Converter and power converter that becomes it with the converter

• US 7,471,525 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2005
• Issued: 12/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Appliances Incorporated (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takahiro, Iwaji, Yoshitaka, Notohara, Yasuo, Endo, Tsunehiro, Tanaka, Chikara, Ando, Tatsuo, Kurita, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ullah; Akm E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang; Jue
• Application Number:
  US11/213,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20060044848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• Field of Search: 363 34- 38
• US Class Current: 363/37
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0012 Control circuits using digital or numerical techniques in DC/DC converters H02M3/157, H02M3/33515; in DC-AC converters H02M7/53873
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/4585 having a rectifier with controlled elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections

Abstract

A converter includes a converter circuit 1 having a plurality of bridge-connected semiconductor switching devices for converting AC power into DC power, a smoothing condenser connected in parallel to the DC side of the converter circuit and a current detector provided in a condenser circuit to control a condenser current flowing through the smoothing condenser to be a set value. The condenser current is controlled to be the set value (e.g. zero) to thereby reduce the capacity of the smoothing condenser and make the converter small.

Claims

1. A converter comprising a converter circuit, where the converter circuit comprises a plurality of bridge-connected semiconductor switching devices for converting AC power into DC power, a smoothing condenser connected in parallel to DC side of the converter circuit, a condenser current detector provided in a condenser circuit to detect a condenser current flowing through the smoothing condenser, and a controller for controlling the condenser current to be a set value, wherein said controller comprises a q-axis current controller which controls a q-axis current component of DC output of said converter circuit to reduce a difference between the detected condenser current and the set value, a DC current detector for detecting a DC current of said converter circuit, and wherein said controller for controlling the condenser current includes a calculator which calculates an AC current on input side of said converter circuit on the basis of said DC current and operation states of said plurality of semiconductor switching devices and a compensator which calculates a q-axis current component of said AC current to correct a q-axis current command value on the basis of said calculated q-axis current component.

2. A converter according to claim 1, wherein said condenser current detector and said DC current detector each include a shunt resistor.

3. A converter of packaged type comprising a main circuit board in which a converter circuit including a plurality of bridge-connected semiconductor switching devices for converting AC power into DC power, a controller board on which a controller for controlling the plurality of semiconductor switching devices is arranged, a package in which said main circuit board is provided and on which the controller board is placed, at least one external terminal for a smoothing condenser, a smoothing condenser connected in parallel to the DC side of the converter circuit which is mounted at periphery on the package, and a condenser current detector connected between the external terminal and said converter circuit, wherein the controller for controlling the plurality of semiconductor switching devices includes a q-axis current controller for controlling a q-axis current component on DC side of said converter circuit to reduce a difference between said condenser current and said set value, a DC current detector for detecting a DC current of said converter circuit and wherein said controller includes a calculator for calculating an AC current on input side of said converter circuit on the basis of said DC current and operation states of said plurality of semiconductor switching devices and a compensator for calculating a q-axis current component of said AC current to correct a q-axis current command value on the basis of said calculated q-axis current component.