IP Library Granted Patent US 7,679,940
Granted Patent B2
US 7,679,940 · App. 12/182,882 · Granted Mar 16, 2010

Three-phase voltage source inverter system

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Patent No.
US 7,679,940
App. No.
12/182,882
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a three-phase voltage source inverter system capable of obtaining a nearly sinusoidal output waveform while minimizing apparatus size increase and cost increases. The three-phase voltage source inverter system of the present invention is provided with: a three-phase inverter unit INV-M; and an auxiliary circuit 1 inserted between a direct-current power source and the three-phase inverter unit, including: dividing capacitors Cd 1 , Cd 2 dividing a direct-current voltage of the direct-current power source; a single-phase inverter unit INV-A in which 60° ON-periods are set for upper switching elements S 7 , S 8 in each phase of single-phase with an 80° delay, and 60° ON-periods are set for lower switching elements S 9 , S 10 in each phase of single-phase with a 60° delay from the upper side switching elements and with an 80° delay between each phase; and an auxiliary transformer Ta.

Claims (4)

1. A three-phase voltage source inverter system comprising:

a direct-current power source;

a three-phase voltage source inverter apparatus including: a three-phase inverter unit in which ON-periods are respectively set to 120° for upper side switching elements in each of three phases with a 120° delay, and ON-periods are respectively set to 120° for lower side switching elements in each of the three phases with a 180° delay from the upper side switching elements and with a 120° delay between each phase; and a three-phase output transformer with a primary side Y winding connected to an output end in each of three phases of the three-phase inverter and a secondary side Δ winding; and

an auxiliary circuit inserted between the direct-current power source and the three-phase voltage source inverter apparatus, including: a dividing capacitor, dividing a direct-current voltage of the direct-current power source; a single-phase inverter unit in which ON-periods are respectively set to 60° for upper side switching elements in each phase of single-phase with an 80° delay, and ON-periods are respectively set to 60° for lower side switching elements in each phase of single-phase with a 60° delay from the upper side switching elements and with an 80° delay between each phase; and an auxiliary transformer in which a primary side winding is connected to a connection midpoint between upper and lower switching elements in each phase of the single-phase inverter unit, and a secondary side winding is connected between a connection midpoint of the dividing capacitor and a connection midpoint of a primary Y winding in the three-phase transformer.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 049924/0794 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
To: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
Reel/Frame 048373/0217 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION SERIAL NO., 12162885 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 022213 FRAME 0331. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APPLICATION NUMBER AS 12162882. Recorded Dec 4, 2012
From: SEIM, LARS; ERSTAD, JOSTEIN; INGEBRIGTSEN, ATLE
To: FRAMO ENGINEERING AS
Reel/Frame 029578/0116 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2009
From: MASUKAWA, SHIGEO
To: TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 023113/0422 →