Abstract:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control unit that surely and high-reliably performs a protection of a motor release switch that compactly comprises semiconductor switching devices, depending on an abnormal mode and relevant to a temperature, without adding device components, and an electric power steering apparatus equipped with the motor control unit. [Means for solving the problem] The present invention is the motor control unit that is connected to a motor release switch which comprises FETs and is disposed between an inverter and a motor, comprising: a control section to detect an assist state of the inverter, to turn-ON or turn-OFF a control of the inverter based on a detection result and to detect whether abnormality is existed or not, a motor rotational speed detecting section to detect a motor rotational speed, an energy calculating section to calculate an energy based on the motor rotational speed, a judging section to turn-OFF all of the FETs of the motor release switch when the energy is within an area of safety operation, and a state detecting section to detect whether abnormality is existed or not based on information from an abnormality detecting section that detects abnormality of the sensors and the inverter, wherein the control section turns-ON the control of the inverter when the state detecting section does not detect abnormality and turns-OFF the control of the inverter when the state detecting section detects abnormality.
Abstract:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control apparatus that, with a high reliability, protects the motor release-switch comprising the semiconductor switching elements in small size and an electric power steering apparatus provided the same. [Means for solving the problem] An electric power steering apparatus that drive-controls a motor by an inverter, and a motor release-switch is connected between the inverter and the motor, comprising: a control section to detect an assist state on a driving control system and to ON/OFF-switch a control of the inverter based on a detection result; a motor rotational number detecting section to detect a rotational number of the motor; an energy calculating section to calculate an energy of a motor back-EMF and a regenerative current based on the rotational number; and a judging section to compare the energy with an area of safety operation of the motor release-switch and to OFF-switch the d motor release-switch when the energy becomes within the area of safety operation. As occasion demands, the area of safety operation is calculated with the temperature.
Abstract:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate which enables a circuit for which a power semiconductor in which a large current flows is used to reduce the wiring resistances of a large power operation and improve the heat dissipation. [Means for Solving] The present invention is an electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate which comprises: lead frames 110 of wiring pattern shapes on a conductor plate; and an insulating member 130 between the lead frames 110; wherein a plate surface of a part arrangement surface of the lead frames 110 and a top surface of the insulating member at a side of the part arrangement surface form one continuous surface, wherein the part arrangement surface is provided on both surfaces of the electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate, a reductant circuit which includes at least similar dual-system circuit is formed on the electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate, a first-system circuit of the dual-system circuit is formed on a first surface of the electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate, a second-system circuit of the dual-system circuit is formed on a second surface of the electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate, and the common lead frames which are commonly used in a portion of a circuit wiring are used to the first surface and the second surface of the electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate.
Abstract:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate which enables a circuit for which a power semiconductor in which a large current flows is used to reduce the wiring resistances of a large power operation and improve the heat dissipation. [Means for Solving] The present invention is an electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate which comprises lead frames of wiring pattern shapes formed by conductor plate and an insulating member 130 which is provided between the lead frames 110, wherein a plate surface of a part arrangement surface of said conductor plate and a top surface of said insulating member at a side of said part arrangement surface form one continuous surface, the lead frames have different thicknesses, the thick lead frame 110H is used for a large current signal and the thin lead frame 110L is used for a small current signal, a plate surface of a back surface of the part arrangement surface and a top surface of the insulating member at a side of the back surface at the part arrangement surface-side are formed in an identical plane.