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Granted Patent B2
US 11,398,788 · App. 16/963,942 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Drive control for a three-phase motor

Inventors: Daniel Glose (Munich, DE); Pascal Schirmer (Seybothenreuth, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
H02P21/05B60L15/025H02P21/13H02P27/12B60L2240/421B60L2240/423B60L2260/42
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Patent No.
US 11,398,788
App. No.
16/963,942
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive control for a three-phase motor has an inverter with multiple switches for generating three-phase voltages on the windings of the three-phase motor, and a control device for controlling the switches of the inverter on the basis of pulse-width modulation. The control device is set up to control the switches in a switching period by using a switching pattern, wherein the switching pattern is composed of two active voltage space vectors and multiple null vectors, wherein the null vectors vary within the switching pattern.

Claims (27)

1. A drive controller for a three-phase motor, comprising:

an inverter having a plurality of switches for generating three-phase voltages at windings of the three-phase motor; and

a processor for controlling the plurality of switches of the inverter based on pulse width modulation, wherein

the processor controls the plurality of switches in a switching period using a switching pattern, wherein the switching pattern consists of two active voltage space vectors and a plurality of zero vectors, wherein the plurality of zero vectors vary within the switching pattern, and

wherein the switching pattern is inverted during a switching period such that the active voltage space vectors are maintained while the plurality of zero vectors are inverted.

2. The drive controller according to claim 1 , wherein

a switching pattern defines a division of the zero vectors and/or a number of zero vectors.

3. The drive controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor calculates the zero vectors for each operating state of the three-phase motor and stores the zero vectors.

4. The drive controller according to claim 3 , wherein

an operating state has a specific rotation speed and a specific torque.

5. The drive controller according to claim 4 , wherein

the processor calculates the zero vectors offline.

6. The drive controller according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor stores the zero vectors in a lookup table.

7. The drive controller according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor calculates the zero vectors offline.

8. The drive controller according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor stores the zero vectors in a lookup table.

9. The drive controller according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor calculates the zero vectors based on an optimization algorithm, and

the optimization algorithm is suitable for reducing losses of the three-phase motor over an entire operating range.

10. The drive controller according to claim 9 , wherein

the optimization algorithm is suitable for reducing the losses of the three-phase motor on a machine side or on an intermediate circuit side.

11. A three-phase motor comprising a drive controller according to claim 1 .

12. The drive controller according to claim 11 , wherein

the three-phase motor is a motor vehicle three-phase motor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2020
From: GLOSE, DANIEL; SCHIRMER, PASCAL
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 053278/0801 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 204 975.0 · Apr 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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