IP Library Granted Patent US 12,255,557
Granted Patent B2
US 12,255,557 · App. 17/940,448 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Dynamic interleaving for dual three phase electric machine and three phase wireless charging system

Inventors: Yilmaz Sozer (Peninsula, OH); Anik Chowdhury (Akron, OH); Md Ehsanul Haque (Akron, OH)
Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
H02P21/05H01F38/14H02P25/03H02J50/10
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Patent No.
US 12,255,557
App. No.
17/940,448
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operating a motor includes providing an electric system coupled with the motor, the electric system including parallel inverter legs; subjecting the motor to a first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a first condition; and subjecting the motor to a second interleaving angle different from the first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a second condition; wherein the steps of subjecting the motor to the first interleaving angle and subjecting the motor to the second interleaving angle occur within continuous operation of the electric system and the motor.

Claims (34)

1. A method of operating a motor, the method comprising steps of

providing an electric system coupled with the motor, the electric system including parallel inverter legs, the electric system including two parallel interleaved inverters, wherein the two parallel interleaved inverters are at an angular displacement angle;

subjecting the motor to a first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a first condition; and

subjecting the motor to a second interleaving angle different from the first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a second condition;

wherein the steps of subjecting the motor to the first interleaving angle and subjecting the motor to the second interleaving angle occur within continuous operation of the electric system and the motor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the angular displacement angle is 30°.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of developing a model of dc-link current of the electric system.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising a step of utilizing the model for a control algorithm of a second electric system.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the two parallel interleaved inverters includes a first set of three phases and wherein another one of the two parallel interleaved inverters includes a second set of three phases, such that a first phase of the first set of three phases will be nearby with two phases of the second set of three phases to thereby provide nearby phases.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first condition is a duty ratio in any pair of the nearby phases being 1 or 0 and wherein the second condition is the duty ratio in any pair of the nearby phases not being 1 or 0.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first interleaving angle is 180° and wherein the second interleaving angle is 0°.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electric system utilizes a discontinuous pulse width modulation (DPWM) method.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the discontinuous pulse width modulation method is a discontinuous space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) method.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motor is a permanent magnet synchronous motor.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motor is an induction motor.

12. A method of operating a motor, the method comprising steps of

providing an electric system coupled with the motor, the electric system including parallel inverter legs, the electric system including two parallel interleaved inverters, wherein the two parallel interleaved inverters are at an angular displacement angle determined as a function of operating sectors for the two parallel interleaved inverters;

subjecting the motor to a first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a first condition; and

subjecting the motor to a second interleaving angle different from the first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a second condition;

wherein the steps of subjecting the motor to the first interleaving angle and subjecting the motor to the second interleaving angle occur within continuous operation of the electric system and the motor.

13. A method of operating a motor, the method comprising steps of

providing an electric system coupled with the motor, the electric system including parallel inverter legs, wherein the parallel inverter legs are part of a coil-integrated inverter system having a distributed inverter system, wherein the distributed inverter system includes a first plurality of inverter legs and a second plurality of inverter legs, wherein the first plurality of inverter legs is at an angular displacement angle relative to the second plurality of inverter legs;

subjecting the motor to a first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a first condition; and

subjecting the motor to a second interleaving angle different from the first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a second condition;

wherein the steps of subjecting the motor to the first interleaving angle and subjecting the motor to the second interleaving angle occur within continuous operation of the electric system and the motor.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the angular displacement angle is 30°.

15. A method of operating a motor, the method comprising steps of

providing an electric system coupled with the motor, the electric system including parallel inverter legs, the electric system including two parallel interleaved inverters, wherein the two parallel interleaved inverters are at an angular displacement angle;

allowing the motor to experience a first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a first condition; and

allowing the motor to experience a second interleaving angle different from the first interleaving angle when the electric system is under a second condition;

wherein the steps of allowing the motor to experience the first interleaving angle and allowing the motor to experience the second interleaving angle occur within continuous operation of the electric system and the motor.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the angular displacement angle is 30°.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein one of the two parallel interleaved inverters includes a first set of three phases and wherein another one of the two parallel interleaved inverters includes a second set of three phases, such that a first phase of the first set of three phases will be nearby with two phases of the second set of three phases to thereby provide nearby phases.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first condition is a duty ratio in any pair of the nearby phases being 1 or 0 and wherein the second condition is the duty ratio in any pair of the nearby phases not being 1 or 0.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jan 24, 2023
From: UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 062478/0606 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2022
From: SOZER, YILMAZ; CHOWDHURY, ANIK; HAQUE, MD EHSANUL
To: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
Reel/Frame 061026/0843 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63277239 · Nov 9, 2021
Provisional Application 63241729 · Sep 8, 2021
Related Publication 20230077771A1 · Mar 16, 2023
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