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US 9,543,881 · App. 14/761,823 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Rotary electric machine driving device

Inventors: Subrata Saha (Anjo, JP); Yasuhiko Kobayashi (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
H02P27/06H02M1/15H02M7/5395H02M7/53873
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Patent No.
US 9,543,881
App. No.
14/761,823
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotary electric machine driving device that drives and controls an alternating-current rotary electric machine, the rotary electric machine driving device including: an inverter that is electrically interposed between a direct-current power supply and the rotary electric machine, and converts electric power between a direct current and an alternating current; a smoothing capacitor that is electrically interposed between the direct-current power supply and the inverter, and is connected between a positive pole and a negative pole on a direct-current side of the inverter; and an inverter control unit that controls switching of a switching element of the inverter according to a predefined switching frequency.

Claims (25)

1. A rotary electric machine driving device that drives and controls an alternating-current rotary electric machine, the rotary electric machine driving device comprising:

an inverter that is electrically interposed between a direct-current power supply and the rotary electric machine, and converts electric power between a direct current and an alternating current;

a smoothing capacitor that is electrically interposed between the direct-current power supply and the inverter, and is connected between a positive pole and a negative pole on a direct-current side of the inverter; and

an inverter control unit that controls switching of a switching element of the inverter according to a predefined switching frequency, wherein

a value of a direct-current side voltage gain obtained by dividing a system voltage that is a voltage on the direct-current side of the inverter by a system current that is a current on the direct-current side of the inverter includes a frequency characteristic in which the value of the direct-current side voltage gain increases as the frequency increases from zero, reaches a maximum value at a resonance point at which the frequency becomes a resonance frequency, and decreases as the frequency increases from the resonance point serving as an inflection point, and

the inverter control unit sets the switching frequency to a frequency that is equal to or higher than the resonance frequency and that is equal to or higher than a frequency at which the value of the direct-current side voltage gain is equal to a value thereof at a frequency of zero in the frequency characteristic.

2. The rotary electric machine driving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the value of the direct-current side voltage gain at the frequency of zero is a value of a power supply internal resistance that is the internal resistance of the direct-current power supply, and

the switching frequency is set based on the frequency characteristic of the direct-current side voltage gain obtained using the value of the power supply internal resistance at the minimum temperature in a predetermined operating temperature range of the rotary electric machine driving device.

3. The rotary electric machine driving device according to claim 2 , wherein

the power supply internal resistance is a sum of a battery resistance that is the internal resistance of the battery as the direct-current power supply and a wiring resistance that is the resistance of the wiring connecting the battery, the smoothing capacitor, and the inverter.

4. A rotary electric machine driving device that drives and controls an alternating-current rotary electric machine, the rotary electric machine driving device comprising:

an inverter that is electrically interposed between a direct-current power supply and the rotary electric machine, and converts electric power between a direct current and an alternating current;

a smoothing capacitor that is electrically interposed between the direct-current power supply and the inverter, and is connected between a positive pole and a negative pole on a direct-current side of the inverter; and

an inverter control unit that controls switching of a switching element of the inverter according to a predefined switching frequency, wherein

a value of a direct-current side current gain obtained by dividing a current of the direct-current power supply by a system current that is a current on the direct-current side of the inverter includes a frequency characteristic in which the value of the direct-current side current gain increases as the frequency increases from zero, reaches a maximum value at a resonance point at which the frequency becomes a resonance frequency, and decreases as the frequency increases from the resonance point serving as an inflection point, and

the inverter control unit sets the switching frequency to a frequency that is equal to or higher than the resonance frequency and that is equal to or higher than a frequency at which the value of the direct-current side current gain is equal to a value thereof at a frequency of zero in the frequency characteristic.

5. A rotary electric machine driving device that controls drive of an alternating-current rotary electric machine, the rotary electric machine driving device comprising:

an inverter that is electrically interposed between a direct-current power supply and the rotary electric machine, and converts electric power between a direct current and an alternating current;

a smoothing capacitor that is electrically interposed between the direct-current power supply and the inverter, and is connected between a positive pole and a negative pole on a direct-current side of the inverter; and

an inverter control unit that controls switching of a switching element of the inverter according to a predefined switching frequency, wherein

a value of a direct-current side voltage gain obtained by dividing a system voltage that is a voltage on the direct-current side of the inverter by a system current that is a current on the direct-current side of the inverter includes a frequency characteristic in which the value of the direct-current side voltage gain increases as the frequency increases from zero, reaches a maximum value at a resonance point at which the frequency becomes a resonance frequency, and decreases as the frequency increases from the resonance point serving as an inflection point,

a value of a direct-current side current gain obtained by dividing a current of the direct-current power supply by the system current that is the current, on the direct-current side of the inverter includes a frequency characteristic in which the value of the direct-current side current gain increases as the frequency increases from zero, reaches a maximum value at a resonance point at which the frequency becomes a resonance frequency, and decreases as the frequency increases from the resonance point serving as an inflection point

the inverter control unit sets the switching frequency to a frequency that is equal to or higher than the resonance frequency and that is equal to or higher than a frequency at which the value of the direct-current side voltage gain is equal to a value thereof at a frequency of zero in the frequency characteristic, and

the inverter control unit sets the switching frequency to a frequency that is equal to or higher than the resonance frequency and that is equal to or higher than a frequency at which the value of the direct-current side current gain is equal to a value thereof at a frequency of zero in the frequency characteristic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2015
From: SAHA, SUBRATA; KOBAYASHI, YASUHIKO
To: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036117/0989 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-071653 · Mar 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150365038A1 · Dec 17, 2015