Method and apparatus for automatic allocation of a motor sensor to a power section within an electrical drive system

• US 6,646,401 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2001
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Jaenicke, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro, Bentsu
• Application Number:
  US10/056,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20020109423A1
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 318/138, 318/254, 318/439, 318/490, 318/565, 318/721, 324/500, 324/508, 324/511, 324/512, 324/522, 324/523, 324/525, 324/527, 324/772, 324/538, 324/543, 324/600, 324/649, 324/691
• US Class Current: 318/490
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/33 Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics H02K11/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 5/00 Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors H02P6/04, H02P8/40 take precedence

Abstract

In a control loop comprising a motor, a power section, a motor sensor and a control unit, an electrical circuit is also closed by producing an electrical connection between the motor and the motor sensor. Safe electrical isolation in such a control loop is preferably overcome by means of parasitic capacitances. The control unit transmits a feature, preferably via the power section, which feature is passed to the control unit once again from the other direction. This feature need not be an identity in the sense of a number, and a pulse which can be identified uniquely is sufficient. This allows a technically very effective implementation of a comparison of the control loop structure with the actual wiring, by the control unit evaluating the motor sensor to determine whether the pulse has occurred.

Claims

1. A method for an automatic allocation of a motor sensor to a power section in wiring for an electrical drive system which has a closed loop formed from a control unit, the power section, a motor and the motor sensor, the method comprising transmitting a feature from the control unit via the power section, causing the feature to be passed back to the control unit via the closed loop, and comparing in the control unit a control loop structure with the wiring.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the feature is a preset pulse, which can be uniquely identified.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the feature is a preset unique characteristic value.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising simultaneously transmitting an identical feature via the power section on all phases of the motor.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the feature is a pulse and the control loop structure is compared in the control unit with the wiring by evaluating the motor sensor to determine whether the pulse has occurred.

6. The method according to claim 1, having couplings by means of parasitic capacitances to overcome safe electrical isolation within the closed loop.

7. The method according to claim 6, using a temperature sensor to overcome safe electrical isolation between the motor sensor and the motor, wherein the temperature sensor is arranged in the motor winding and is evaluated by the control unit via the motor sensor for coupling of a pulse caused by a parasitic capacitance.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the motor is connected via a power line to the power section, further comprising supplying the motor sensor with voltage via the power section, and wherein the lines for supplying voltage to the motor sensor are arranged in the power line, and having couplings by means of parasitic capacitances between the lines for supplying voltage to the motor and the lines for supplying voltage to the motor sensor within the power line to overcome safe electrical isolation between the motor sensor and the motor.

9. A method for an automatic allocation of a motor sensor to a power section in wiring for an electrical drive system which has a closed loop formed from a control unit, the power section, a motor and the motor sensor, the method comprising transmitting a feature from the control unit via the motor sensor, causing the feature to be passed back to the control unit via the closed loop and comparing in the control unit a control loop structure with the wiring.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the feature is a preset pulse which can be uniquely identified.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the feature is a preset unique characteristic value.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the motor and the power section are connected via a power line onto which the feature is modulated for transmission.

13. The method according to claim 9, using a temperature sensor to overcome safe electrical isolation between the motor sensor, and the motor, wherein the temperature sensor is arranged in the motor winding and is evaluated by the control unit via the motor and the power section for coupling of a pulse caused by a parasitic capacitance.

14. An electrical drive system comprising a motor, a power section, a control unit and a motor sensor connected by wiring to form a closed loop, wherein a feature is transmitted by the control unit in one direction of the closed loop and can be detected from another direction, whereby a control loop structure of the drive system can be compared with the wiring.