IP Library Granted Patent US 9,018,871
Granted Patent B2
US 9,018,871 · App. 13/882,659 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

Power conversion apparatus

Inventors: Takeshi Ashida (Shiga, JP); Hiroshi Hibino (Shiga, JP); Naoto Kobayashi (Shiga, JP); Michihiro Nakagawa (Shiga, JP); Nobuki Kitano (Shiga, JP); Masaki Kouno (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
H02P6/14H02M7/5395H02M2001/0054H02P2209/09Y02B70/1491H02P6/145
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Patent No.
US 9,018,871
App. No.
13/882,659
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A carrier generating unit applies a carrier that monotonically decreases to a switching control unit during either one of a first period that is a period immediately following a period in which a voltage command value is a value not more than a minimum value of the carrier, the voltage command value taking a first predetermined value larger than the minimum value of the carrier in the first period, and a second period that is a period immediately preceding a period in which the voltage command value is not less than a maximum value of the carrier, the voltage command value taking a second predetermined value smaller than the maximum value in the second period.

Claims (34)

1. A power conversion apparatus comprising:

a first input terminal;

a second input terminal to which a potential lower than a potential of said first input terminal is applied;

an output terminal;

a power converter including an upper switching element connected between said first input terminal and said output terminal, and a lower switching element connected between said second input terminal and said output terminal;

a switching control unit that controls said upper switching element and said lower switching element based upon a comparison between a voltage command value for an output voltage outputted from said power converter and a carrier having a predetermined periodic timing;

a carrier generating unit that provides said carrier to said switching control unit; and

a voltage command generating unit that generates said voltage command value by correcting a non-corrected voltage command value, wherein:

said carrier generating unit provides said carrier monotonically decreasing to said switching control unit during at least one of the following periods of said predetermined periodic timing:

a first period that is a period immediately following a period in which said voltage command value is a value not more than a minimum value of said carrier, said voltage command value taking a first predetermined value larger than the minimum value of said carrier in the first period, and

a second period that is a period immediately preceding a period in which said voltage command value is not less than a maximum value of said carrier, said voltage command value taking a second predetermined value smaller than said maximum value in the second period;

said carrier generating unit provides said carrier monotonically increasing to said switching control unit during at least one of the following periods of said predetermined periodic timing:

a third period that is a period immediately following a period in which said voltage command value is a value not less than said minimum value, said voltage command value taking a third predetermined value smaller than said maximum value in the third period, and

a fourth period that is a period immediately preceding a period in which said voltage command value is not more than said minimum value, said voltage command value taking a fourth predetermined value larger than said minimum value in the fourth period;

wherein said voltage command value takes a value not less than said maximum value of said carrier during a period immediately following said first period, and takes a value not more than said minimum value of said carrier during a period immediately following said third period; and

said voltage command generating unit generates said voltage command value by correcting said non-corrected voltage command value during a given period of said predetermined periodic time to an intermediate value between said maximum value and said minimum value of said carrier in said given period.

2. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said voltage command generating unit generates said voltage command value by correcting said non-corrected voltage command value to its average every period of said predetermined periodic timing.

3. A power conversion apparatus comprising:

a first input terminal;

a second input terminal to which a potential lower than a potential of said first input terminal is applied;

an output terminal;

a power converter including an upper switching element connected between said first input terminal and said output terminal, and a lower switching element connected between said second input terminal and said output terminal;

a switching control unit that controls said upper switching element and said lower switching element based upon a comparison between a voltage command value for an output voltage outputted from said power converter and a carrier having a predetermined periodic timing;

a carrier generating unit that provides said carrier to said switching control unit; and

a voltage command generating unit that generates said voltage command value by correcting a non-corrected voltage command value, wherein:

said carrier generating unit provides said carrier monotonically decreasing to said switching control unit during at least one of the following periods of said predetermined periodic timing:

a first period that is a period immediately following a period in which said voltage command value is a value not more than a minimum value of said carrier, said voltage command value taking a first predetermined value larger than the minimum value of said carrier in the first period, and

a second period that is a period immediately preceding a period in which said voltage command value is not less than a maximum value of said carrier, said voltage command value taking a second predetermined value smaller than said maximum value in the second period;

said carrier generating unit provides said carrier monotonically increasing to said switching control unit during at least one of the following periods of said predetermined periodic timing:

a third period that is a period immediately following a period in which said voltage command value is a value not less than said minimum value, said voltage command value taking a third predetermined value smaller than said maximum value in the third period, and

a fourth period that is a period immediately preceding a period in which said voltage command value is not more than said minimum value, said voltage command value taking a fourth predetermined value larger than said minimum value in the fourth period; and

said voltage command generating unit generates said voltage command value by correcting said non-corrected voltage command value during a given period of said predetermined periodic timing to an intermediate value between said maximum value and said minimum value of said carrier in said given period.

4. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said voltage command value takes a value not less than said maximum value of said carrier during a period immediately following said first period, and takes a value not more than said minimum value of said carrier during a period immediately following said third period.

5. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said voltage command generating unit generates said voltage command value by correcting said non-corrected voltage command value to its average every period of said predetermined periodic time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2013
From: ASHIDA, TAKESHI; HIBINO, HIROSHI; KOBAYASHI, NAOTO; NAKAGAWA, MICHIHIRO; KITANO, NOBUKI; KOUNO, MASAKI
To: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030330/0186 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-255687 · Nov 16, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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