公开(公告)号：US09209737B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-08

申请号：US14234497

申请日：2012-07-04

申请人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

发明人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

IPC分类号： H02P1/00 ,  H02P27/06 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H02M7/5387 ,  H02M1/32

CPC分类号： H02P27/06 ,  H02J7/0036 ,  H02M7/5387 ,  H02M2001/322

摘要： A power converter includes an inverter, a contactor for connecting a battery to the inverter in order to supply DC power from the battery to the inverter and for disconnecting the battery from the inverter in order to stop an operation to supply the DC power from the battery to the inverter, a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel to the battery through the contactor, a discharge circuit that is provided with a discharge resistor and a switching device connected in series to the discharge resistor and is connected in parallel to the smoothing capacitor to discharge electric charge from the smoothing capacitor, a voltage measurement circuit, a voltage-dividing circuit for dividing the voltage across the terminals of the smoothing capacitor to generate a partial voltage to be input to the voltage measurement circuit and a control circuit of the switching device.

摘要翻译： 电力转换器包括逆变器，用于将电池连接到逆变器的接触器，以便将来自电池的DC电力提供给逆变器，并且用于将电池与逆变器断开连接，以便停止从电池供应DC电力的操作 通过所述接触器与所述电池并联连接的平滑电容器，设置有放电电阻器的放电电路和与所述放电电阻器串联连接并与所述平滑电容器并联连接的放电电路， 来自平滑电容器的电荷，电压测量电路，用于分割平滑电容器的端子两端的电压的分压电路，以产生要输入到电压测量电路的部分电压和开关装置的控制电路。

公开(公告)号：US20120051099A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-01

申请号：US13213239

申请日：2011-08-19

申请人： Seiji FUNABA ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

发明人： Seiji FUNABA ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

IPC分类号： H02M3/335

CPC分类号： H02M1/08 ,  H02M3/335 ,  H02M7/5387 ,  H02M2001/0006 ,  H02M2001/0025 ,  H03K17/04123

摘要： A power conversion device includes an inverter circuit converting DC power into AC power and including switching devices constituting upper and lower arms, a control circuit controlling the switching devices, a drive circuit driving the switching devices by a signal from the control circuit, and an insulated power supply circuit supplying power to the drive circuit. The control circuit controls a power supply voltage to be outputted from the power supply circuit to the drive circuit. The drive circuit drives the switching devices and based on a carrier frequency and the power supply voltage. The power supply circuit includes a feedback output circuit through which the voltage outputted to the drive circuit is outputted to a power supply control IC. The feedback output circuit includes a dummy load circuit which controls the voltage to be outputted to the power supply control IC based on a change of the carrier frequency.

摘要翻译： 电力转换装置包括将直流电变换为交流电的逆变器电路，包括构成上臂和下臂的开关装置，控制开关装置的控制电路，通过来自控制电路的信号驱动开关装置的驱动电路，以及绝缘 电源电路向驱动电路供电。 控制电路控制从电源电路向驱动电路输出的电源电压。 驱动电路驱动开关器件，并根据载波频率和电源电压。 电源电路包括输出到驱动电路的电压输出到电源控制IC的反馈输出电路。 反馈输出电路包括基于载波频率的变化来控制输出到电源控制IC的电压的虚拟负载电路。

公开(公告)号：US20140232181A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-21

申请号：US14240811

申请日：2012-07-19

申请人： Masashige Tsuji ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Seiji Funaba

发明人： Masashige Tsuji ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Seiji Funaba

IPC分类号： H02M7/537 ,  B60L11/18

CPC分类号： H02M7/537 ,  B60L11/1803 ,  B60R16/02 ,  H02M7/003 ,  H02M7/42

摘要： In an automotive vehicle inverter control apparatus of the related art, a limp-home mode is provided, but six power sources including transformers are required for respective gate circuits of the respective IGBT drive circuits. Therefore, a reduction in size and a reduction in weight cannot be achieved, and a demand of the improvement of mountability or the improvement of fuel consumption as described above cannot be satisfied. A power semiconductor module and the drive circuit include three unit semiconductor modules and three unit drive circuits corresponding to a three-phase alternating current, and power supply units of the unit drive circuits are provided independently, whereby the limp-home mode is provided and in addition, the number of power supply units may be reduced, so that the reduction in size and the reduction in weight are achieved.

摘要翻译： 在现有技术的汽车用逆变器控制装置中，提供了跛脚回位模式，但是对于各个IGBT驱动电路的各个门电路，需要包括六个电源，包括变压器。 因此，不能实现小型化和轻量化，不能满足如上所述的安装性的提高或燃料消耗的提高的要求。 功率半导体模块和驱动电路包括对应于三相交流电的三个单位半导体模块和三个单元驱动电路，并且独立地提供单元驱动电路的电源单元，从而提供跛脚模式，并且 此外，可以减少供电单元的数量，从而实现尺寸的减小和重量的减轻。

公开(公告)号：US08791681B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-29

申请号：US13201139

申请日：2010-02-19

申请人： Yoshio Akaishi ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Koichi Yahata ,  Seiji Funaba ,  Masashige Tsuji

发明人： Yoshio Akaishi ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Koichi Yahata ,  Seiji Funaba ,  Masashige Tsuji

IPC分类号： H02M3/156

CPC分类号： H02M7/48 ,  B60L11/1851 ,  H02M2001/322 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705

摘要： A power conversion system according to the present invention includes: an inverter circuit unit that converts a direct current power supplied from a direct current source into an alternating current power, the direct current power being supplied to the inverter circuit through a contactor that conducts and interrupts the direct current; a capacitor that smoothes the direct current power; a discharge circuit unit that is connected to the capacitor in parallel, and that includes a discharge resistor for discharging a charge stored in the capacitor and a switching element for the discharge resistor, being connected in series to the discharge resistor; a voltage detection circuit unit that detects voltage between both terminals of the capacitor; a first discharge control circuit that includes a first microcomputer, and that outputs a control signal to control switching of the switching element for discharging; and a second discharge control circuit that outputs an interruption signal to interrupt the switching element for the discharge resistor.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的电力变换系统包括：逆变器电路单元，其将从直流源提供的直流电力转换为交流电力，直流电力通过接触器提供给逆变器电路，所述接触器导通和中断 直流电; 一个平滑直流电源的电容器; 放电电路单元，其并联连接到电容器，并且包括用于放电存储在电容器中的电荷的放电电阻器和用于放电电阻器的开关元件串联连接到放电电阻器; 电压检测电路单元，其检测所述电容器的两端之间的电压; 第一放电控制电路，包括第一微型计算机，并且输出控制信号以控制用于放电的开关元件的切换; 以及输出中断信号以中断放电电阻器的开关元件的第二放电控制电路。

公开(公告)号：US08436590B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US12852191

申请日：2010-08-06

申请人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

发明人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

IPC分类号： H02J7/00 ,  H02M3/06 ,  H01G9/00

CPC分类号： H02J7/0031 ,  B60K6/445 ,  H02J7/0077 ,  H02J7/045 ,  H02J7/047 ,  H02J9/002 ,  H02M1/36 ,  H02M2001/322 ,  Y02T10/6239

摘要： A discharge circuit for a DC power supply smoothing capacitor that is used in a power conversion device that supplies DC power via a switch to the DC power supply smoothing capacitor and an inverter, includes; a resistor that discharges charge in the capacitor; a switch connected in series with the resistor, that either passes or intercepts discharge current flowing from the capacitor to the resistor; a measurement circuit that measures a terminal voltage of the capacitor; and a control circuit that controls continuity and discontinuity of the switch; wherein the control circuit, after having made the switch continuous and starting discharge of the capacitor by the resistor, if a terminal voltage of the capacitor as measured by the measurement circuit exceeds a voltage decrease characteristic set in advance, makes the switch discontinuous and stops discharge by the resistor.

摘要翻译： 包括：用于直流电源平滑电容器的放电电路，其用于通过开关向直流电源平滑电容器和逆变器提供直流电力的电力转换装置; 放电电容器中的电荷的电阻器; 与电阻器串联的开关，其通过或截止从电容器流向电阻器的放电电流; 测量电容器的端电压的测量电路; 以及控制电路，其控制开关的连续性和不连续性; 其中，所述控制电路在使所述开关连续地通过所述电阻器连续地开始所述电容器的放电之后，如果由所述测量电路测量的所述电容器的端子电压超过预先设定的电压降低特性，则使所述开关不连续并停止放电 由电阻器。

公开(公告)号：US08970155B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-03

申请号：US13981476

申请日：2012-02-21

申请人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji ,  Keiji Kunii ,  Koichi Yahata ,  Shinichiro Hida

发明人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji ,  Keiji Kunii ,  Koichi Yahata ,  Shinichiro Hida

IPC分类号： H02P1/00 ,  H02P27/06 ,  H02P27/08 ,  H02P29/02 ,  H02M1/084 ,  H02M7/5387 ,  H02M1/00

CPC分类号： H02P27/06 ,  B60L3/003 ,  B60L3/0046 ,  B60L3/0076 ,  H02M1/084 ,  H02M7/53871 ,  H02M2001/0006 ,  H02P3/22 ,  H02P27/08 ,  H02P29/024 ,  H02P29/0241 ,  Y02T10/642

摘要： An electric power converter is provided with a plurality of power-conversion elements; a first control circuit that outputs a first control signal; an electricity storage circuit; a second control circuit that outputs a second control signal when the direct-current power source that supplies electrical power to the first control circuit is not normal; and a drive circuit that outputs drive signals for driving the plurality of power-conversion elements. Each of the power-conversion elements is either a power-conversion element of the upper arm connected to the high-voltage side or a conversion element of the lower arm connected to the low-voltage side. In cases when the voltage of the electricity storage circuit is at a higher predetermined first voltage value, the second control circuit outputs a second control signal so that all the power-conversion elements of the upper arm or the lower arm are turned on and the others are turned off.

摘要翻译： 电力转换器具有多个电力转换元件; 输出第一控制信号的第一控制电路; 电力存储电路; 当向第一控制电路提供电力的直流电源不正常时，输出第二控制信号的第二控制电路; 以及驱动电路，其输出用于驱动多个电力转换元件的驱动信号。 每个功率转换元件是连接到高压侧的上臂的电力转换元件或连接到低电压侧的下臂的转换元件。 在蓄电电路的电压处于较高的预定的第一电压值的情况下，第二控制电路输出第二控制信号，使上臂或下臂的所有电力转换元件接通，其他 被关闭

公开(公告)号：US20140191693A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-10

申请号：US14234497

申请日：2012-07-04

申请人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

发明人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

IPC分类号： H02P27/06

CPC分类号： H02P27/06 ,  H02J7/0036 ,  H02M7/5387 ,  H02M2001/322

摘要： A power converter includes an inverter, a contactor for connecting a battery to the inverter in order to supply DC power from the battery to the inverter and for disconnecting the battery from the inverter in order to stop an operation to supply the DC power from the battery to the inverter, a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel to the battery through the contactor, a discharge circuit that is provided with a discharge resistor and a switching device connected in series to the discharge resistor and is connected in parallel to the smoothing capacitor to discharge electric charge from the smoothing capacitor, a voltage measurement circuit, a voltage-dividing circuit for dividing the voltage across the terminals of the smoothing capacitor to generate a partial voltage to be input to the voltage measurement circuit and a control circuit of the switching device.

摘要翻译： 电力转换器包括逆变器，用于将电池连接到逆变器的接触器，以便将来自电池的DC电力提供给逆变器，并且用于将电池与逆变器断开连接，以便停止从电池供应DC电力的操作 通过所述接触器与所述电池并联连接的平滑电容器，设置有放电电阻器的放电电路和与所述放电电阻器串联连接并与所述平滑电容器并联连接的放电电路， 来自平滑电容器的电荷，电压测量电路，用于分割平滑电容器的端子两端的电压的分压电路，以产生要输入到电压测量电路的部分电压和开关装置的控制电路。

公开(公告)号：US20130328514A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-12

申请号：US13981476

申请日：2012-02-21

申请人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji ,  Keiji Kunii ,  Koichi Yahata ,  Shinichiro Hida

发明人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji ,  Keiji Kunii ,  Koichi Yahata ,  Shinichiro Hida

IPC分类号： H02P27/06

CPC分类号： H02P27/06 ,  B60L3/003 ,  B60L3/0046 ,  B60L3/0076 ,  H02M1/084 ,  H02M7/53871 ,  H02M2001/0006 ,  H02P3/22 ,  H02P27/08 ,  H02P29/024 ,  H02P29/0241 ,  Y02T10/642

摘要： An electric power converter is provided with a plurality of power-conversion elements; a first control circuit that outputs a first control signal; an electricity storage circuit; a second control circuit that outputs a second control signal when the direct-current power source that supplies electrical power to the first control circuit is not normal; and a drive circuit that outputs drive signals for driving the plurality of power-conversion elements. Each of the power-conversion elements is either a power-conversion element of the upper arm connected to the high-voltage side or a conversion element of the lower arm connected to the low-voltage side. In cases when the voltage of the electricity storage circuit is at a higher predetermined first voltage value, the second control circuit outputs a second control signal so that all the power-conversion elements of the upper arm or the lower arm are turned on and the others are turned off.

摘要翻译： 电力转换器具有多个电力转换元件; 输出第一控制信号的第一控制电路; 电力存储电路; 当向第一控制电路提供电力的直流电源不正常时，输出第二控制信号的第二控制电路; 以及驱动电路，其输出用于驱动多个电力转换元件的驱动信号。 每个功率转换元件是连接到高压侧的上臂的电力转换元件或连接到低电压侧的下臂的转换元件。 在蓄电电路的电压处于较高的预定的第一电压值的情况下，第二控制电路输出第二控制信号，使上臂或下臂的所有电力转换元件接通，其他 被关闭

公开(公告)号：US09960710B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US14240811

申请日：2012-07-19

申请人： Masashige Tsuji ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Seiji Funaba

发明人： Masashige Tsuji ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Seiji Funaba

IPC分类号： B60R16/02 ,  H02M7/42 ,  H02M7/537 ,  H02M7/00 ,  B60L11/18

CPC分类号： H02M7/537 ,  B60L11/1803 ,  B60R16/02 ,  H02M7/003 ,  H02M7/42

摘要： In an automotive vehicle inverter control apparatus of the related art, a limp-home mode is provided, but six power sources including transformers are required for respective gate circuits of the respective IGBT drive circuits. Therefore, a reduction in size and a reduction in weight cannot be achieved, and a demand of the improvement of mountability or the improvement of fuel consumption as described above cannot be satisfied. A power semiconductor module and the drive circuit include three unit semiconductor modules and three unit drive circuits corresponding to a three-phase alternating current, and power supply units of the unit drive circuits are provided independently, whereby the limp-home mode is provided and in addition, the number of power supply units may be reduced, so that the reduction in size and the reduction in weight are achieved.

公开(公告)号：US08456866B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-04

申请号：US13213239

申请日：2011-08-19

申请人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

发明人： Seiji Funaba ,  Yasuo Noto ,  Masashige Tsuji

IPC分类号： H02M3/335

CPC分类号： H02M1/08 ,  H02M3/335 ,  H02M7/5387 ,  H02M2001/0006 ,  H02M2001/0025 ,  H03K17/04123

摘要： A power conversion device includes an inverter circuit converting DC power into AC power and including switching devices constituting upper and lower arms, a control circuit controlling the switching devices, a drive circuit driving the switching devices by a signal from the control circuit, and an insulated power supply circuit supplying power to the drive circuit. The control circuit controls a power supply voltage to be outputted from the power supply circuit to the drive circuit. The drive circuit drives the switching devices and based on a carrier frequency and the power supply voltage. The power supply circuit includes a feedback output circuit through which the voltage outputted to the drive circuit is outputted to a power supply control IC. The feedback output circuit includes a dummy load circuit which controls the voltage to be outputted to the power supply control IC based on a change of the carrier frequency.

摘要翻译： 电力转换装置包括将直流电变换为交流电的逆变器电路，包括构成上臂和下臂的开关装置，控制开关装置的控制电路，通过来自控制电路的信号驱动开关装置的驱动电路，以及绝缘 电源电路向驱动电路供电。 控制电路控制从电源电路向驱动电路输出的电源电压。 驱动电路驱动开关器件，并根据载波频率和电源电压。 电源电路包括输出到驱动电路的电压输出到电源控制IC的反馈输出电路。 反馈输出电路包括基于载波频率的变化来控制输出到电源控制IC的电压的虚拟负载电路。