Motor Controller

• US 20080290826A1
• Filed: 02/01/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jtekt Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Jtekt Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Ueda, Takeshi, Sumasu, Hiroshi, Nagase, Shigeki
• Granted Patent: US 7,737,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/400.02
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/046 Controlling the motor
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/04 specially adapted for very low speeds
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/22 Current control, e.g. using a current control loop

Abstract

A motor controller stores values corresponding to predetermined equivalent resistance which corresponds to power loss generated by switching on and off switching elements. Voltage command values are determined by adding voltage drop values determined from values corresponding to the equivalent resistance and values of current flowing in the switching elements to target applied voltage values corresponding to current command values which correspond to target output of a motor. The switching elements arranged in a power supply line to the motor are switched on and off by control signals generated according to the voltage command values.

Claims

1. A motor controller for controlling output of a motor by switching on and off switching elements arranged in a power supply line to said motor by control signals, comprising

a current command value determination part for determining current command values corresponding to a target output of said motor;

a calculation part for determining target applied voltage values to said motor corresponding to said current command values;

a storage part for storing values corresponding to predetermined equivalent resistance which corresponds to power loss generated by switching on and off said switching elements;

a current determination part for determining values of current flowing in said switching elements;

a calculation part for determining voltage command values by adding voltage drop values determined from the values corresponding to said equivalent resistance and the values of current flowing in said switching elements to said target applied voltage values; and

a signal generating part for generating said control signals according to said voltage command values.

2. The motor controller according to claim 1, further comprising

a voltage determination part for determining values of voltage applied to said switching elements, wherein

values which correspond to the values of current flowing in said switching elements determined by said current determination part and the values of voltage applied to said switching elements determined by said voltage determination part are stored as the values corresponding to said equivalent resistance.

3. The motor controller according to claim 1, wherein

an output of a three-phase brushless motor is open-loop controlled as the output of said motor via an inverter circuit constituted of said switching elements,

U-phase current value, V-phase current value and W-phase current value which are values of current flowing in the respective three-phase coils constituting an armature winding of said motor are determined as values of current flowing in said switching elements,

said motor controller further comprises

a rotation position determination part for determining rotation positions of a rotor of said motor,

a calculation part for calculating an angular velocity of said rotor based on said rotation positions, and

a phase current coordinate conversion part for calculating a d-axis current value and a q-axis current value based on said U-phase current value, said V-phase current value, said W-phase current value and said rotation positions, in which an axis along the magnetic flux direction of field system of the rotor is taken as the d-axis, and an axis perpendicular to the d-axis and the rotation axis of the rotor is taken as the q-axis,

said current command value determination part has dq-axes current command value calculation part for determining a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value as said current command values based on the target output of said motor,

a d-axis equivalent resistance value and a q-axis equivalent resistance value are stored as the values corresponding to said equivalent resistance,

a d-axis target applied voltage value V_d and a q-axis target applied voltage value V_q are determined as said target applied voltage values from the following formulas (1) and (2),

V_d=(R+PL_d)·

I_d*−

ω

·

L_q·

I_q* 

 

(1)

V_q=(R+PL_q)·

I_q*−

ω

·

L_d·

I_d*+ω

·

Φ

 

 

(2)

a d-axis voltage drop value δ

V_d and a q-axis voltage drop value δ

V_q are determined as said voltage drop values from the following formulas (3) and (4),

δ

V_d=R_d·

I_d 

 

(3)

δ

V_q=R_q·

I_q 

 

(4), and

a d-axis voltage command value V_d* and a q-axis voltage command value V_q* are determined as said voltage command values from the following formulas (5) and (6),

V_d*=V_d+δ

V_d 

 

(5)

V_q*=V_q+δ

V_q 

 

(6),

in formulas (1) through (6), R_d stands for a d-axis equivalent resistance value, R_q stands for a q-axis equivalent resistance value, I_d stands for a d-axis current value, I_q stands for a q-axis current value, R stands for a predetermined resistance value of said three-phase coils, P stands for a differential operator, L_d stands for a predetermined d-axis self-inductance of said three-phase coils, L_q stands for a predetermined q-axis self-inductance of said three-phase coils, I_d* stands for a d-axis current command value, I_q* stands for a q-axis current command value, ω

stands for an angular velocity of said rotor, Φ

is a value predetermined by multiplying a maximum value of magnetic flux linkage of said three-phase coils by (3/2)^1/2.

4. The motor controller according to claim 2, wherein

an output of a three-phase brushless motor is open-loop controlled as the output of said motor via an inverter circuit constituted of said switching elements,

U-phase current value, V-phase current value and W-phase current value which are values of current flowing in the respective three-phase coils constituting an armature winding of said motor are determined as values of current flowing in said switching elements,

said motor controller further comprises

a rotation position determination part for determining rotation positions of a rotor of said motor,

a calculation part for calculating an angular velocity of said rotor based on said rotation positions, and

a phase current coordinate conversion part for calculating a d-axis current value and a q-axis current value based on said U-phase current value, said V-phase current value, said W-phase current value and said rotation positions, in which an axis along the magnetic flux direction of field system of the rotor is taken as the d-axis, and an axis perpendicular to the d-axis and the rotation axis of the rotor is taken as the q-axis,

said current command value determination part has dq-axes current command value calculation part for determining a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value as said current command values based on the target output of said motor,

a d-axis equivalent resistance value and a q-axis equivalent resistance value are stored as the values corresponding to said equivalent resistance,

a d-axis target applied voltage value V_d and a q-axis target applied voltage value V_q are determined as said target applied voltage values from the following formulas (1) and (2),

V_d=(R+PL_d)·

I_d*−

ω

·

L_q·

I_q* 

 

(1)

V_q=(R+PL_q)·

I_q*−

ω

·

L_d·

I_d*+ω

·

Φ

 

 

(2)

a d-axis voltage drop value δ

V_d and a q-axis voltage drop value δ

V_q are determined as said voltage drop values from the following formulas (3) and (4),

δ

V_d=R_d·

I_d 

 

(3)

δ

V_q=R_q·

I_q 

 

(4), and

a d-axis voltage command value V_d* and a q-axis voltage command value V_q* are determined as said voltage command values from the following formulas (5) and (6),

V_d*=V_d+δ

V_d 

 

(5)

V_q*=V_q+δ

V_q 

 

(6),

in formulas (1) through (6), R_d stands for a d-axis equivalent resistance value, R_q stands for a q-axis equivalent resistance value, I_d stands for a d-axis current value, I_q stands for a q-axis current value, R stands for a predetermined resistance value of said three-phase coils, P stands for a differential operator, L_d stands for a predetermined d-axis self-inductance of said three-phase coils, L_q stands for a predetermined q-axis self-inductance of said three-phase coils, I_d* stands for a d-axis current command value, I_q* stands for a q-axis current command value, ω

stands for an angular velocity of said rotor, Φ

is a value predetermined by multiplying a maximum value of magnetic flux linkage of said three-phase coils by (3/2)^1/2.