MOTOR CONTROLLER AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS

• US 20080290829A1
• Filed: 02/25/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jtekt Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Jtekt Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,813,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/563
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/046 Controlling the motor
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0484 for reaction to failures, e.g. limp home
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0487 detecting motor faults B62D5/0496 takes precedence

Abstract

In a motor controller, if a failed electric current flow in any one of phases of a motor is detected, a motor control signal is generated, based on a phase other than the phase with the failed electric current flow, in such a manner that a motor electric current matches a required torque except for at a specific rotation angle corresponding to the phase with the failed electric current flow.

Claims

1. A motor controller comprising:

a motor control signal output section that outputs a motor control signal; and

a driver circuit that supplies a three phase drive power to a motor based on the motor control signal provided by the motor control signal output section, wherein the motor control signal output section includes;

an electric current command value calculating section that calculates an electric current command value corresponding to a required torque to be generated by the motor;

a motor control signal generating section that generates the motor control signal by performing a feedback control on an electric current in such a manner as to produce a motor electric current corresponding to the electric current command value obtained by the electric current command value calculating section; and

an anomaly detecting section that detects a failed electric current flow in any one of phases of the motor,

wherein, if the anomaly detecting section detects a failed electric current flow in any phase of the motor, the motor control signal output section generates, based on a phase other than the phase with the failed electric current flow, the motor control signal in such a manner that the motor electric current matches the required torque except for at a specific rotation angle corresponding to the phase with the failed electric current flow.

2. The motor controller according to claim 1, wherein, if the anomaly detecting section detects a failed electric current flow in any one of the phases of the motor, the motor control signal generating section generates the motor control signal by performing a feedback control on a phase electric current of a phase other than the phase with the failed electric current flow, and the electric current command value calculating section calculates a phase electric current command value that changes in accordance with a secant curve or a cosecant curve with an asymptotic line at the specific rotation angle.

3. The motor controller according to claim 2, wherein, if a failed electric current flow is detected in any one of the phases of the motor by the anomaly detecting section, the electric current command value calculating section calculates the phase electric current command value using:

an expression (1) when the failure of electric current flow has occurred in a U-phase;

$\begin{array}{cc}{\mathrm{Iv}}^{*}=\frac{{\mathrm{Iq}}^{*}}{\sqrt{2}<br><br>\cos <br><br><br><br>\mathrm{\theta <br><br>}}& \left(1\right)\end{array}$

an expression (2) when the failure of electric current flow has occurred in a V-phase;

$\begin{array}{cc}{\mathrm{Iu}}^{*}=\frac{-{\mathrm{Iq}}^{*}}{\sqrt{2}<br><br>\sin <br><br>\left(\mathrm{\theta <br><br>}-\frac{\mathrm{\pi <br><br>}}{6}\right)}& \left(2\right)\end{array}$

an expression (3) when the failure of electric current flow has occurred in a W-phase,

$\begin{array}{cc}{\mathrm{Iu}}^{*}=\frac{-{\mathrm{Iq}}^{*}}{\sqrt{2}<br><br>\sin <br><br>\left(\mathrm{\theta <br><br>}+\frac{\mathrm{\pi <br><br>}}{6}\right)}& \left(3\right)\end{array}$

in which θ

represents a rotation angle, Iq* represents a q-axis electric current command value, Iu* represents a U-phase electric current command value, and Iv* represents a V-phase electric current command value.

4. The motor controller according to claim 2, wherein the electric current command value calculating section carries out a guard procedure so as to limit the phase electric current command value output by the electric current command value calculating section to a predetermined range.

5. An electric power steering apparatus including the motor controller according to claim 1.