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Granted Patent B2
US 12,249,928 · App. 18/251,039 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Power converter, motor driver, and refrigeration cycle applied equipment

Inventors: Keisuke Uemura (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Kutsuki (Tokyo, JP); Haruka Matsuo (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Arisawa (Tokyo, JP); Takaaki Takahara (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Koyo Matsuzaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02M7/53873H02M1/0025H02M1/007H02M1/143H02M1/0009H02M1/4225
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Patent No.
US 12,249,928
App. No.
18/251,039
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power converter includes a converter, a smoothing capacitor, an inverter, and a single calculator. The converter includes a switching element and rectifies a power supply voltage applied from an alternating-current power supply. The smoothing capacitor smooths a rectified voltage output from the converter into a direct-current voltage including a ripple. The inverter converts the direct-current voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor into an alternating-current voltage for a motor. The calculator performs control such that a first physical quantity representing an operation state of the converter is equal to a second physical quantity representing an operation state of the inverter.

Claims (24)

1. A power converter comprising:

a converter including at least one first semiconductor switching element and is adapted to rectify a power supply voltage applied from an alternating-current power supply;

a smoothing capacitor adapted to smooth a rectified voltage output from the converter into a direct-current voltage containing a ripple;

an inverter adapted to convert the direct-current voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor into an alternating-current voltage to be supplied to a motor; and

a single calculator adapted to perform a control such that a first physical quantity is equal to a second physical quantity, wherein

the first physical quantity represents an operation state of the converter and the second physical quantity represents an operation state of the inverter, wherein

the single calculator is adapted to set a sampling timing for obtaining detection value of the first physical quantity in accordance with a constraint on sampling timing for obtaining detection value of the second physical quantity.

2. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein

the single calculator is adapted to detect the first physical quantity and the second physical quantity in accordance with timing of conduction or nonconduction of the at least one first semiconductor switching element.

3. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein

the single calculator is adapted to control the converter such that the first physical quantity is equal to the second physical quantity.

4. A motor driver comprising the power converter according to claim 1 .

5. A refrigeration cycle applied equipment comprising the power converter according to claim 1 .

6. A power converter according to comprising:

a converter including at least one first semiconductor switching element and is adapted to rectify a power supply voltage applied from an alternating-current power supply;

a smoothing capacitor adapted to smooth a rectified voltage output from the converter into a direct-current voltage containing a ripple;

an inverter adapted to convert the direct-current voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor into an alternating-current voltage to be supplied to a motor; and

a single calculator adapted to perform a control such that a first physical quantity is equal to a second physical quantity, wherein

the first physical quantity represents an operation state of the converter and the second physical quantity represents an operation state of the inverter wherein

the single calculator is adapted to control the inverter such that the second physical quantity is equal to the first physical quantity.

7. The power converter according to claim 6 , wherein

the single calculator is adapted to control the converter such that the first physical quantity is equal to the second physical quantity.

8. A motor driver comprising the power converter according to claim 6 .

9. A refrigeration cycle applied equipment comprising the power converter according to claim 6 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2023
From: UEMURA, KEISUKE; KUTSUKI, TOMOHIRO; MATSUO, HARUKA; ARISAWA, KOICHI; TAKAHARA, TAKAAKI; TAKAHASHI, KENJI; MATSUZAKI, KOYO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230412093A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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