IP Library Granted Patent US 11,205,968
Granted Patent B2
US 11,205,968 · App. 17/000,935 · Granted Dec 21, 2021

Matrix converter control device and power conversion system

Inventor: Katsuyuki Imamura (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
H02M5/293H02M5/297H02M5/2932
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Patent No.
US 11,205,968
App. No.
17/000,935
Granted
Dec 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A matrix converter control device includes a plurality of delay circuits which correspond to logic change timings of a plurality of input pulse width modulation (PWM) signals for controlling ON and OFF states of a plurality of switching elements included in a matrix converter. Specifically, the plurality of delay circuits are a first delay circuit, a second delay circuit, a third delay circuit, a fourth delay circuit, and a fifth delay circuit. Each of the plurality of delay circuits delays an input PWM signal by an amount of delay set for the delay circuit at a logic change timing corresponding to the delay circuit.

Claims (15)

1. A matrix converter control device, comprising:

a plurality of delay circuits which correspond to logic change timings of a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) signals for controlling ON and OFF states of a plurality of switching elements included in a matrix converter, wherein

each of the plurality of delay circuits delays a target PWM signal included in the plurality of PWM signals by an amount of delay set for the delay circuit in a time period starting at one of the logic change timings which corresponds to the delay circuit, the target PWM signal being a signal for controlling a target switching element included in the plurality of switching elements.

2. The matrix converter control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an AND circuit which outputs a logical product of outputs of the plurality of delay circuits as a first signal; and

an OR circuit which outputs a logical sum of the outputs of the plurality of delay circuits as a second signal.

3. The matrix converter control device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a control circuit which outputs the target PWM signal to the target switching element, and at each of the logic change timings, switches a signal to be output to the target switching element from the target PWM signal to one of the first signal and the second signal.

4. The matrix converter control device according to claim 1 , wherein

a total number of the plurality of delay circuits which perform signal processing on the target PWM signal is five.

5. The matrix converter control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the logic change timings are determined based on a comparison between a count value which repeatedly increases and decreases on a cyclical basis and two thresholds having different values.

6. A power conversion system, comprising:

the matrix converter control device according to claim 1 ; and

the matrix converter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
Reel/Frame 056245/0395 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: IMAMURA, KATSUYUKI
To: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054291/0075 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-064432 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019006421 · Feb 20, 2019
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