Charging apparatus and electric vehicle including the same

• US 9,358,893 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2014
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Yohan, Senol, Murat, Lee, Dongcheol, Lim, Junyoung, De Doncker, Rik
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Sun
• Application Number:
  US14/173,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20140217973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• Field of Search: 320/109
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/007 Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/025 using field orientation; Vector control; Direct Torque Control [DTC]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/12 Induction machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/16 DC brushless machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/18 Reluctance machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/54 Windings for different functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/15 with additional electric power supply with capacitors charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/40; with batteries charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/61
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/51 characterised by AC-motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/22 Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/24 Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/06 using dc to ac converters or inverters H02P27/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A charging apparatus and an electric vehicle including the same are disclosed. The charging apparatus includes a converter for, in a charging mode, converting an input alternating current (AC) voltage into a direct current (DC) voltage and a controller for controlling the converter. The converter includes a motor and a switching unit that is connected to an additional coil wound on a stator of one phase of the motor, and that supplies the input AC voltage to the motor by performing a switching operation. The converter also includes an inverter that, in a motor operation mode, converts a DC voltage from a battery into an AC voltage by a switching operation and drives the motor. In the charging mode, the inverter converts the input AC voltage into the DC voltage using the additional coil of the motor and the switching unit and supplies the DC voltage to the battery.

Claims

1. A charging apparatus comprising:

a converter configured to, in a charging mode, receive an input alternating current (AC) voltage and convert the input AC voltage into an output direct current (DC) voltage; and

a controller configured to control the converter,

wherein the converter includes;

a motor that includes a stator and a rotator, and coils wound on the stator, the coils corresponding to different phases of the motor;

an additional coil wound on a portion of the stator that corresponds to a phase of the different phases of the motor;

a switching unit connected to the additional coil and configured to selectively supply the input AC voltage to the motor by performing a switching operation; and

an inverter configured to, in a motor operation mode, convert a battery DC voltage from a battery into an output AC voltage by performing a switching operation of three-phase switching elements and drive the motor, and, in the charging mode, convert the input AC voltage into the output DC voltage using the additional coil of the motor and the switching unit and supply the output DC voltage to the battery.

2. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the charging mode, a switching element of the switching unit, the motor, and the inverter operate as a flyback converter.

3. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein energy is stored in the additional coil by turning a switching element of the switching unit on and the stored energy is converted into the output DC voltage via the inverter and supplied to the battery by turning the switching element of the switching unit off.

4. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the charging mode, the additional coil of the motor operates as a primary side of a transformer and a phase coil wound with the additional coil on the same portion of the stator, which corresponds to a phase of the different phases of the motor, operates as a secondary side of the transformer.

5. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, in the charging mode, control turning on and off of a switching element of the switching unit.

6. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inverter, the controller, and the converter are located on a same circuit board.

7. The charging apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to, in the charging mode, turn off all of the three-phase switching elements of the inverter.

8. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the converter includes a rectifier configured to rectify the input AC voltage and supply the rectified voltage to the motor.

9. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes:

a speed calculator configured to calculate rotator speed information of the motor based on a location signal of the rotator of the motor;

a current command generator configured to generate a current command value based on the rotator speed information and a speed command value;

a voltage command generator configured to generate a voltage command value based on the current command value and a detected current flowing in the motor; and

a switching control signal output unit configured to output a switching control signal that drives the inverter based on the voltage command value.

10. The charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control a duty ratio of turning on the switching unit to perform a voltage boosting operation based on a first voltage across a first capacitor located between the motor and a rectifier of the converter being less than a second voltage across a second capacitor located between the inverter and the battery, and configured to control the duty ratio of turning on the switching unit to perform a voltage drop operation based on the first voltage across the first capacitor being greater than the second voltage across the second capacitor.

11. An electric vehicle comprising:

a battery; and

a charging apparatus including a converter configured to, in a charging mode, receive an input alternating current (AC) voltage and convert the input AC voltage into an output direct current (DC) voltage and a controller configured to control the converter,

wherein the converter includes;

a motor that includes a stator and a rotator, and coils wound on the stator, the coils corresponding to different phases of the motor;

an additional coil wound on a portion of the stator that corresponds to a phase of the different phases of the motor;

a switching unit connected to the additional coil and configured to selectively supply the input AC voltage to the motor by performing a switching operation; and

an inverter configured to, in a motor operation mode, convert a battery DC voltage from a battery into an output AC voltage by performing a switching operation of three-phase switching elements and drive the motor, and, in the charging mode, convert the input AC voltage into the output DC voltage using the additional coil of the motor and the switching unit and supply the output DC voltage to the battery.

12. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein, in the charging mode, a switching element of the switching unit, the motor, and the inverter operate as a flyback converter.

13. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the charging apparatus stores energy in the additional coil by turning a switching element of the switching unit on, and converts the stored energy into the output DC voltage via the inverter and supplies the converted DC voltage to the battery by turning the switching element of the switching unit off.

14. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein, in the charging mode, the additional coil of the motor operates as a primary side of a transformer and a phase coil wound with the additional coil on the same portion of the stator, which corresponds to a phase of the different phases of the motor, operates as a secondary side of the transformer.

15. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to, in the charging mode, turn on and off all of the three-phase switching elements of the switching unit.

16. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the inverter, the controller, and the switching unit are located on a same circuit board.

17. The electric vehicle according to claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to, in the charging mode, turn off all of the three-phase switching elements of the inverter.

18. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein, the converter includes a rectifier configured to rectify the input AC voltage and supply the rectified voltage to the motor.

19. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the controller includes:

a speed calculator configured to calculate rotator speed information of the motor based on a location signal of the rotator of the motor;

a current command generator configured to generate a current command value based on the rotator speed information and a speed command value;

a voltage command generator configured to generate a voltage command value based on the current command value and a detected current flowing in the motor; and

a switching control signal output unit configured to output a switching control signal that drives the inverter based on the voltage command value.

20. The electric vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to control a duty ratio of turning on the switching unit to perform a voltage boosting operation based on a first voltage across a first capacitor located between the motor and a rectifier of the converter being less than a second voltage across a second capacitor located between the inverter and the battery, and configured to control the duty ratio of turning on the switching unit to perform a voltage drop operation based on the first voltage across the first capacitor being greater than the second voltage across the second capacitor.