US 7,923,666 B2Granted

Phase control method and phase control device

AssigneeOMRON Corporation

InventorsFumimasa Katayama, Takeshi Kishimoto, Takaaki Yamada

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Abstract

A selectable operation amount is set as a threshold value according to an input operation amount, where if a determination value obtained by adding the input operation amount and an integrated operation amount or an output error accumulated value is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the threshold value is selected as the output operation amount, and if the determination value is not greater than or equal to the threshold value, a selectable output operation amount close to the threshold value is selected, and the ON/OFF control is performed with the selected output operation amount, while the selected output operation amount is subtracted from the determination value to correct the integrated operation amount, so that the input operation can be substantially output even if it takes an operation amount other than the selectable operation amount values.

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Dependent claims

A phase control method for performing ON/OFF control of a switching unit arranged on a power supply line from an AC power supply to a load by a trigger signal of a phase angle corresponding to an output power command value based on an input power command value, the phase control method comprising:

a threshold determination step of, when the input power command value is a command value different from a plurality of selectable command values, rounding up the input power command value and determining the selectable command value closest to the rounded input power command value as a threshold value, and when the input power command value is the same as one of the plurality of selectable command values, determining the command value as a threshold value;
a calculation step of calculating a determination value based on the input power command value and an accumulated value of an output error;
a selection step of, when the determination value is greater than or equal to the threshold value, selecting the threshold value as an output power command value, and when the determination value is not greater than or equal to the threshold value, selecting the selectable command value lowered from the threshold value by a resolution stage as an output power command value;
a control step of performing the ON/OFF control by the trigger signal of a phase angle corresponding to the selected output power command value;
and
a correction step of correcting the accumulated value of the output error based on the determination value and the selected output power command value.

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A phase control device for performing ON/OFF control of a switching unit arranged on a power supply line from an AC power supply to a load by a trigger signal of a phase angle corresponding to an output power command value based on an input power command value, the phase control device comprising:

a threshold determining unit of, when the input power command value is a command value different from a plurality of selectable command values, rounding up the input power command value and determining the selectable command value closest to the rounded input power command value as a threshold value, and when the input power command value is the same as one of the plurality of selectable command values, determining the command value as a threshold value;
a calculating unit for calculating a determination value based on the input power command value and an accumulated value of an output error;
a selecting unit for, when the determination value is greater than or equal to the threshold value, selecting the threshold value as an output power command value, and when the determination value is not greater than or equal to the threshold value, selecting the selectable command value lowered from the threshold value by a resolution stage as an output power command value;
a control unit for performing the ON/OFF control by the trigger signal of a phase angle corresponding to the selected output power command value;
and
a correcting unit for correcting the accumulated value of the output error based on the determination value and the selected output power command value.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.