

• Raichle Daniel
• Damson Mark
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Raichle Daniel
• Damson Mark

Classifications

• H02P27/06

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

• H02M7/53871 Primary

  with automatic control of output voltage or current · CPC title

• H02M2001/0009

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02M1/0009

  Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter · CPC title