Motor drive apparatus, electric actuator and electric power steering apparatus
First Claim
1. A motor drive apparatus comprising:
- a 3-phase a.c. driven motor;
an inverter for driving said motor based on a battery voltage;
a first current detector for detecting a direct current flowing to said inverter;
a plurality of second current detectors for detecting the motor current flowing to said motor; and
a controller for controlling the drive of said inverter based on the current value detected by said first and/or second current detectors, and for driving the motor while controlling the torque of said motor;
wherein said controller converts the drive waveform of said inverter into the waveform created by superimposing harmonics of high odd-numbered order on a sinusoidal wave as a fundamental wave of the modulated wave modulated by a PWN carrier wave; and
continuously changes the ratio of superimposing said high-order harmonics, based on said battery voltage.
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Abstract
In an operation range of an actuator subjected to quick acceleration and deceleration, a motor drive apparatus, an electric actuator and an electric power steering apparatus capable of continuous torque control up to the high drive speed and high torque area. A controller comprises a voltage saturation detecting means for detecting the voltage saturation of the output voltage of an inverter circuit, based on the battery voltage, and a waveform controller that converts the drive waveform of the inverter circuit into the waveform created by superimposing harmonics of high odd-numbered order on a sinusoidal wave as a fundamental wave of the modulated wave modulated by a PWN carrier wave; and continuously changes the ratio of superimposing the high-order harmonics in response to the voltage saturation detected by a voltage saturation detecting means. This arrangement allows the controller to continuously change the drive waveform of the inverter circuit.
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11 Claims
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1. A motor drive apparatus comprising:
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a 3-phase a.c. driven motor;
an inverter for driving said motor based on a battery voltage;
a first current detector for detecting a direct current flowing to said inverter;
a plurality of second current detectors for detecting the motor current flowing to said motor; and
a controller for controlling the drive of said inverter based on the current value detected by said first and/or second current detectors, and for driving the motor while controlling the torque of said motor;
wherein said controller converts the drive waveform of said inverter into the waveform created by superimposing harmonics of high odd-numbered order on a sinusoidal wave as a fundamental wave of the modulated wave modulated by a PWN carrier wave; and
continuously changes the ratio of superimposing said high-order harmonics, based on said battery voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A motor drive apparatus comprising:
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a 3-phase a.c. driven motor;
an inverter for driving said motor based on a battery voltage;
a first current detector for detecting a direct current flowing to said inverter;
a plurality of second current detectors for detecting the motor current flowing to said motor; and
a controller for controlling the drive of said inverter based on the current value detected by said first and/or second current detectors, and for driving the motor while controlling the torque of said motor;
wherein said controller comprises;
a step of comparing the direct current value detected by said first current detector with the motor current detected by said second current detectors;
a step of detecting the detection error level of said current detector; and
a step of obtaining the motor current value of the faulty phase, using the motor currents of other two phases, if the detection error range for the motor current value of any one phase in the three-phase motor current values is narrower than a predetermined electrical angle.
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10. An electric actuator comprising:
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a 3-phase a.c. driven motor;
an inverter for driving said motor based on a battery voltage;
a first current detector for detecting a direct current flowing to said inverter;
a plurality of second current detectors for detecting the motor current flowing to said motor;
a controller for controlling the drive of said inverter based on the current value detected by said first and/or second current detectors, and for driving the motor while controlling the torque of said motor; and
a torque transmitter for transmitting the drive torque of said motor to a driven member;
wherein said controller converts the drive waveform of said inverter into the waveform created by superimposing harmonics of high odd-numbered order on a sinusoidal wave as a fundamental wave of the modulated wave modulated by a PWN carrier wave; and
continuously changes the ratio of superimposing said high-order harmonics, based on said battery voltage. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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