Control apparatus, dual chip inverter and single chip inverter of AC motors

• US 7,224,133 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2005
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Power Semiconductor Device, Ltd. (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakatsugawa, Junnosuke, Sakurai, Kenji, Tanaka, Tsuyoshi, Endo, Tunehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro; Bentsu
• Application Number:
  US11/057,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20050201129A1
• Time in Patent Office: 833 Days
• Field of Search: 318/138, 318/254, 318/439, 318720-724, 318/448, 318/611, 318/629
• US Class Current: 318/400.01
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/08 with pulse width modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/10 Arrangements for controlling torque ripple, e.g. providing reduced torque ripple
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/182 using back-emf in windings

Abstract

A control apparatus and a semiconductor apparatus of AC motors capable of reducing torque ripple with a comparatively simple circuit corresponding to a high withstand voltage and capable of driving a motor at high efficiency even when the rotational speed or load has changed. The control apparatus detects first phase signals fixed in relative phase to induced voltages of the motor and current polarity signals, recognizes phase differences between them, generates second phase signals so as to make the phase differences approach zero to drive the motor at high efficiency, generates modulation wave signals having quasi-sinusoidal waveforms or trapezoidal waveforms on the basis of the second phase signals, compares the modulation wave signals with a carrier wave signal, and conducts PWM control on an inverter.

Claims

1. A control apparatus of AC motors, comprising:

a second phase signal controller for generating second phase signals so as to make phase differences between first phase signals generated by a first phase signal generator and current polarity signals of an AC motor driven by an inverter generated by a current polarity detector approach zero, on the basis of the phase differences and a command signal depending upon a rotational speed of the AC motor;

a modulation wave generator for generating a plurality of modulation wave signals on the basis of the command signal depending upon the rotational speed of the AC motor and the second phase signals; and

a pulse width modulator for comparing the modulation wave signals with a carrier wave signal and thereby conducting pulse width modulation control on the inverter.

2. A control apparatus of AC motors according to claim 1, wherein said second phase signal controller comprises:

a phase difference recognizer for generating a phase difference signal on the basis of the phase differences and the command signal; and

a second phase signal generator for generating the second phase signals so as to make the phase differences approach zero on the basis of the phase difference signal and the first phase signals.

3. A control apparatus of AC motors according to claim 2, wherein

said phase difference recognizer integrates a phase difference recognition signal generated on the basis of the phase differences and the command signal, and

generates the phase difference signal on the basis of a value obtained by the integration.

4. A control apparatus of AC motors according to claim 2, wherein

said second phase signal generator integrates the phase difference signal to generate a slope signal, and

generates the second phase signals on the basis of the slope signal and a threshold.

5. A control apparatus of AC motors according to claim 1, wherein said modulation wave generator comprises a trapezoidal wave modulator for generating a plurality of signals each having a trapezoidal waveform, the trapezoidal waveform having at least two constant levels in time of one period.

6. A control apparatus of AC motors according to claim 1, wherein said modulation wave generator comprises:

a trapezoidal wave modulator for generating a plurality of signals each having a trapezoidal waveform, the trapezoidal waveform having at least two constant levels in time of one period; and

a quasi-sinusoidal wave modulator for generating a plurality of quasi-sinusoidal wave signals on the basis of differences between the trapezoidal waveform signals.

7. A control apparatus of AC motors according to claim 1, wherein said modulation wave generator comprises:

a trapezoidal wave modulator for generating a plurality of signals each having a trapezoidal waveform, the trapezoidal waveform having at least two constant levels in time of one period; and

a quasi-sinusoidal wave modulator for generating a plurality of quasi-sinusoidal wave signals on the basis of sums between the trapezoidal waveform signals.

8. A dual chip inverter comprising:

a first semiconductor chip having said control apparatus of AC motors according to claim 1; and

a second semiconductor chip having an inverter supplied with a DC voltage to output an AC voltage.

9. A single chip inverter comprising:

an inverter supplied with a DC voltage to output an AC voltage; and

a control apparatus of AC motors, said control apparatus comprising;

a current polarity detector for generating current polarity signals of an AC motor driven by the AC voltage;

a second phase signal controller for generating second phase signals so as to make phase differences between first phase signals generated by a first phase signal generator and the current polarity signals approach zero, on the basis of the phase differences and a command signal depending upon a rotational speed of the AC motor;

a modulation wave generator for generating a plurality of modulation wave signals on the basis of the command signal and the second phase signals; and

a pulse width modulator for comparing the modulation wave signals with a carrier wave signal and thereby conducting pulse width modulation control on the inverter.