IP Library Granted Patent US 9,866,107
Granted Patent B2
US 9,866,107 · App. 15/047,107 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Control system for inverter

Inventor: Etsushi Taguchi (Seto, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 9,866,107
App. No.
15/047,107
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute three-phase ON control such that two transistors connected in parallel to the first transistor are switched ON when a condition i) is satisfied, The first transistor is one of the transistor of the six transistors and in which the short-circuit fault has occurred. The condition i) is that a recovery loss of a first diode in which a reverse recovery current is generated is estimated to be smaller than a recovery tolerance.

Claims (8)

1. A control system for an inverter, the inverter including six transistors and six diodes,

the control system comprising:

an electronic control unit configured to execute three-phase ON control such that two transistors connected in parallel to a first transistor are switched ON when a condition i) is satisfied, the first transistor being one of the six transistors and in which the short-circuit fault has occurred,

i) a recovery loss of a first diode that is one of the six diodes in which a reverse recovery current is generated is estimated to be smaller than a recovery tolerance.

2. The control system according to claim 1 , wherein the recovery loss is estimated to be smaller than the recovery tolerance when a reverse direction voltage acting on the first diode is smaller than a predetermined voltage.

3. The control system according to claim 1 , wherein the recovery loss is estimated to be smaller than the recovery tolerance when a rotation speed of a rotating electric machine driven by the inverter is lower than a predetermined rotation speed.

4. The control system according to claim 1 , wherein the recovery loss is estimated to be smaller than the recovery tolerance when a value of a forward direction current passing through the first diode is smaller than a predetermined current value.

5. The control system according to claim 1 , wherein the recovery loss is estimated to be smaller than the recovery tolerance when a product of a value of a forward direction current passing through the first diode and a reverse direction voltage acting on the first diode is smaller than a predetermined value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052279/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2016
From: TAGUCHI, ETSUSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037768/0356 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-034074 · Feb 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160248317A1 · Aug 25, 2016