IP Library Granted Patent US 10,951,148
Granted Patent B2
US 10,951,148 · App. 16/517,713 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Control apparatus of a synchronous motor

Inventor: Takumi Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H02P21/10H02P21/18H02P21/34H02P27/12
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Patent No.
US 10,951,148
App. No.
16/517,713
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus of a synchronous motor with a load commutated inverter includes a positive/negative judgment unit for discriminating positive/negative of the motor voltage of each phase of the three-phase AC input of the synchronous motor, an estimated phase setting unit for calculating and setting the estimated phase of the motor voltage based on the discrimination result by the positive/negative discrimination unit, and a speed estimation unit for estimating the speed of the synchronous motor by integrating the change of the estimated phase by a predetermined number of times and dividing the integrated result by the product of the predetermined number and the operation cycle. When driving the synchronous motor with the load commutated inverter, in a condition the synchronous motor slips at high speed, restart is made easier.

Claims (15)

1. A control apparatus of a synchronous motor with a load commutated inverter, comprising:

a positive/negative judgment unit for discriminating positive/negative of motor voltage of each phase of three-phase AC input of the synchronous motor;

an estimated phase setting unit for calculating and setting the estimated phase of the motor voltage based on the judgment result by the positive/negative judgment unit;

a speed estimation unit for estimating the speed of the synchronous motor, that integrates the change of the estimated phase by a predetermined number of times, and divides the integrated result by the product of the predetermined number of times and the operation cycle.

2. The control apparatus of a synchronous motor according to the claim 1 ,

further comprising a motor position setting unit including an estimated phase setting unit for calculating and setting the estimated phase, the estimated phase setting unit divides one period of the motor voltage into six sections based on the discrimination result by the positive/negative judgment unit, and one section divided period of the motor voltage is regarded as the same value, and

the speed of the synchronous motor is estimated by integrating the change of the estimated phase divided into six by a predetermined number of times and divides the integrated result by the product of the predetermined number of times and an operation cycle.

3. The control apparatus of a synchronous motor according to the claim 1 ,

further comprising a phased lock loop including:

a coordinate conversion unit that converts the motor voltage into two axes of D-axis and Q-axis;

a feedback circuit including a proportional integration circuit;

a phase synchronization circuit that detects the phase and frequency of the motor voltage by the coordinate conversion unit and the feedback circuit;

a substitution command unit that substitutes the output of the speed estimation unit as an integral value calculated inside the proportional integration circuit when the synchronous motor is restarted from the time of idling, and executes a proportional integration operation.

4. The control apparatus of a synchronous motor according to the claim 3 ,

wherein, the substitution command unit substitutes the output of the speed estimation unit only once when the synchronous motor is restarted from the time of idling as an integral value calculated inside the proportional integration circuit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2019
From: ITO, TAKUMI
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049999/0218 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017002155 · Jan 23, 2017
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