Semiconductor integrated circuit device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9630523-B2
Application number	US-201514953136-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2009
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

A motor speed determining circuit determining a rotation speed of a motor is provided and a processing of generating motor driving waveform is switched in accordance with the rotation speed of the motor. A resolver signal outputted from a resolver 2 is converted to a digital value by an R/D converter 3 , and inputted to a computing circuit of resolver value correction 5 via an R/D conversion interface 4 . A current value of a motor M is converted to a digital value by an A/D convertor 8 . The computing circuit of resolver value correction 5 computes a resolver correction value of the inputted digital signal and calculates positional data from a corrected resolver value. The computing circuit of motor control computes a current instruction value from a motor current value subjected to digital conversion by the A/D converter 8 and a motor current instruction value etc., and a motor waveform output circuit 7 generates a motor driving waveform from the current instruction value and outputs the same to a power module PM.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising:
a Central Processing Unit (CPU) executing software;
a motor speed determining circuit for determining whether a rotation speed of a drive motor provided in an automobile is lower than or higher than a predetermined value;
a computing portion for computing a resolver value correction; and
a motor control portion for generating a motor driving waveform for driving the drive motor,
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device is capable of switching generating the motor driving waveform by a software processing by the CPU or generating the motor driving waveform by a hardware processing by the motor control portion, in accordance with the rotation speed of the drive motor,
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device controls increasing and decreasing a rotation torque of the drive motor, by controlling a frequency of the motor driving waveform for driving the drive motor and an amount of drive current in accordance with a rotation resistance of the motor by the software processing by the CPU, in a period in which the drive motor is in a halting state or a period in which the rotation speed of the drive motor is relatively low, when the rotation speed of the drive motor is lower than the predetermined value,
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device performs control of outputting the motor driving waveform in accordance with a rotation angle of the drive motor by the hardware processing by the motor control portion, in a period in which the rotation speed of the drive motor is relatively high, when the rotation speed of the drive motor is higher than the predetermined value, and
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device sequentially corrects a resolver value including error made by counting up a digital signal based on a resolver signal outputted from a resolver attached to the drive motor by a hardware processing by the computing portion of resolver value correction.

2. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device performs control of increasing the rotation torque of the drive motor by performing control of reducing the frequency of the motor driving waveform and increasing the amount of drive current in accordance with increased rotation resistance of the drive motor in the software processing.

3. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the computing portion of resolver value correction has a hardware configuration performing a data flow operation in which computing is performed in accordance with input of the resolver signal outputted from the resolver.

4. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor control portion calculates positional data of the drive motor from the resolver value corrected by the computing portion of resolver value correction, computes a current instruction value from the positional data, a value of motor current flowing in the drive motor, and a motor current instruction value, and generates a motor driving waveform from the current instruction value.

5. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor speed determining circuit performs control of switching of a waveform of the motor driving waveform in accordance with the rotation speed of the drive motor.

6. The semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processing, in accordance with a deceleration operation instruction of the automobile, can be performed to control output of a drive signal giving a rotation torque in a reverse direction to a rotation direction of the drive motor in accordance with the rotation angle of the drive motor.

7. An automobile, comprising:
a plurality of tires;
a motor for driving the tires;
a resolver; and
a semiconductor integrated circuit device, including:
a CPU executing software,
a motor speed determining circuit for determining whether a rotation speed of the motor is lower than or higher than a predetermined value,
a computing portion for computing a resolver value correction, and
a motor control portion for generating a motor driving waveform for driving the motor,

wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device is capable of switching generating the motor driving waveform by a software processing by the CPU or generating the motor driving waveform by a hardware processing by the motor control portion, in accordance with the rotation speed of the motor,
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device controls increasing and decreasing a rotation torque of the motor by controlling a frequency of the motor driving waveform for driving the motor and an amount of drive current, in accordance with rotation resistance of the motor by the software processing by the CPU, in a period in which the motor is in a halting state or a period in which the rotation speed of the drive motor is relatively low, when the rotation speed of the motor is lower than the predetermined value,
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device performs control of outputting the motor driving waveform in accordance with a rotation angle of the motor by the hardware processing by the motor control portion, in a period in which the rotation speed of the motor is relatively high, when the rotation speed of the motor is higher than the predetermined value, and
wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device sequentially corrects a resolver value including error made by counting up a digital signal based on a resolver signal outputted from the resolver attached to the motor, by a hardware processing by the computing portion of resolver value correction.

8. The automobile according to claim 7 , wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit device performs control of increasing the rotation torque of the motor by performing control of reducing the frequency of the motor driving waveform and increasing the amount of drive current in accordance with increased rotation resistance of the motor in the software processing.

9. The automobile according to claim 7 , wherein the computing portion of resolver value correction of the semiconductor integrated circuit device has a hardware configuration performing a data flow operation in which computing is performed in accordance with input of the resolver signal outputted from the resolver.

10. The automobile according to claim 7 , wherein the motor control portion of the semiconductor integrated circuit device calculates positional data of the motor from the resolver value corrected by the computing portion of resolver value correction, computes a current instruction value from the positional data, a value of motor current flowing in the motor, and a motor current instruction value, and generates a motor driving waveform from the current instruction value.

11. The automobile according to claim 7 , wherein the motor speed determining circuit performs control of switching of a waveform of the motor driving waveform in accordance with the rotation speed of the motor.

12. The automobile according to claim 7 , wherein the hardware processing, in accordance with a deceleration operation instruction of the automobile, can be performed to control output of a drive signal giving a rotation torque in a reverse direction to a rotation direction of the motor in accordance with the rotation angle of the motor.

13. A motor driving device for a motor that drives tires in an automobile, the motor driving device comprising:
an Analog/Digital (A/D) converter for converting, to a digital signal, a res

Assignees

• Renesas Electronics Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Hisaaki

Classifications

• H02P27/04

  using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage · CPC title

• B60L15/20 Primary

  for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed · CPC title

• Y10S903/903

  having energy storing means, e.g. battery, capacitor · CPC title

• H02P6/181

  using different methods depending on the speed · CPC title

• H02P23/0027

  using different modes of control depending on a parameter, e.g. the speed · CPC title