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US 11,128,232 · App. 16/632,387 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Motor driving device, control method for motor driving device, and storage medium

Inventors: Kotaro Kataoka (Kyoto, JP); Hiroshi Iwata (Kyoto, JP); Takamitsu Suzuki (Kyoto, JP); Masaru Nomura (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
H02M5/4585H02P27/08H02M7/06
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Patent No.
US 11,128,232
App. No.
16/632,387
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving device is provided with an output unit, an input unit, a rectifier circuit, a switching circuit and a controller. The input unit inputs an AC in put. The rectifier circuit has a smoothing capacitor and converts the AC input into a rectified output. The switching circuit switches between an ON-state in which input impedance is low and an OFF-state in which input impedance is higher than that in the ON-state. The controller sets a start timing such that, when controlling the switching circuit to switch between the ON-state and the OFF-state, at least a portion of a period, in which the start timing of a power supply period becomes a second timing, is included in a period from a time when an input current inputted to the smoothing capacitor is generated to a time when the voltage of the smoothing capacitor reaches a maximum value.

Claims (27)

1. A motor driving device comprising:

an output unit configured to connect a motor;

an input unit configured to input an AC input voltage varying at a predetermined period between a positive voltage and a negative voltage;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC input voltage input from the input unit into a rectified output which is one of the positive voltage and the negative voltage and include a smoothing capacitor that smooths the rectified output;

a motor control circuit configured to connect the smoothing capacitor and switch between an ON-state in which an input impedance viewed from the smoothing capacitor is low and an OFF-state in which an input impedance is higher than the input impedance in the ON-state at a switching period shorter than the predetermined period during a power supply period; and

a controller configured to:

vary a start timing with a variation in the rectified output between a predetermined timing at which a rotation angle of the motor becomes a predetermined angle of the motor or a first timing earlier than the predetermined timing and a second timing further earlier than the first timing; and

set the start timing of the power supply period such that at least a portion of a period, in which the start timing becomes the second timing, is included in a period from a time at which an input current input to the smoothing capacitor is generated to a time at which a voltage of the smoothing capacitor becomes a maximum when performing a control for switching between the ON-state and the OFF-state of the motor control circuit.

2. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller includes a measurement unit measuring a voltage of the rectified output.

3. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the smoothing capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor.

4. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the start timing such that at least the portion of the period in which the start timing becomes the second timing is included in a period in which an absolute value of the voltage of the rectified output increases.

5. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets a variation in the start timing between the first timing and the second timing as a periodic variation deviating by a predetermined time from a periodic variation of the rectified output.

6. The motor driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined time is determined based on a frequency of the AC input.

7. The motor driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the controller sets the start timing based on a reciprocal of an absolute value of a previous voltage of the rectified output before the predetermined time.

8. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller periodically varies the start timing in a triangular waveform and sets a timing at which the start timing of a triangular waveform becomes a maximum value to a timing later than a timing at which an absolute value of the voltage of the rectified output becomes a minimum.

9. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the start timing to the second timing from a time at which an absolute value of the voltage of the rectified output becomes a first voltage set near a minimum value of the absolute value of the voltage of the rectified output to a time at which an absolute value of the voltage of the rectified output becomes a second voltage set near a maximum value of the absolute value of the voltage of the rectified output.

10. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the start timing to the second timing during a period in which an absolute value of the voltage of the rectified output increases.

11. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor control circuit is an inverter circuit.

12. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller varies the start timing by increasing or decreasing the power supply period.

13. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller performs a control for switching between the ON-state and the OFF-state of the motor control circuit while varying a duty ratio which is a ratio of a period in which the ON-state is maintained to the switching period with the variation in the rectified output between a first duty ratio and a second duty ratio greater than the first duty ratio, and sets the duty ratio such that at least a portion of a period in which the duty ratio becomes the second duty ratio is included in a period in which the input current input to the smoothing capacitor is generated and the voltage of the smoothing capacitor becomes a maximum at the time of control.

14. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets a duty ratio which is a ratio of a period in which the ON-state is maintained to the switching period based on a difference between a target power of the rectified output that is output to the output unit and an actual power of the rectified output.

15. The motor driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets a duty ratio which is a ratio of a period in which the ON-state is maintained to the switching period based on a difference between a target rotation speed of the motor and an actual rotation speed of the motor.

16. A control method for a motor driving device including an output unit that connects a motor, an input unit that inputs an AC input voltage varying at a predetermined period between a positive voltage and a negative voltage, a rectifier circuit that converts the AC input voltage input from the input unit into a rectified output which is one of the positive voltage and the negative voltage and includes a smoothing capacitor that smoothes smooths the rectified output, and a motor control circuit that connects the smoothing capacitor and switches between an ON-state in which an input impedance viewed from the smoothing capacitor is low and an OFF-state in which an input impedance is higher than the input impedance in the ON-state at a switching period shorter than the predetermined period during a power supply period, the control method comprising the steps of:

varying a start timing with a variation in the rectified output between a predetermined timing at which a rotation angle of the motor becomes a predetermined angle of the motor or a first timing earlier than the predetermined timing and a second timing further earlier than the first timing; and

setting the start timing of the power supply period such that at least a portion of a period, in which the start timing becomes the second timing, is included in a period from a time at which an input current input to the smoothing capacitor is generated to a time at which a voltage of the smoothing capacitor becomes a maximum when

performing a switching between the ON-state and the OFF-state of the motor control circuit.

17. A storage medium storing a program, wherein the program causes a computer to perform the control method according to claim 16 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2020
From: KATAOKA, KOTARO; IWATA, HIROSHI; SUZUKI, TAKAMITSU; NOMURA, MASARU
To: NIDEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051561/0571 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-148435 · Jul 31, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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