Hybrid electric vehicle and a method of controlling driving of a motor therefor

1 . A method of controlling motor driving of a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising:

determining a sum torque of a first motor, which is directly connected to an engine, and a second motor, which is directly connected to an input end of a transmission, based on a requested torque and a torque distributed to the engine;

selectively applying one of a first synthetic efficiency map and a second synthetic efficiency map, to which different conversion references of a motor drive mode are set, to an efficiency map of the second motor, based on information about the motor drive mode applied to the second motor; and

distributing the sum torque to each of the first motor and the second motor based on an efficiency map of the first motor and the efficiency map of the second motor,

wherein the second motor is driven by a first inverter connected to first ends of windings of the second motor, a second inverter connected to second ends of the windings of the second motor, and a plurality of transfer switches having i) first ends connected between the second ends of the windings of the second motor and the second inverter and ii) second ends directly connected to each other, and

wherein the motor drive mode includes:

a closed end winding mode in which alternating currents corresponding to a plurality of phases are provided to the first ends of the windings of the second motor by controlling the first inverter, and the second ends of the windings of the second motor are short circuited by controlling the first inverter and the plurality of transfer switches, and

an open end winding mode in which the plurality of transfer switches are controlled to be opened, and the alternating currents corresponding to the plurality of phases are provided to the first and second ends of the windings of the second motor by controlling the first inverter and the second inverter.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the sum torque includes:

determining the requested torque;

distributing the requested torque to the engine; and

determining a difference between the requested torque and the torque distributed to the engine to be the sum torque.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein distributing the requested torque to the engine includes distributing the requested torque to the engine when a driving mode is a HEV mode, wherein the HEV mode is a mode that controls the second motor and the first motor to be connected through fastening of an engine clutch, and that drives the hybrid electric vehicle through the first motor and the second motor.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein selectively applying one of the first synthetic efficiency map and the second synthetic efficiency map includes:

determining the motor drive mode applied to the second motor;

applying, when the motor drive mode is determined to be the closed end winding mode, the first synthetic efficiency map to the efficiency map of the second motor; and

applying, when the motor drive mode is determined to be the open end winding mode, the second synthetic efficiency map to the efficiency map of the second motor.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining the motor drive mode includes:

sensing a drive mode of the first inverter and the second inverter driving the second motor at a first control unit;

outputting the sensed drive mode of the first inverter and the second inverter to a second control unit as information about the motor drive mode at the first control unit; and

determining the motor drive mode based on the output information at the second control unit.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first synthetic efficiency map includes, based on a first mode conversion line that is a set of operating points at which the motor drive mode is switched from the closed end winding mode into the open end winding mode:

a first sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor to which the closed end winding mode is applied, and

a second sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor which is driven in the open end winding mode.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein a range of the operating points of the second motor which corresponds to the first sub-map is set to be wider than a range of the operating points of the second motor which corresponds to the second sub-map.

8 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second synthetic efficiency map includes, based on a second mode conversion line that is a set of operating points at which the motor drive mode is switched from the open end winding mode into the closed end winding mode:

a third sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor to which the closed end winding mode is applied, and

a fourth sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor to which the open end winding mode is applied.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein a range of the operating points of the second motor which corresponds to the third sub-map is set to be narrower than a range of the operating points of the second motor which corresponds to the fourth sub-map.

10 . A hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:

an engine;

a first motor directly connected to the engine;

a second motor configured to be selectively connected with the first motor based on a driving mode;

a transmission having an input end directly connected to the second motor;

a first control unit configured to: determine a sum torque of the first motor and the second motor based on a requested torque and torque distributed to the engine, and distribute the sum torque to each of the first motor and the second motor based on an efficiency map of the first motor and an efficiency map of the second motor;

a second control unit configured to: control driving of the first motor based on the torque distributed to the first motor, determine a motor drive mode based on torque distributed to the second motor, and control driving of the second motor based on the determined motor drive mode;

a first inverter connected to first ends of windings of the second motor;

a second inverter connected to second ends of the windings of the second motor; and

a plurality of transfer switches having i) first ends connected between the second ends of the windings of the second motor and the second inverter and ii) second ends directly connected to each other,

wherein the first control unit is configured to selectively apply one of a first synthetic efficiency map and a second synthetic efficiency map, to which a conversion reference of the motor drive mode is differently set, to the efficiency map of the second motor, based on information about the motor drive mode received from the second control unit, and

wherein the second control unit is configured to:

when the motor drive mode is set to a closed end winding mode, control the first inverter to provide alternating current corresponding to each of a plurality of phases to the first ends of the windings of the second motor, and control the second inverter and the plurality of transfer switches to control second ends of the windings of the second motor to be short-circuited, and

when the motor drive mode is set to an open end winding mode, control the plurality of transfer switches to be opened, and control the first inverter and the second inverter to provide alternating current corresponding to each of the plurality of phases to the first and second ends of the windings of the second motor.

11 . The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein:

the first motor and the second motor are connected through fastening of an engine clutch when the drive mode is a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode; and

the HEV mode is a mode of controlling the second motor and the first motor to be connected through fastening of the engine clutch, and of driving the hybrid electric vehicle through the engine, the first motor, and the second motor.

12 . The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the first control unit is configured to: distribute the requested torque to the engine when the driving mode is the HEV mode, and determine a difference between the requested torque and the torque distributed to the engine as the sum torque.

13 . The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the first control unit is configured to:

when the motor drive mode is the closed end winding mode, apply the first synthetic efficiency map to the efficiency map of the second motor; and

when the motor drive mode is the open end winding mode, apply the second synthetic efficiency map to the efficiency map of the second motor.

14 . The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the first synthetic efficiency map includes, based on a first mode conversion line that is a set of operating points at which the motor drive mode is switched from the closed end winding mode into the open end winding mode:

a first sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor to which the closed end winding mode is applied; and

a second sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor that is driven on the open end winding mode.

15 . The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the second synthetic efficiency map includes, based on a second mode conversion line that is a set of operating points at which the motor drive mode is switched from the open end winding mode into the closed end winding mode:

a third sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor to which the closed end winding mode is applied; and

a fourth sub-map that indicates efficiency of the second motor to which the open end winding mode is applied.

16 . A method of controlling motor driving of an electrified vehicle, the method comprising:

determining a sum torque of a first motor and a second motor;

selectively applying one of a first synthetic efficiency map and a second synthetic efficiency map, to which a conversion reference of a motor drive mode is differently set, to an efficiency map of the second motor, based on information about the motor drive mode applied to the second motor; and

distributing the sum torque to each of the first motor and the second motor based on an efficiency map of the first motor and the efficiency map of the second motor,

wherein the second motor is driven by a first inverter connected to first ends of windings of the second motor, a second inverter connected to second ends of the windings of the second motor, and a plurality of transfer switches having i) first ends connected between the second ends of the windings of the second motor and the second inverter and ii) second ends directly connected to each other, and

wherein the motor drive mode includes:

a closed end winding mode in which alternating currents corresponding to a plurality of phases are provided to the first ends of the windings of the second motor by controlling the first inverter, and the second ends of the windings of the second motor are short circuited by controlling the first inverter and the plurality of transfer switches, and

an open end winding mode in which the plurality of transfer switches are controlled to be opened, and the alternating currents corresponding to the plurality of phases are provided to the first and second ends of the windings of the second motor by controlling the first inverter and the second inverter.