A control unit executes first current control for controlling a d-axis current component and a q-axis current component of a current to be supplied to a motor, second current control for controlling the d-axis current component and the q-axis current component based on a heating value target value related to a heating value generated in the motor and setting a ratio of the d-axis current component to the q-axis current component to be different from the ratio in the first current control, and vibration suppression control to be executed when the second current control is executed, and adds a first periodic signal to the torque target value in the vibration suppression control. A phase of the first periodic signal is shifted from a phase in a waveform of an output torque of the motor output when the second current control is executed without executing the vibration suppression control.

A control unit executes first current control for controlling a d-axis current component and a q-axis current component of a current to be supplied to a motor, second current control for controlling the d-axis current component and the q-axis current component based on a heating value target value related to a heating value generated in the motor and setting a ratio of the d-axis current component to the q-axis current component to be different from the ratio in the first current control, and vibration suppression control to be executed when the second current control is executed, and adds a first periodic signal to the torque target value in the vibration suppression control. A phase of the first periodic signal is shifted from a phase in a waveform of an output torque of the motor output when the second current control is executed without executing the vibration suppression control.

A sensor device for an electric machine includes a rotor shaft mounted rotatably in a housing, with a signal generator that is or can be joined non-rotatably to the rotor shaft and is or can be arranged axially on the end face of the rotor shaft. A signal sensor is fixed to the housing opposite on the end face of the signal generator and at a distance from the signal generator. The signal sensor acquires an axial distance from the signal generator.

A sensor device for an electric machine includes a rotor shaft mounted rotatably in a housing, with a signal generator that is or can be joined non-rotatably to the rotor shaft and is or can be arranged axially on the end face of the rotor shaft. A signal sensor is fixed to the housing opposite on the end face of the signal generator and at a distance from the signal generator. The signal sensor acquires an axial distance from the signal generator.

A diagnostic system includes: a current command module configured to, based on a motor torque request, a motor speed, a direct current (DC) bus voltage, generate a d-axis current command for an electric motor and a q-axis current command for the electric motor; a voltage command module configured to, based on the d-axis current command and the q-axis current command, generate a d-axis voltage command and a q-axis voltage command; a switching control module configured to control switching of an inverter module based on the d-axis voltage command and the q-axis voltage command, where the inverter module is configured to apply power to stator windings of the electric motor from the DC bus; and a fault module configured to selectively indicate that the stator windings of the electric motor are degraded when the d-axis voltage command is less than a predetermined nominal d-axis voltage of the electric motor.

A diagnostic system includes: a current command module configured to, based on a motor torque request, a motor speed, a direct current (DC) bus voltage, generate a d-axis current command for an electric motor and a q-axis current command for the electric motor; a voltage command module configured to, based on the d-axis current command and the q-axis current command, generate a d-axis voltage command and a q-axis voltage command; a switching control module configured to control switching of an inverter module based on the d-axis voltage command and the q-axis voltage command, where the inverter module is configured to apply power to stator windings of the electric motor from the DC bus; and a fault module configured to selectively indicate that the stator windings of the electric motor are degraded when the d-axis voltage command is less than a predetermined nominal d-axis voltage of the electric motor.

For estimating motor torque and velocity, a method estimates a velocity profile for a motor based on line-to-line voltages and phase currents for the motor. The velocity profile is estimated without a position input and a velocity input. The method further estimates a torque profile for the motor based on the line-to-line voltages, the phase currents, and a time interval of the velocity profile of motor velocities greater than a velocity threshold, and wherein the motor is operating over the time interval.

A motor control device controls a current of a motor based on a torque command, the current being separated into a d-axis current and a q-axis current orthogonal to the d-axis current, the torque command being a target value of a torque of the motor. The motor control device includes a current vector controller that receives input of a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command, and generates a d-axis voltage command and a q-axis voltage command, a difference between a value of the d-axis current and a value of the d-axis current command being zero, a difference between a value of the q-axis current and a value of the q-axis current command being zero, a q-axis current command generator that generates the q-axis current command based on the torque command, a magnetic-flux weakening controller that generates the d-axis current command based on a difference between a voltage command and a reference voltage, the voltage command being a vector with the d-axis voltage command output from the current vector controller as a d-axis component and the q-axis voltage command as a q-axis component, an amplitude of the voltage command not exceeding the reference voltage, a current limiter that limits a magnitude of the d-axis current command according to a magnitude of the q-axis current command, the d-axis current command being a d-axis component of a current command vector of the motor, the q-axis current command being a q-axis component of the current command vector of the motor, a magnitude of the current command vector of the motor not exceeding a current limit value, and a reference voltage correction unit that corrects the reference voltage based on a difference between a value of the d-axis current command before limitation and a value of the d-axis current command after the limitation.

A motor control device controls a current of a motor based on a torque command, the current being separated into a d-axis current and a q-axis current orthogonal to the d-axis current, the torque command being a target value of a torque of the motor. The motor control device includes a current vector controller that receives input of a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command, and generates a d-axis voltage command and a q-axis voltage command, a difference between a value of the d-axis current and a value of the d-axis current command being zero, a difference between a value of the q-axis current and a value of the q-axis current command being zero, a q-axis current command generator that generates the q-axis current command based on the torque command, a magnetic-flux weakening controller that generates the d-axis current command based on a difference between a voltage command and a reference voltage, the voltage command being a vector with the d-axis voltage command output from the current vector controller as a d-axis component and the q-axis voltage command as a q-axis component, an amplitude of the voltage command not exceeding the reference voltage, a current limiter that limits a magnitude of the d-axis current command according to a magnitude of the q-axis current command, the d-axis current command being a d-axis component of a current command vector of the motor, the q-axis current command being a q-axis component of the current command vector of the motor, a magnitude of the current command vector of the motor not exceeding a current limit value, and a reference voltage correction unit that corrects the reference voltage based on a difference between a value of the d-axis current command before limitation and a value of the d-axis current command after the limitation.

A first torque estimator determines a first torque estimation value according to a cross product method, and a second torque estimator determines a second torque estimation value according to an energy method. A torque weight adjuster adjusts, using a weighting coefficient calculated in accordance with a predetermined condition, weightings respectively applied to these two types of torque estimation values, and outputs a torque estimation value