# US 11,909,342 B2 · Rotating electrical machine control device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,342 B2 - Document ID: US11909342B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/782,713 - Filed: 2020-09-29 - Published: 2023-01-26 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-27 - Assignees: Aisin Corporation; Nagoya Institute of Technology - Applicants: Aisin Corporation; Nagoya Institute of Technology - Inventors: Subrata Saha; Hiroki Iwai; Takashi Kosaka; Hiroaki Matsumori; Naoto Saito; Yoshinobu Ito; Isao Fujiwara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909342B2 ## CPC - H02M 7/53871: {with automatic control of output voltage or current} - H02P 27/08: with pulse width modulation - H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) - H02M 1/0054: {Transistor switching losses (periodically suspending operation of switching converter in low power mode H02M1/0035)} - H02M 1/14: Arrangements for reducing ripples from DC input or output - H02M 7/5395: by pulse-width modulation - H02P 6/08: Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor (H02P6/10, H02P6/28 take precedence) - H02P 27/14: with three or more levels of voltage - H02M 1/32: Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection - H02P 2209/00: Indexing scheme relating to controlling arrangements characterised by the waveform of the supplied voltage or current - 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) - H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract Two inverters (10) provided at respective both ends of open-end windings (8) are appropriately controlled. As control regions (R) of a rotating electrical machine (80), a first speed region (VR1) and a second speed region (VR2) in which the rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine (80) is higher than in the first speed region (VR1) for the same torque are set, and in the second speed region (VR2), a rotating electrical machine control device (1) controls both inverters (10), a first inverter (11) and a second inverter (12), by mixed pulse width modulation control in which control is performed such that a plurality of pulses with different patterns are outputted during a first period (T1) which is a half cycle of electrical angle, and an inactive state continues during a second period (T2) which is the other half cycle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rotating electrical machine control device that controls, through a first inverter and a second inverter, drive of a rotating electrical machine having open-end windings of a plurality of phases, the open-end windings being independent of each other, wherein the first inverter is connected to a one-end side of the open-end windings of a plurality of phases to convert electric power between direct current and alternating currents of a plurality of phases, the second inverter is connected to an other-end side of the open-end windings of a plurality of phases to convert electric power between direct current and alternating currents of a plurality of phases, the first inverter and the second inverter can be controlled using a plurality of control schemes with different switching patterns and can be controlled using the control schemes that are independent of each other, as control regions of the rotating electrical machine, a first speed region and a second speed region in which rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine is higher than in the first speed region for same torque are set, the control schemes include pulse width modulation control in which a plurality of pulses with different patterns are outputted in one cycle of electrical angle; and mixed pulse width modulation control in which control is performed such that a plurality of pulses with different patterns are outputted during a first period and an inactive state continues during a second period, the first period being a half cycle of electrical angle and the second period being an other half cycle, and both inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the mixed pulse width modulation control in the second speed region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 1, wherein in the pulse width modulation control, a plurality of pulses are generated based on an instruction value and a carrier, in the mixed pulse width modulation control, a plurality of pulses are generated based on a half carrier and the instruction value, the half carrier being the carrier whose wave height is half of a variable range of the instruction value, and in the mixed pulse width modulation control, a plurality of pulses are generated using: a double half carrier and single reference scheme in which pulses for the first inverter are generated based on a first half carrier and the instruction value common to the first inverter and the second inverter, and pulses for the second inverter are generated based on a second half carrier and the instruction value, the first half carrier being set, as the half carrier, on one of a higher voltage side and a lower voltage side than a center of an amplitude of the instruction value, and the second half carrier having a same phase as the first half carrier and being set on an other one of the higher voltage side and the lower voltage side than the center of the amplitude of the instruction value; or a double half carrier and double reference scheme in which pulses for the first inverter are generated based on a first half carrier and a first instruction value for the first inverter, and pulses for the second inverter are generated based on a second half carrier and a second instruction value for the second inverter, the first half carrier being set, as the half carrier, on one of the higher voltage side and the lower voltage side than the center of the amplitude of the instruction value, the second half carrier differing from the first half carrier in phase by 180 degrees and being set on a same side as the first half carrier, and the second instruction value differing from the first instruction value in phase by 180 degrees. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 1, wherein in the first inverter and the second inverter, each arm for one alternating current phase includes a series circuit of an upper-stage-side switching element and a lower-stage-side switching element, the control schemes further include active short-circuit control in which the upper-stage-side switching elements in the arms for all of a plurality of phases are brought into on state or the lower-stage-side switching elements in the arms for all of a plurality of phases are brought into on state, and in the first speed region, target first speed region control is performed in which one of the inverters, the first inverter or the second inverter, is controlled by the active short-circuit control, and an other one of the inverters is controlled by the pulse width modulation control. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 3, wherein in the first speed region, the control scheme for controlling the first inverter and the control scheme for controlling the second inverter are alternately switched in accordance with a condition determined in advance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 3, or wherein the pulse width modulation control includes, as the control schemes, continuous pulse width modulation control in which pulse width modulation is continuously performed for all of the arms for a plurality of phases; and discontinuous pulse width modulation control in which pulse width modulation is performed including a period during which switching elements in one of the arms for one of a plurality of phases are fixed to on state or off state, in a low-speed side first speed region on a low speed side in the first speed region, one of the inverters, the first inverter or the second inverter, is controlled by the active short-circuit control, and an other one of the inverters is controlled by the continuous pulse width modulation control, and in a high-speed side first speed region on a high speed side in the first speed region, one of the inverters, the first inverter or the second inverter, is controlled by the active short-circuit control, and an other one of the inverters is controlled by the discontinuous pulse width modulation control. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 3, wherein as control modes of the rotating electrical machine, a loss reduction priority mode and a noise reduction priority mode are provided in a switchable manner, in the loss reduction priority mode, in the first speed region, the target first speed region control is performed, and in the noise reduction priority mode, in the first speed region, alternative first speed region control in which both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the pulse width modulation control is performed instead of the target first speed region control. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 1, wherein in the first speed region, target first speed region control is performed in which both inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the mixed pulse width modulation control. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 7, wherein in a high torque region with torque greater than or equal to predetermined torque in the first speed region and the second speed region, both inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the pulse width modulation control, and in a low torque region with torque less than the predetermined torque in the first speed region and the second speed region, both inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the mixed pulse width modulation control, the predetermined torque being torque determined in advance. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 8, wherein in the first inverter and the second inverter, each arm for one alternating current phase includes a series circuit of an upper-stage-side switching element and a lower-stage-side switching element, the pulse width modulation control includes, as the control schemes, continuous pulse width modulation control in which pulse width modulation is continuously performed for all of the arms for a plurality of phases; and discontinuous pulse width modulation control in which pulse width modulation is performed including a period during which switching elements in one of the arms for one of a plurality of phases are fixed to on state or off state, the mixed pulse width modulation control includes mixed continuous pulse width modulation control in which during the second period, control is performed such that an inactive state continues, and during the first period, pulse width modulation is continuously performed for all of the arms for a plurality of phases; and mixed discontinuous pulse width modulation control in which during the second period, control is performed such that an inactive state continues, and during the first period, pulse width modulation is performed including a period during which switching elements in one of the arms for one of a plurality of phases are fixed to on state or off state, and with a region on a low speed side in the second speed region being a low-speed side second speed region, and a region on a high speed side in the second speed region being a high-speed side second speed region, in the low torque region in the first speed region and the low-speed side second speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the mixed continuous pulse width modulation control, in the low torque region in the high-speed side second speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the mixed discontinuous pulse width modulation control, in the high torque region in the first speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the continuous pulse width modulation control, and in the high torque region in the second speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the discontinuous pulse width modulation control. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 1, wherein in the first inverter and the second inverter, each arm for one alternating current phase includes a series circuit of an upper-stage-side switching element and a lower-stage-side switching element, the mixed pulse width modulation control includes mixed continuous pulse width modulation control in which during the second period, control is performed such that an inactive state continues, and during the first period, pulse width modulation is continuously performed for all of the arms for a plurality of phases; and mixed discontinuous pulse width modulation control in which during the second period, control is performed such that an inactive state continues, and during the first period, pulse width modulation is performed including a period during which switching elements in one of the arms for one of a plurality of phases are fixed to on state or off state, in a low-speed side second speed region on a low speed side in the second speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the mixed continuous pulse width modulation control, and in a high-speed side second speed region on a high speed side in the second speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the mixed discontinuous pulse width modulation control. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 10, wherein the control schemes include discontinuous pulse width modulation control in which pulse width modulation is performed including a period during which switching elements in one of the arms for one of a plurality of phases are fixed to on state or off state, and in the high-speed side second speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the discontinuous pulse width modulation control instead of the mixed discontinuous pulse width modulation control. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 1, wherein a boundary between control regions is set according to at least one of rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine based on torque of the rotating electrical machine, and a ratio of a root-mean-square value of line-to-line voltage of alternating current voltages of a plurality of phases to direct current bus voltage. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The rotating electrical machine control device according to claim 1, wherein the control schemes further include rectangular-wave control in which one pulse is outputted in one cycle of electrical angle, a third speed region in which rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine is higher than in the second speed region for same torque is further set, and in the third speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the rectangular-wave control. ### Claim 14 A rotating electrical machine control device that controls, through a first inverter and a second inverter, drive of a rotating electrical machine having open-end windings of a plurality of phases, the open-end windings being independent of each other, wherein the first inverter is connected to a one-end side of the open-end windings of a plurality of phases to convert electric power between direct current and alternating currents of a plurality of phases, the second inverter is connected to an other-end side of the open-end windings of a plurality of phases to convert electric power between direct current and alternating currents of a plurality of phases, in the first inverter and the second inverter, each arm for one alternating current phase includes a series circuit of an upper-stage-side switching element and a lower-stage-side switching element, control schemes for the first inverter and the second inverter include at least pulse width modulation control in which a plurality of pulses with different patterns are outputted in one cycle of electrical angle; and active short-circuit control in which the upper-stage-side switching elements in the arms for all of a plurality of phases are brought into on state or the lower-stage-side switching elements in the arms for all of a plurality of phases are brought into on state, and the pulse width modulation control includes, as the control schemes, continuous pulse width modulation control in which pulse width modulation is continuously performed for all of the arms for a plurality of phases; and discontinuous pulse width modulation control in which pulse width modulation is performed including a period during which switching elements in one of the arms for one of a plurality of phases are fixed to on state or off state, the first inverter and the second inverter can be controlled using the control schemes that are independent of each other, as control regions of the rotating electrical machine, a first speed region, a second speed region in which rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine is higher than in the first speed region for same torque, and a third speed region in which rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine is higher than in the second speed region for same torque are set, and target control is performed in which in the first speed region, one of inverters, the first inverter or the second inverter, is controlled by the active short-circuit control, and an other one of the inverters is controlled by the continuous pulse width modulation control, in the second speed region, one of the inverters, the first inverter or the second inverter, is controlled by the active short-circuit control, and an other one of the inverters is controlled by the discontinuous pulse width modulation control, and in the third speed region, both of the inverters, the first inverter and the second inverter, are controlled by the discontinuous pulse width modulation control.