# US 10,320,310 B2 · Power conversion device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,320,310 B2 - Document ID: US10320310B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/316,944 - Filed: 2014-06-24 - Published: 2017-04-27 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-24 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Inventors: Takahiro Kato; Kikuo Izumi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320310B2 ## CPC - H02M 7/537: using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters - H02M 1/08: Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters - H02M 1/12: Arrangements for reducing harmonics from AC input or output - H02M 1/38: Means for preventing simultaneous conduction of switches - H02M 7/53871: {with automatic control of output voltage or current} - H02M 1/0009: {Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter} - H02M 1/385: {with means for correcting output voltage deviations introduced by the dead time} - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) ## Abstract A power conversion device includes: a power conversion unit composed of a power conversion circuit having switching elements, an output current measurement unit, an output voltage measurement unit, and reactor; a voltage command generating unit for generating a voltage command; a dead time correction unit for calculating a dead time correction amount for correcting voltage error, between the voltage command and output voltage, caused due to dead time; and a PWM signal generating unit for generating switching signals according to the voltage command and the dead time correction amount, wherein the dead time correction unit calculates the dead time correction amount from the voltage command, the measured output voltage, and the measured output current. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power conversion device comprising: power conversion circuitry including: a power conversion circuit which has a switching element and converts DC power of DC power supply to AC power; an output current measurement unit for measuring output current of the power conversion circuit; an output voltage measurement unit for measuring output voltage of the power conversion circuit; and a reactor which, one of terminals of the reactor being connected to an output side of the power conversion circuit, suppresses a harmonic; and control circuitry including: a voltage command generating unit for generating a voltage command for controlling the switching element; a dead time correction unit for calculating a dead time correction amount for correcting voltage error, between the voltage command and the output voltage, caused due to dead time for preventing short-circuit of the switching element; an addition unit for adding the dead time correction amount to the voltage command; and a PWM signal generating unit for generating a switching signal according to output of the addition unit, wherein the dead time correction unit estimates reactor voltage from the voltage command, measured output voltage measured by the output voltage measurement unit, and DC output voltage of the DC power supply, calculates output current value at the time when the switching element changes from ON to OFF from the estimated reactor voltage, a carrier cycle for PWM signal generation of the PWM signal generating unit, and measured output current by the output current measurement unit, estimates zero current cross time of the output current from the calculated output current value at the time when the switching element changes from ON to OFF and the dead time period, and calculates the dead time correction amount from the zero current cross time, the calculated output current value at the time when the switching element changes from ON to OFF, the DC output voltage, the carrier cycle, and the dead time period on the assumption that change in the output current is linear with respect to time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The power conversion device according to claim 1, further comprising DC voltage control circuitry for suppressing DC voltage contained in the output voltage, wherein output of the DC voltage control circuitry is added to the voltage command. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The power conversion device according to claim 2, wherein the power conversion device is interconnected with a power grid or a distributed power supply, to supply AC power to a load. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The power conversion device according to claim 2, wherein the power conversion device supplies AC power to a load independently of a power grid or a distributed power supply. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The power conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the power conversion device is interconnected with a power grid or a distributed power supply, to supply AC power to a load. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The power conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the power conversion device supplies AC power to a load independently of a power grid or a distributed power supply. ### Claim 7 A power conversion device comprising: power conversion circuitry including: a power conversion circuit which has a switching element and converts DC power to AC power; an output current measurement unit for measuring output current of the power conversion circuit; an output voltage measurement unit for measuring output voltage of the power conversion circuit; and a reactor which, one of terminals of the reactor being connected to an output side of the power conversion circuit, suppresses a harmonic; and control circuitry including: a voltage command generating unit for generating a voltage command for controlling the switching element; a dead time correction unit for calculating a dead time correction amount for correcting voltage error, between the voltage command and the output voltage, caused due to dead time for preventing short-circuit of the switching element; an addition unit for adding the dead time correction amount to the voltage command; and a PWM signal generating unit for generating a switching signal according to output of the addition unit, wherein the dead time correction unit estimates reactor voltage from the voltage command, and measured output voltage measured by the output voltage measurement unit, estimates an output current change amount of the output current from the estimated reactor voltage and the measured output current by the output current measurement unit, and calculates the dead time correction amount on the basis of the estimated output current change amount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The power conversion device according to claim 7, further comprising DC voltage control circuitry for suppressing DC voltage contained in the output voltage, wherein output of the DC voltage control circuitry is added to the voltage command. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The power conversion device according to claim 8, wherein the power conversion device is interconnected with a power grid or a distributed power supply, to supply AC power to a load. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The power conversion device according to claim 8, wherein the power conversion device supplies AC power to a load independently of a power grid or a distributed power supply. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The power conversion device according to claim 7, wherein the power conversion device is interconnected with a power grid or a distributed power supply, to supply AC power to a load. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The power conversion device according to claim 7, wherein the power conversion device supplies AC power to a load independently of a power grid or a distributed power supply. ### Claim 13 A power conversion device comprising: power conversion circuitry including: a power conversion circuit which has a switching element and converts DC power of DC power supply to AC power; an output current measurement unit for measuring output current of the power conversion circuit; an output voltage measurement unit for measuring output voltage of the power conversion circuit; and a reactor which, one of terminals of the reactor being connected to an output side of the power conversion circuit, suppresses a harmonic; and control circuitry including: a voltage command generating unit for generating a voltage command for controlling the switching element; a dead time correction unit for calculating a dead time correction amount for correcting voltage error, between the voltage command and the output voltage, caused due to dead time for preventing short-circuit of the switching element; an addition unit for adding the dead time correction amount to the voltage command; and a PWM signal generating unit for generating a switching signal according to output of the addition unit, wherein the dead time correction unit estimates reactor voltage from the voltage command, and measured output voltage measured by the output voltage measurement unit, estimates a zero current cross time of the output current and an output current change amount of the output current from the estimated reactor voltage and the measured output current measured by the output current measurement unit, and DC output voltage of the DC power supply, and calculates the dead time correction amount on the basis of the estimated zero current cross time and the estimated output current change amount. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The power conversion device according to claim 13, further comprising DC voltage control circuitry for suppressing DC voltage contained in the output voltage, wherein output of the DC voltage control circuitry is added to the voltage command. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The power conversion device according to claim 14, wherein the power conversion device is interconnected with a power grid or a distributed power supply, to supply AC power to a load. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The power conversion device according to claim 14, wherein the power conversion device supplies AC power to a load independently of a power grid or a distributed power supply. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The power conversion device according to claim 13, wherein the power conversion device is interconnected with a power grid or a distributed power supply, to supply AC power to a load. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The power conversion device according to claim 13, wherein the power conversion device supplies AC power to a load independently of a power grid or a distributed power supply.