IP Library Granted Patent US 12712479
Granted Patent B2
US 12712479 · App. 18/693,948 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Motor control device

Inventors: Kotaro Kataoka (Kyoto, JP); Tomohiro Fukumura (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
H02P27/14
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Patent No.
US 12712479
App. No.
18/693,948
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor control device includes a conversion circuit that is connected to an n-phase motor, and a control unit that controls the conversion circuit based on n-phase duty command values updated at a predetermined update cycle. When the control unit predicts, based on the n-phase duty command values, that voltage fluctuations of at least two-phase connection terminals among the n-phase connection terminals connected to the n-phase motor occur in the same direction and at the same timing, the control unit delays the occurrence timing of the voltage fluctuation of one of the two-phase connection terminals by a first time and advances the occurrence timing of the voltage fluctuation of another connection terminal by a second time. The total value of the first time and the second time is a predetermined time during which predetermined occurrence timings of the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals do not overlap each other.

Claims (10)

1 . A motor control device that controls an n-phase motor, the motor control device comprising:

a power conversion circuit that is connected to the n-phase motor and performs mutual conversion between DC power and n-phase AC power; and

a control unit that controls the power conversion circuit based on n-phase duty command values updated at a predetermined update cycle, wherein

when the control unit predicts, based on the n-phase duty command values, that voltage fluctuations of at least two-phase connection terminals among the n-phase connection terminals connected to the n-phase motor occur in a same direction and at a same timing, the control unit delays an occurrence timing of the voltage fluctuation of one connection terminal of the two-phase connection terminals by a first time and advances an occurrence timing of the voltage fluctuation of another connection terminal by a second time, and

a total value of the first time and the second time is a predetermined time during which predetermined occurrence timings of the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals do not overlap each other.

2 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit determines each of the first time and the second time to be a value corresponding to ½ of the predetermined time.

3 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein when duty ratios of the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals are included in a range from a first threshold to 100%, the control unit sets the duty ratios of the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals to 100% or less.

4 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein when duty ratios of the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals are included in a range from a second threshold to 0%, the control unit sets the duty ratios of the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals to 0% or more.

5 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein when a duty ratio of the voltage fluctuation of the one connection terminal tends to increase and a duty ratio of the voltage fluctuation of the other connection terminal tends to decrease, and the control unit predicts that the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals occur in a rising direction and at a same timing, the control unit delays a rising edge timing and a next falling edge timing of the voltage fluctuation of the one connection terminal by the first time and advances a rising edge timing and a next falling edge timing of the voltage fluctuation of the other connection terminal by the second time.

6 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein when a duty ratio of the voltage fluctuation of the one connection terminal tends to decrease and a duty ratio of the voltage fluctuation of the other connection terminal tends to increase, and the control unit predicts that the voltage fluctuations of the two-phase connection terminals occur in a falling direction and at a same timing, the control unit delays a falling edge timing and a next rising edge timing of the voltage fluctuation of the one connection terminal by the first time and advances a falling edge timing and a next rising edge timing of the voltage fluctuation of the other connection terminal by the second time.