# US 2023/0412092 A1 · Inverter device

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- Number: US 2023/0412092 A1
- Document ID: US20230412092A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/040,196
- Filed: 2021-08-03
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2020-08-17
- Assignees: Sanden Corporation
- Applicants: Sanden Corporation
- Inventors: Tatsuki Kashihara; Yushi Araki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230412092A1

## CPC

- H02M 7/53871: {with automatic control of output voltage or current}
- H02M 7/5395: by pulse-width modulation
- H02M 1/123: {Suppression of common mode voltage or current}
- H02M 7/003: {Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections}
- 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

An inverter device is provided which is based on a discontinuous modulation method and makes it possible to further reduce common mode noise. A control device L includes a phase voltage command operation unit 33 which calculates a continuous modulation voltage command value, an inter-line modulation operation unit 34 which calculates a discontinuous modulation voltage command value which fixes an ON/OFF state of a switching element of one phase of an inverter circuit 28 and modulates an ON/OFF state of switching elements of the other two phases, and a PWM signal generation unit 36 which performs PWM control on the inverter circuit. The control device synchronizes switching timings of the switching elements of the two phases in which the ON/OFF state is modulated, and cancels out a change in a phase voltage applied to a motor 8 by a change in another phase voltage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An inverter device comprising:
an inverter circuit having an upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element connected in series for each phase between an upper arm power supply line and a lower arm power supply line, and applying a phase voltage at a connection point of the upper and lower arm switching elements of each phase to a motor as a three-phase AC output; and
a control device which controls switching of the upper and lower arm switching elements of each phase of the inverter circuit,
wherein the control device includes:
a phase voltage command operation unit which calculates and outputs a continuous modulation voltage command value for generating a voltage applied to each phase of the motor,
an inter-line modulation operation unit which calculates based on the continuous modulation voltage command value, a discontinuous modulation voltage command value which fixes an ON/OFF state of the upper and lower arm switching elements of one phase of the inverter circuit, and modulates an ON/OFF state of the upper and lower arm switching elements of the other two phases, and
a PWM signal generation unit which generates a PWM signal PWM-controlling the inverter circuit, based on the discontinuous modulation voltage command value, and
wherein the control device synchronizes switching timings of the upper and lower arm switching elements of the two phases in which the ON/OFF state is modulated, and cancels a change in the phase voltage applied to the motor by a change in the other phase voltage.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The inverter device according to claim 1, wherein the control device starts a specified section of switching from a state in which the upper arm switching element of one of the two phases in which the ON/OFF state is modulated is turned ON, and the lower arm switching element of the other is turned ON.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

The inverter device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control device synchronizes only either one of timings of a fall in the phase voltage of one of the two phases in which the ON/OFF state is modulated and a rise in the phase voltage of the other, and timings of a rise in the phase voltage of the one and a fall in the phase voltage of the other.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The inverter device according to claim 3, wherein the control device selects and synchronizes the timing with which a surge voltage at the time of switching is larger.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4)

The inverter device according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control device always modulates the ON/OFF state in the upper and lower arm switching elements of a specific one phase and fixes the ON/OFF state of the upper and lower arm switching elements of one of the remaining two phases.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The inverter device according to claim 5, wherein the upper and lower arm switching elements of the specific one phase are arranged in a heat exchange relationship with a place where the temperature becomes the lowest in an electric compressor.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

The inverter device according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the inter-line modulation operation unit outputs the discontinuous modulation voltage command value which always modulates the ON/OFF state in the upper and lower arm switching elements of the specific one phase and fixes the ON/OFF state of the upper and lower arm switching elements of one of the remaining two phases, and
wherein the PWM signal generation unit corrects the discontinuous modulation voltage command value output by the inter-line modulation operation unit to cancel the change in the phase voltage applied to the motor by the change in the other phase voltage.