Electric drive control apparatus, electric drive control method and program thereof

• US 7,012,389 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2004
• Issued: 03/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Yasuo, Kobayashi, Yasuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro, Bentsu
• Application Number:
  US10/920,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20050046369A1
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 318/138, 318/254, 318430-434, 318/439, 318720-724
• US Class Current: 318/400.02
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/025 using field orientation; Vector control; Direct Torque Control [DTC]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/06 Rotor flux based control involving the use of rotor position or rotor speed sensors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility

Abstract

An electric drive control apparatus for an electric machine, includes a controller that computes an instruction value based on an electric machine rotational speed and a target electric machine torque that represents a target value of an electric machine torque, generates a drive signal based on the instruction value, computes a voltage saturation variable that represents a likelihood of an occurrence of a voltage saturation, determines whether a switch condition for switching a control between an asynchronous PWM control and a synchronous PWM control is met based on the voltage saturation variable, and selects and outputs the drive signal and switches the control between the asynchronous PWM control and the synchronous PWM control based on a determination as to the switch condition.

Claims

1. An electric drive control apparatus for an electric machine, comprising:

a controller that;

computes an instruction value based on an electric machine rotational speed and a target electric machine torque that represents a target value of an electric machine torque;

generates a drive signal based on the instruction value;

computes a voltage saturation variable that represents a likelihood of an occurrence of a voltage saturation;

determines whether a switch condition for switching a control between an asynchronous PWM control and a synchronous PWM control is met based on the voltage saturation variable; and

selects and outputs the drive signal and switches the control between the asynchronous PWM control and the synchronous PWM control based on a determination as to the switch condition.

2. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller computes a correction value of a control variable based on the voltage saturation variable, and determines whether the switch condition is met is based on the correction value.

3. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller computes the voltage saturation variable based on the instruction value.

4. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller computes the voltage saturation variable based on the drive signal.

5. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the correction value is an electrical angular speed correction value related to an automatic field weakening control.

6. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the correction value is a magnetic pole position correction value related to an automatic field weakening control.

7. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the synchronous PWM control is a rectangular wave voltage control.

8. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller computes the voltage saturation variable based on the instruction value.

9. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller computes the voltage saturation variable based on the drive signal.

10. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the synchronous PWM control is a rectangular wave voltage control.

11. The electric drive control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller computes the voltage saturation variable based on a variable that is not affected by noises.

12. An electric drive control method comprising the steps of:

computing an instruction value based on an electric machine rotational speed and a target electric machine torque that represents a target value of an electric machine torque;

generating a drive signal based on the instruction value;

computing a voltage saturation variable that represents a likelihood of an occurrence of a voltage saturation;

determining whether a switch condition for switching a control between an asynchronous PWM control and a synchronous PWM control is met based on the voltage saturation variable; and

selecting and outputting the drive signal and switching the control between the asynchronous PWM control and the synchronous PWM control based on a result of a determination as to the switch condition.

13. The electric drive control method according to claim 12, wherein a correction value of a control variable is computed based on the voltage saturation variable, and whether the switch condition is met is determined based on the correction value.

14. The electric drive control method according to claim 13, wherein the voltage saturation variable is computed based on the instruction value.

15. The electric drive control method according to claim 13, wherein the voltage saturation variable is computed based on the drive signal.

16. The electric drive control method according to claim 13, wherein the correction value is an electrical angular speed correction value related to an automatic field weakening control.

17. The electric drive control method according to claim 13, wherein the correction value is a magnetic pole position correction value related to an automatic field weakening control.

18. The electric drive control method according to claim 13, wherein the synchronous PWM control is a rectangular wave voltage control.

19. The electric drive control method according to claim 12, wherein the voltage saturation variable is computed based on the instruction value.

20. The electric drive control method according to claim 12, wherein the voltage saturation variable is computed based on the drive signal.

21. The electric drive control method according to claim 12, wherein the synchronous PWM control is a rectangular wave voltage control.

22. The electric drive control method according to claim 12, wherein the voltage saturation variable is computed based on a variable that is not affected by noises.

23. A program of an electric drive control device, comprising:

a routine that computes an instruction value based on an electric machine rotational speed and a target electric machine torque that represents a target value of an electric machine torque;

a routine that generates a drive signal based on the instruction value;

a routine that computes a voltage saturation variable that represents a likelihood of an occurrence of a voltage saturation;

a routine that determines whether a switch condition for switching a control between an asynchronous PWM control and a synchronous PWM control is met based on the voltage saturation variable; and

a routine that selects and outputs the drive signal and switches the control between the asynchronous PWM control and the synchronous PWM control based on a determination as to the switch condition.

24. The program of the electric drive control device according to claim 23, wherein the voltage saturation variable is computed based on a variable that is not affected by noises.