A motor control circuit includes a control circuit configured to control a switching operation of an inverter circuit, the inverter circuit being configured to supply an alternating current power to a motor, and includes a determination-information generating circuit configured to generate at least one determination value that conveys information on whether the motor malfunctions or deteriorates. The motor control circuit includes a determination circuit configured to determine whether the motor malfunctions or deteriorates based on the determination value to output, as an interrupt signal, a signal indicating that the motor malfunctions or deteriorates to the control circuit.

A motor control circuit includes a control circuit configured to output a pulse width modulation signal for controlling a switching operation of an inverter circuit, the inverter circuit being configured to supply an alternating current power to a motor, and includes a speed-change detecting circuit configured to detect a change in a speed command signal and, output, in response to the change meeting and exceeding a predetermined limit, a signal indicating that the speed command signal has changed to the control circuit to cause the control circuit to change a duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal, the speed command signal specifying a target value of a rotational speed of the motor.

A resolver converter includes a tracking loop circuit that calculates an angle from a resolver output signal, a control and diagnosis circuit that controls the tracking loop circuit and diagnoses based on the resolver output signal, wherein the control and diagnosis circuit, by operating the tracking loop circuit as a direct digital synthesizer (DDS), synchronously detects a noise signal superimposed on the resolver output signal.

A motor control system for selectively controlling power from a power source to a load is provided. The motor control system includes at least one PCB structure and a plurality of protection and control components mounted onto the at least one PCB structure so as to be electrically coupled therewith. The plurality of protection and control components includes a power converter operable to provide a controlled output power to the load, a plurality of switching devices operable to selectively control power flow from the power source into the power converter and to bypass the power converter, and one or more protection devices configured to selectively interrupt current flow from the power source to the power converter during a fault condition. The motor control system also includes a housing enclosing the at least one PCB structure and the plurality of protection and control components.

API duty calculation unit of a microcomputer that performs control at a predetermined control period calculates a duty ratio of a voltage applied to a coil of a motor from a target rotation speed and an actual rotation speed calculated by a number-of-rotation information unit. The PI duty calculation unit generates a rectangular wave signal having a period according to one frequency selected from plural predetermined frequencies together with the start of one control period and indicating the calculated duty ratio, and outputs the rectangular wave signal to a PWM duty calculation unit. The PWM duty calculation unit generates a PWM signal for controlling an inverter circuit based on the rectangular wave signal output by the PI duty calculation unit and position information of a rotor of the motor calculated by an electrical angle position information unit.

A vehicle drive control device that controls a vehicle drive device in which a first engagement device, a rotating electrical machine, and a second engagement device are provided in this order from an input side in a mechanical power transmission path connecting an input to an output, the input being drive-coupled to an internal combustion engine serving as a vehicle drive power source, and the output being drive-coupled to wheels, wherein each of the first engagement device and the second engagement device can be changed between an engaged state in which drive power is transmitted and a disengaged state in which drive power is not transmitted, the vehicle control device including an electronic control unit

A deployment system for a device of a vehicle is described. The deployment system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium to store instructions of the deployment system and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor is configured to deploy the device using a parameter, determine a Mean Square Error (MSE), and run a Statistical Process Control (SPC) test on the MSE. The processor is further configured to determine that no special event is present and process a new parameter using the parameter and the SPC test results. An evolutionary operation (EVOP) algorithm is also used to calculate the new parameter.

A power converting apparatus includes: a rectifying unit configured to rectify an input AC power, a buck converter that is configured to step down a voltage of the rectified power and that is configured to output DC power having the step down voltage, a first inverter that is connected to an output terminal of the buck converter and that is configured to convert the DC power into AC power to drive a first motor, a second inverter that is connected to the output terminal of the buck converter, that is disposed in parallel to the first inverter, and that is configured to convert the DC power into AC power to drive a second motor, and a converter controller configured to control an output voltage of the DC power of the buck converter.

Disclosed are a motor control apparatus and a motor control method. Specifically, the motor control apparatus includes an inverter part configured to convert a direct current (DC) input into an alternating current (AC) output and provide the AC output to the motor, and a controller configured to control the inverter part in relation to driving of the motor, and the controller controls the inverter part to apply a first pattern voltage having the same phase to the motor and then apply a second pattern voltage having different phases to the motor.

The invention relates to a method for selecting a chopping frequency for application thereof to an inverter controlling a rotating electric machine, wherein the chopping frequency is chosen from among multiple predetermined frequencies depending on the position, in a map, of a current operating point of the assembly formed by the electric machine and the inverter, said map having at least the rotational speed (N) of the electric machine or the frequency (Fe) of the electric current applied thereto as parameter. In at least part of the map, the chopping frequency is furthermore chosen based on a parameter representative of a thermal condition of the electronic switches contained in the inverter. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling a corresponding inverter, and to a device implementing this method. The invention is preferably applied to an electric motor vehicle.