IP Library Granted Patent US 12,155,333
Granted Patent B2
US 12,155,333 · App. 17/995,942 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Motor drive system and motor drive method

Inventors: Shinya Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Tobayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC Corporation
H02P27/085H02P6/08
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Patent No.
US 12,155,333
App. No.
17/995,942
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor drive system of the embodiment includes a power converter, a state detector, a frequency calculator, a frequency correction command generator, a drive amount limiter, and a speed controller. The power converter drives a motor by PWM control. The state detector detects a drive state of the motor. The frequency calculator detects a size of a specific frequency component which fluctuates according to the drive state by using an index value indicating the drive state. The frequency correction command generator generates a correction command of a carrier frequency used for the PWM control on the basis of a detected result of periodic fluctuation of the drive state. The drive amount limiter limits a drive amount of the motor. The drive amount limiter adjusts an upper limit value of a size of a current caused to flow through windings of the motor in a direction in which the upper limit value is lowered from a predetermined upper limit current value when the carrier frequency is searched for in a direction in which the carrier frequency is increased. The speed controller generates a current reference based on a speed command value and a rotor speed of the motor according to the limitation.

Claims (17)

1. A motor drive system comprising:

a power converter driving a motor by PWM control;

a state detector detecting a drive state of the motor;

a frequency calculator detecting a size of a specific frequency component which fluctuates according to the drive state by using an index value indicating the drive state;

a frequency correction command generator generating a correction command of a carrier frequency used for the PWM control on the basis of a detected result of periodic fluctuation of the drive state;

a drive amount limiter limiting a drive amount of the motor; and

a speed controller generating a current reference based on a speed command value and a rotor speed of the motor according to the limitation, wherein

the drive amount limiter adjusts an upper limit value of a size of a current caused to flow through windings of the motor in a direction in which the upper limit value is lowered from a predetermined upper limit current value when the carrier frequency is searched for in a direction in which the carrier frequency is increased.

2. The motor drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency correction command generator adjusts the carrier frequency so that a response performance of the motor falls within a range satisfying a predetermined reference when the carrier frequency is searched for in a direction in which the carrier frequency is further lowered.

3. The motor drive system according to claim 2 , wherein the range satisfying the predetermined reference is determined on the basis of the response performance of the motor as a reference.

4. The motor drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the response performance of the motor is defined on the basis of an amount of change in the rotor speed of the motor with respect to an amount of change in the current reference.

5. A motor drive method which is a motor drive method driving a motor by PWM control, comprising:

detecting a drive state of the motor;

detecting a size of a specific frequency component which fluctuates according to the drive state by using an index value indicating the drive state;

generating a correction command of a carrier frequency used for the PWM control on the basis of a detected result of periodic fluctuation of the drive state;

a process of limiting a drive amount of the motor; and

a process of adjusting an upper limit value of a size of a current caused to flow through windings of the motor in a direction in which the upper limit value is lowered from a predetermined upper limit current value when the carrier frequency is searched for in a direction in which the carrier frequency is increased.

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 Oct 11, 2022
From: SUZUKI, SHINYA; TOBAYASHI, SHUNSUKE
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061376/0890 →
Continuity (1)
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