H02M7/53876

MOTOR CONTROLLER INCLUDING RESONANT CONTROLLERS
20220416713 · 2022-12-29 ·

A motor controller integrated circuit (IC) includes a storage device containing software. The IC also includes a processor core coupled to the storage device. The processor core has an output adapted to be coupled to a motor. The processor core is configured to execute the software to implement a resonant controller at a frequency that is a harmonic of a speed of a motor.

Current measuring system for a commutated motor
11531047 · 2022-12-20 · ·

A current measuring system (10) for a commutated motor (20). The current measuring system comprises a bridge circuit (30) with several branches (30a-c), wherein the branches (30a-c) are in each case connected to commutation blocks of the commutated motor (20), and the branches (30a-c) each have a current measuring circuit (60a-c).

MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE
20220385219 · 2022-12-01 ·

This motor control device includes a vector control unit. The vector control unit includes: a current control unit that calculates a before-compensation d-axis voltage command value and a before-compensation q-axis voltage command value; a first non-interference control unit that calculates a first d-axis non-interference compensation value on the basis of a q-axis current command value to compensate for the before-compensation d-axis voltage command value and calculates a first q-axis non-interference compensation value on the basis of a d-axis current command value to compensate for the before-compensation q-axis voltage command value; and a second non-interference control unit that cancels out an interference component of a d-axis current generated in a specific rotation range of a motor with a q-axis current and an interference component of the q-axis current generated in the specific rotation range with the d-axis current by using a variable integral gain varying depending on a motor rotation speed.

Matrix converter control using predicted output current

There is provided a method of generating a control strategy based on at least three switching states of a matrix converter. The at least three switching states are selected based on at least a predicted output current, associated with each switching state, and a desired output current. In particular, mathematical transformations of a desired output current as well as output currents associated with each of a plurality of switching states are used to identify appropriate switching states.

Model predictive pulse pattern control based on small-signal pulse pattern optimization

Disclosed herein is a method for controlling an electrical converter system that includes: determining a nominal pulse pattern (t.sub.p,i*, Δu.sub.p,i*) and a reference trajectory (x*) of at least one electrical quantity of the electrical converter system over a horizon of future sampling instants, the nominal pulse pattern (t.sub.p,i*, Δu.sub.p,i*) comprises switching transitions (Δu.sub.p,i*) between output voltages of an electrical converter of the electrical converter system and the reference trajectory (x*) indicates a desired future development of an electrical quantity of the converter system; determining a small-signal pulse pattern (ũ.sub.abc(t, λ.sub.p,i)) by minimizing a cost function; determining a modified pulse pattern (t.sub.opt,p,i, Δu.sub.p,i) by moving the switching transitions of the nominal pulse pattern (t.sub.p,i*, Δu.sub.p,i*) to generate modified switching transitions; and applying at least the next switching transition of the modified pulse pattern (t.sub.opt,p,i, Δu.sub.p,i) to the electrical converter system.

Method of operating a power generation system in an overmodulation range

This invention concerns a method of controlling a line side converter of a power converter system operating in an over-modulation range. The line side converter comprises a controller comprising a feedback control module configured to output a feedback control signal for modifying a drive signal received by a modulator. The method comprises determining a modulation index within the over-modulation range; and, controlling the feedback control module to adjust the feedback control signal based on the modulation index.

Distributed current balancing control

A power converter for providing power to one or more loads, wherein the power converter is configured to be arranged in a parallel configuration with one or more additional power converters. The power converter comprises an inverter for receiving an input voltage and converting this to an output voltage having an associated output current, a module configured to modulate the output voltage using a modulation scheme and first and second feedback circuits.

Pulse-width modulation scheme for managing thermal loading of an inverter during stall

A system includes a controller for a DC to AC inverter including a processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations including: generating a first pulse for a first phase of a center-aligned PWM signal to alternately activate a first phase switch of a first switch group of the inverter for a first duration and a first phase switch of a second switch group of the inverter for a second duration within a period of the PWM signal; and generating a second pulse for a second phase of the PWM signal to alternately activate a second phase switch of the first switch group of the inverter for a third duration and a second phase switch of the second switch group of the inverter for a fourth duration within the period of the PWM signal, wherein the second duration is different from the third duration during a stall condition.

ELECTRICAL CONVERSION SYSTEM OF MULTILEVEL TYPE PROTECTED AGAINST AN ELECTRICAL OVERLOAD
20230071957 · 2023-03-09 ·

An electrical conversion system includes an inverter arranged according to a multilevel type topology with k arms and a command device for cut-off against an electrical overload, connected to a set of first intermediate lines to measure a first intermediate continuous voltage. The cut-off command device is configured to determine a fault by detecting if the first measured intermediate continuous voltage is outside of a nominal voltage variation range [Vmax1, Vmin1] of the first intermediate voltage and to transmit a generalised opening command signal for an opening of the electronic commutation switches of each arm when the fault is determined.

CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, POWER SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE
20230130303 · 2023-04-27 ·

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method, a device, a power system, and an electric vehicle. The method is applied to a motor controller of the power system. The power system further includes a power battery, a motor, and an inverter. The method includes: sending a first control signal to the inverter when a cell temperature of the power battery satisfies a preset heating condition for the power battery; where the first control signal is configured to control the inverter to convert an electricity provided by the power battery into an alternating current with a frequency changing randomly, and the alternating current with the frequency changing randomly is configured to supply power to the motor.