IP Library Granted Patent US 10,693,410
Granted Patent B2
US 10,693,410 · App. 16/327,070 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Control method and control device for rotary electric motor, and rotary electric motor drive system

Inventors: Takeshi Yoshida (Hitachinaka, JP); Takafumi Hara (Tokyo, JP); Katsuhiro Hoshino (Hitachinaka, JP); Kazuto Oyama (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
H02P27/085B60L50/51H02M7/48H02P23/04H02P27/08B60L9/18
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Patent No.
US 10,693,410
App. No.
16/327,070
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device and a control method for a rotary electric motor, and a rotary electric motor drive system capable of reliably suppressing vibration of the rotary electric motor are provided. A rotary electric motor is controlled by PWM at a predetermined carrier frequency, and in a case where a vibration frequency in a space zero-order eigenmode of the rotary electric motor and a frequency of a frequency component of electromagnetic exciting force that generates the eigenmode overlap with each other, a value of the carrier frequency is switched from a first value to a second value different from the first value.

Claims (29)

1. A rotary electric motor control method for controlling a rotary electric motor by PWM at a predetermined carrier frequency, the method comprising:

in a case where a vibration frequency in a space zero-order eigenmode of the rotary electric motor and a frequency of a frequency component of electromagnetic exciting force that generates the eigenmode overlap with each other, switching a value of the carrier frequency from a first value to a second value different from the first value.

2. The rotary electric motor control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the frequency of a frequency component of electromagnetic exciting force is fc±3f1, where the carrier frequency is fc and a rotation frequency of the rotary electric motor is f1.

3. The rotary electric motor control method according to claim 1 , wherein,

in the case where a vibration frequency in a space zero-order eigenmode of the rotary electric motor and a frequency of a frequency component of electromagnetic exciting force that generates the eigenmode overlap with each other, a value of a rotation frequency for the second value is lower than a value of a rotation frequency for the first value.

4. The rotary electric motor control method according to claim 3 , wherein

the first value is higher than the vibration frequency in the eigenmode, and

the second value is lower than the first value and is higher than the vibration frequency in the eigenmode.

5. The rotary electric motor control method according to claim 3 , wherein

the first value is higher than the vibration frequency in the eigenmode, and

the second value is lower than the first value and is lower than the vibration frequency in the eigenmode.

6. The rotary electric motor control method according to claim 1 , wherein,

in the case where a vibration frequency in a space zero-order eigenmode of the rotary electric motor and a frequency of a frequency component of electromagnetic exciting force that generates the eigenmode overlap with each other, a value of a rotation frequency for the second value is higher than a value of a rotation frequency for the first value.

7. The rotary electric motor control method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first value is higher than the vibration frequency in the eigenmode, and

the second value is higher than the first value.

8. The rotary electric motor control method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first value is higher than the vibration frequency in the eigenmode, and

the second value is lower than the first value and is lower than the vibration frequency in the eigenmode.

9. A rotary electric motor control device for controlling a rotary electric motor by PWM at a predetermined carrier frequency, the device comprising:

a power module configured to output three-phase alternating current power for driving the rotary electric motor by ON/OFF of a semiconductor switching element;

a drive circuit configured to create a PWM gate pulse for turning ON/OFF the semiconductor switching element; and

an arithmetic control device configured to create a gate drive signal commanding creation of the PWM gate pulse to the drive circuit by PWM with the predetermined carrier frequency, wherein

the arithmetic control device determines whether a vibration frequency in a space zero-order eigenmode of the rotary electric motor and a frequency of a frequency component of electromagnetic exciting force that generates the eigenmode overlap with each other, and switches a value of the carrier frequency from a first value to a second value different from the first value in a case where the overlap is determined.

10. A rotary electric motor drive system comprising:

a rotary electric motor; and

an inverter configured to drive the rotary electric motor, wherein

the inverter consists of the rotary electric motor control device according to claim 9 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2019
From: YOSHIDA, TAKESHI; HARA, TAKAFUMI; HOSHINO, KATSUHIRO; OYAMA, KAZUTO
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048411/0701 →