IP Library Granted Patent US 11,336,213
Granted Patent B2
US 11,336,213 · App. 16/969,516 · Granted May 17, 2022

Motor control device

Inventors: Masafumi Hotta (Isesaki, JP); Daisuke Hirono (Isesaki, JP)
Assignee: Sanden Automotive Components Corporation
H02P6/182H02P6/185H02P6/20
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Patent No.
US 11,336,213
App. No.
16/969,516
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a motor control device having a function for determining a rotor position of a synchronous motor, without use of a sensor, the device prevents obtaining an erroneous rotor position, to enable stable control of the synchronous motor based on the rotor position in both the normal-control region and the flux-weakening-control region. The motor control device 1 includes: a first rotor position determining unit 19 that determines a rotor position of the synchronous motor 2 based on a current electrical angle, and a first current phase obtained from a current peak value and a difference between an induced voltage electrical angle and a current electrical angle; a second rotor position determining unit 20 that determines the rotor position of the synchronous motor 2 based on the current electrical angle, and a second current phase obtained from a flux linkage and the current peak value; and a selecting unit 21 that selects the first rotor position determining unit 19 or the second rotor position determining unit 20 , based on the current peak value, and the first current phase or the second current phase.

Claims (12)

1. A motor control device comprising:

a current determining unit that determines a current flowing through a stator coil of a synchronous motor;

an applied voltage determining unit that determines an applied voltage applied to the stator coil;

a current-peak-value-and-electrical-angle determining unit that determines a current peak value and a current electrical angle based on a current determined by the current determining unit;

an induced-voltage-peak-value-and-electrical-angle determining unit that determines an induced voltage peak value and an induced voltage electrical angle based on the current determined by the current determining unit and an applied voltage determined by the applied voltage determining unit;

a flux linkage determining unit that determines a flux linkage of a rotor of the synchronous motor based on the induced voltage peak value and a rotational speed of the synchronous motor;

a first rotor position determining unit that determines a rotor position of the synchronous motor based on the current electrical angle, and a first current phase obtained from the current peak value and a difference between the induced voltage electrical angle and the current electrical angle;

a second rotor position determining unit that determines a rotor position of the synchronous motor based on the current electrical angle, and a second current phase obtained from the flux linkage and the current peak value; and

a selecting unit that selects the first rotor position determining unit or the second rotor position determining unit, based on the current peak value, and the first current phase or the second current phase,

wherein, after selecting the first rotor position determining unit, the selecting unit selects the second rotor position determining unit, in place of the first rotor position determining unit, when the current peak value is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and the first current phase is greater than or equal to a second threshold, and

wherein, after selecting the second rotor position determining unit, the selecting unit selects the first rotor position determining unit, in place of the second rotor position determining unit, when the current peak value is less than the first threshold, or the second current phase is less than the second threshold.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting unit selects the first rotor position determining unit, when the synchronous motor starts up or when startup of the synchronous motor is completed.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 31, 2022
From: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CORPORATION
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061360/0720 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: HOTTA, MASAFUMI; HIRONO, DAISUKE
To: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053478/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-035437 · Feb 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200403540A1 · Dec 24, 2020