IP Library Granted Patent US 7,728,557
Granted Patent B2
US 7,728,557 · App. 10/959,129 · Granted Jun 1, 2010

Electric discharge controller, electric discharge control method and its program

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Patent No.
US 7,728,557
App. No.
10/959,129
Granted
Jun 1, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electric charge of a capacitor can be reliably discharged. Therefore, an electric discharge controller has an electrically operated machine, an inverter, a capacitor, a voltage command value generating processor for generating a voltage command value for driving, an electric discharge control processor for generating a voltage command value for electric discharge, and a driving signal generating processor. When an electric current is supplied from a direct electric current source to the inverter, the driving signal generating processor generates a driving signal on the basis of the voltage command value for driving. When the supply of the electric current from the direct electric current source to the inverter is interrupted, the driving signal generating processor generates the driving signal on the basis of the voltage command value for electric discharge, and supplies the driving signal to the inverter. The electric discharge control processor generates the voltage command value for electric discharge on the basis of the difference between a target direct current voltage and the direct current voltage. When the supply of the electric current from the direct electric current source to the inverter is interrupted, the driving signal is generated on the basis of the voltage command value for electric discharge and is supplied to the inverter.

Claims (28)

1. An electric discharge controller, comprising:

an electrically operated machine having a rotor and a stator;

an inverter for receiving a direct electric current supplied from a direct electric current source and generating an alternating electric current and supplying the alternating electric current to the electrically operated machine;

a capacitor arranged between the direct electric current source and the inverter;

voltage command value generation processing means for generating a voltage command value for driving the electrically operated machine;

electric discharge control processing means for generating a voltage command value for electric discharge of a capacitor voltage; and

driving signal generation processing means for generating a driving signal for operating the inverter on the basis of the voltage command value for driving while the direct electric current is supplied from the direct electric current source to the inverter, and for generating the driving signal on the basis of the voltage command value for electric discharge when a switch arranged between the direct electric current source and the inverter is turned off and the supply of the direct electric current is interrupted, and for supplying the driving signal to the inverter, wherein the electric discharge control processing means generates the voltage command value for electric discharge on the basis of a difference between a target direct current voltage that is a target value for electrically discharging the capacitor voltage to a voltage so as to not reduce durability even if short-circuit electric current flows in transistors of the inverter and a direct current voltage detected by a direct current voltage detecting section detecting the capacitor voltage.

2. The electric discharge controller according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage command value generation processing means generates a d-axis voltage command value and a q-axis voltage command value as the voltage command value for driving, and the electric discharge control processing means generates the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value as the voltage command value for electric discharge.

3. The electric discharge controller according to claim 2 , wherein the voltage command value generation processing means has electric current feedback control processing means for generating the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value on the basis of an electric current difference between an electric current supplied to the electrically operated machine and an electric current command value.

4. The electric discharge controller according to claim 2 , wherein the electric discharge control processing means generates the d-axis voltage command value on the basis of the difference between the target direct current voltage that is the target value of the capacitor voltage and the direct current voltage detected by the direct current voltage detecting section detecting the capacitor voltage.

5. The electric discharge controller according to claim 2 , wherein the electric discharge control processing means sets the q-axis voltage command value to zero.

6. The electric discharge controller according to claim 2 , wherein the electric discharge control processing means generates the q-axis voltage command value on the basis of an angular velocity and a counter electromotive voltage constant.

7. The electric discharge controller according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage command value for electric discharge is defined so that no q-axis electric current for torque generation is supplied.

8. An electric discharge controller, comprising:

an electrically operated machine having a rotor and a stator;

an inverter for receiving a direct electric current supplied from a direct electric current source and generating an alternating electric current and supplying the alternating electric current to the electrically operated machine;

a capacitor arranged between the direct electric current source and the inverter; and

a control element that:

generates a voltage command value for driving the electrically operated machine;

generates a voltage command value for electric discharge of the capacitor voltage;

generates a driving signal for operating the inverter on the basis of the voltage command value for driving while the direct electric current is supplied from the direct electric current source to the inverter, and generates the driving signal on the basis of the voltage command value for electric discharge when a switch arranged between the direct electric current source and the inverter is turned off and the supply of the direct electric current is interrupted, and

supplies the driving signal to the inverter, wherein the control element generates the voltage command value for electric discharge on the basis of a difference between a target direct current voltage that is a target value for electrically discharging the capacitor voltage to a voltage so as to not reduce durability even if short-circuit electric current flows in transistors of the inverter and a direct current voltage detected by a direct current voltage detecting section detecting the capacitor voltage.

9. The electric discharge controller according to claim 8 , wherein the control voltage element, in generating the voltage command value for driving, generates a d-axis voltage command value and a q-axis voltage command value, and in generating the voltage command value for electric discharge generates the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value.

10. The electric discharge controller according to claim 9 , wherein the control element generates the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value on the basis of an electric current difference between an electric current supplied to the electrically operated machine and an electric current command value.

11. The electric discharge controller according to claim 9 , wherein the control element generates the d-axis voltage command value on the basis of a difference between a target direct current voltage that is the target value of the capacitor voltage and the direct current voltage detected by the direct current voltage detecting section detecting the capacitor voltage.

12. The electric discharge controller according to claim 9 , wherein the control element sets the q-axis voltage command value to zero.

13. The electric discharge controller according to claim 9 , wherein the control element generates the q-axis voltage command value on the basis of an angular velocity and a counter electromotive voltage constant.

14. The electric discharge controller according to claim 8 , wherein the voltage command value for electric discharge is defined so that no q-axis electric current for torque generation is supplied.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 072239/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043980/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2004
From: IWATSUKI, KEN; KITAHATA, TAKESHI
To: AISIN AW CO., LTD.; KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 015874/0972 →