Three phase inverter control circuit detecting two phase currents and deducting or adding identical ON periods

Abstract

A small and highly vibration-proof inverter capable of detecting a phase current without requiring the development of complicated control software and without causing any current distortion is provided. Shunt resistors (15, 16) serving as a kind of current detector are provided, respectively, between lower arm switching elements X, Y, Z) in only two phases—and the minus side of a DC power supply. An identical ON period is reduced from the ON periods of upper arm switching elements (U, V, W) in the carrier cycle entirely for three phases. Consequently, phase current is detected for the two phases provided with the shunt resistors (15, 16). The inverter can detect the phase current without complicating the control software and without causing any current distortion, by controlling inverter circuit (10) with control software incorporated in control circuit (14) through connection lines (18).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.