Inverter controller

1. An inverter controller comprising:

an inverter main circuit that supplies a power to a three-phase load; and

a pulse-width-modulation operation unit that outputs a switching command to the inverter main circuit, wherein

the pulse-width-modulation operation unit includes

a modulation-mode selecting unit that selects an optimal two-phase modulation mode signal for modulation and a carrier-wave-synchronous-mode select command based on information on a voltage command value for applying a voltage to the three-phase load,

a modulation-wave generating unit that generates a modulation wave as a voltage command value to the inverter main circuit in response to the two-phase modulation mode signal,

a carrier-wave generating unit that generates a carrier wave that becomes a reference for the switching command in response to the carrier-wave-synchronous-mode select command, and

a comparing unit that compares the modulation wave and the carrier wave and determines a switching pattern based on a result of comparison, and

in a two-phase modulation mode in which switching of any one of three phases configuring the inverter main circuit is turned off, the pulse-width-modulation operation unit controls the carrier-wave generating unit such that a carrier wave frequency that is a frequency of the carrier wave is set to an integral multiple of a modulation wave frequency that is a frequency of the modulation wave.

2. The inverter controller according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier-wave generating unit performs a switching of a carrier-wave synchronous mode based on the information on the voltage command value and the carrier-wave-synchronous-mode select command, and outputs a carrier-wave-peak timing signal to the modulation-wave generating unit.

3. The inverter controller according to claim 2 , wherein the modulation-wave generating unit generates three phases of modulation waves based on the information on the voltage command value and the carrier-wave-peak timing signal, and outputs the modulation waves to the comparing unit.

4. The inverter controller according to claim 1 , wherein in the two-phase modulation mode, the pulse-width-modulation operation unit sets the carrier wave frequency to the integral multiple of the modulation wave frequency when a condition is satisfied in which the modulation wave frequency exceeds a preset value.

5. The inverter controller according to claim 1 , wherein

the inverter main circuit includes

a semiconductor device as a switching device, and

a cooling unit that cools down the semiconductor device, and

the pulse-width-modulation operation unit sets the carrier wave frequency such that a time average of the carrier wave frequency per a time constant of the cooling unit does not exceed an upper limit of the carrier wave frequency that is determined from a cooling capacity of the cooling unit.

6. The inverter controller according to claim 2 , wherein

the inverter main circuit includes

a semiconductor device as a switching device, and

a cooling unit that cools down the semiconductor device, and

the pulse-width-modulation operation unit sets the carrier wave frequency such that a time average of the carrier wave frequency per a time constant of the cooling unit does not exceed an upper limit of the carrier wave frequency that is determined from a cooling capacity of the cooling unit.

7. The inverter controller according to claim 3 , wherein

the inverter main circuit includes

a semiconductor device as a switching device, and

a cooling unit that cools down the semiconductor device, and

the pulse-width-modulation operation unit sets the carrier wave frequency such that a time average of the carrier wave frequency per a time constant of the cooling unit does not exceed an upper limit of the carrier wave frequency that is determined from a cooling capacity of the cooling unit.

8. The inverter controller according to claim 4 , wherein

the inverter main circuit includes

a semiconductor device as a switching device, and

a cooling unit that cools down the semiconductor device, and

the pulse-width-modulation operation unit sets the carrier wave frequency such that a time average of the carrier wave frequency per a time constant of the cooling unit does not exceed an upper limit of the carrier wave frequency that is determined from a cooling capacity of the cooling unit.

9. The inverter controller according to claim 1 , wherein the pulse-width-modulation operation unit changes over a ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency by time of one cycle of the modulation wave while maintaining a condition that the carrier wave frequency is the integral multiple of the modulation wave frequency.

10. The inverter controller according to claim 2 , wherein the pulse-width-modulation operation unit changes over a ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency by time of one cycle of the modulation wave while maintaining a condition that the carrier wave frequency is the integral multiple of the modulation wave frequency.

11. The inverter controller according to claim 3 , wherein the pulse-width-modulation operation unit changes over a ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency by time of one cycle of the modulation wave while maintaining a condition that the carrier wave frequency is the integral multiple of the modulation wave frequency.

12. The inverter controller according to claim 4 , wherein the pulse-width-modulation operation unit changes over a ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency by time of one cycle of the modulation wave while maintaining a condition that the carrier wave frequency is the integral multiple of the modulation wave frequency.

13. The inverter controller according to claim 9 , wherein in the two-phase modulation mode, the pulse-width-modulation operation unit switches to a three-phase modulation mode when the ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency reaches three.

14. The inverter controller according to claim 10 , wherein in the two-phase modulation mode, the pulse-width-modulation operation unit switches to a three-phase modulation mode when the ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency reaches three.

15. The inverter controller according to claim 11 , wherein in the two-phase modulation mode, the pulse-width-modulation operation unit switches to a three-phase modulation mode when the ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency reaches three.

16. The inverter controller according to claim 12 , wherein in the two-phase modulation mode, the pulse-width-modulation operation unit switches to a three-phase modulation mode when the ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency reaches three.

17. An inverter controller comprising:

an inverter main circuit that supplies a power to a three-phase load; and

a pulse-width-modulation operation unit that outputs a switching command to the inverter main circuit, wherein

the pulse-width-modulation operation unit includes

a modulation-wave generating unit that generates a modulation wave as a voltage command value to the inverter main circuit,

a carrier-wave generating unit that generates a carrier wave that becomes a reference for the switching command, and

a comparing unit that compares the modulation wave and the carrier wave and determines a switching pattern based on a result of comparison, and

in a two-phase modulation mode in which switching of any one of three phases configuring the inverter main circuit is turned off, the pulse-width-modulation operation unit controls the carrier-wave generating unit such that a carrier wave frequency that is a frequency of the carrier wave is set to an integral multiple of a modulation wave frequency that is a frequency of the modulation wave, and changes over a ratio of the carrier wave frequency to the modulation wave frequency by time of one cycle of the modulation wave while maintaining a condition that the carrier wave frequency is an integral multiple of the modulation wave frequency.