Three phase inverter control circuit detecting two phase currents and deducting or adding identical ON periods
First Claim
1. An inverter for use with a direct current power source, said inverter comprising:
- an upper arm switching element connected with a plus side of the direct-current power source;
a lower arm switching element connected with a minus side of the direct-current power source for outputting sine wave-like three phase alternating current by switching a direct-current voltage of the direct-current power source by means of PWM three phase modulation;
a current detector for detecting a current which flows between the lower arm switching element and the minus side of the direct-current power source, said current detector being provided in only two phases among the three phases; and
a control circuit for detecting a phase current of the two phases provided by the current detector by deducting identical ON periods in all the three phases from ON periods of the upper arm switching element within a carrier cycle.
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Abstract
A small and highly vibration-proof inverter capable of detecting a phase current without requiring the development of complicated control software and without causing any current distortion is provided. Shunt resistors (15, 16) serving as a kind of current detector are provided, respectively, between lower arm switching elements X, Y, Z) in only two phases—and the minus side of a DC power supply. An identical ON period is reduced from the ON periods of upper arm switching elements (U, V, W) in the carrier cycle entirely for three phases. Consequently, phase current is detected for the two phases provided with the shunt resistors (15, 16). The inverter can detect the phase current without complicating the control software and without causing any current distortion, by controlling inverter circuit (10) with control software incorporated in control circuit (14) through connection lines (18).
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1. An inverter for use with a direct current power source, said inverter comprising:
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an upper arm switching element connected with a plus side of the direct-current power source; a lower arm switching element connected with a minus side of the direct-current power source for outputting sine wave-like three phase alternating current by switching a direct-current voltage of the direct-current power source by means of PWM three phase modulation; a current detector for detecting a current which flows between the lower arm switching element and the minus side of the direct-current power source, said current detector being provided in only two phases among the three phases; and a control circuit for detecting a phase current of the two phases provided by the current detector by deducting identical ON periods in all the three phases from ON periods of the upper arm switching element within a carrier cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An inverter for use with a direct current power source, said inverter comprising:
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an upper arm switching element connected with a plus side of the direct-current power source; and a lower arm switching element connected with a minus side of the direct-current power source for outputting sine wave-like three phase alternating current by switching a direct-current voltage of the direct-current power source by means of PWM three phase modulation; a current detector for detecting a current which flows between the upper arm switching element and the plus side of the direct-current power source, the current detector being provided in only two phases among the three phases; and a control circuit for detecting a phase current of the two phases provided by the current detector by adding identical ON periods in all the three phases to ON periods of the upper arm switching element within a carrier cycle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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