Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter includes a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, a transformer positioned between an AC side of the first switching circuit and an AC side of the second switching circuit, an inductance element positioned between the transformer and at least one of the AC side of the first switching circuit and the AC side of the second switching circuit, and control circuitry that operates the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit. The control circuitry sets a predetermined operation ratio of the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit to each other, and adjusts, based on the predetermined operation ratio, a first operation period of the first switching circuit and a second operation period of the second switching circuit.

Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter includes a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, a transformer positioned between an AC side of the first switching circuit and an AC side of the second switching circuit, an inductance element positioned between the transformer and at least one of the AC side of the first switching circuit and the AC side of the second switching circuit, and control circuitry that operates the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit. The control circuitry sets a predetermined operation ratio of the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit to each other, and adjusts, based on the predetermined operation ratio, a first operation period of the first switching circuit and a second operation period of the second switching circuit.

Abstract: A power converter according to embodiments includes a boost circuit, a single-phase inverter, a current controller, and a power conversion controller. The current controller generates a voltage reference based on a difference between current output from the single-phase inverter and a current reference. The power conversion controller controls the single-phase inverter to generate a first portion of the AC voltage, and controls the boost circuit to generate a second portion of the AC voltage. The first portion corresponds to the voltage reference of which an absolute value is smaller than the voltage of the DC power supply. The second portion corresponds to the voltage reference of which an absolute value is greater than the voltage of the DC power supply.

Abstract: A motor controller includes a position speed estimation section and a control section. The position speed estimation section outputs a motor estimated position and a motor estimated speed based on a position estimated error, which is a difference between a motor position of a motor and the motor estimated position. An observer modifier outputs an observer modification value based on the position estimated error. A nonlinear compensator outputs a compensation torque based on the position estimated error. An operator outputs an operation value based on the observer modification value and the compensation torque. A motor model outputs the motor estimated position and the motor estimated speed based on the operation value. The control section outputs a torque command based on the motor estimated position, the motor estimated speed, and a position command to control the motor.

Abstract: A power regenerative converter includes: a power conversion unit configured to convert AC power supplied from an AC power supply into DC power and convert DC power into AC power to be supplied as regenerative electric power to the AC power supply; an LCL filter including a reactor unit having a plurality of reactors connected in series between the power conversion unit and the AC power supply, and capacitors each having one end connected to a series connection point of the reactors in the reactor unit; a drive control unit for controlling the power conversion unit based on an AC voltage command; and a voltage command compensation unit for calculating a compensation value in accordance with a capacitor voltage being a voltage at the series connection point of the reactors and adding the compensation value to the AC voltage command input to the drive control unit.

Abstract: A power converter according to embodiments includes a boost circuit, a single-phase inverter, a current controller, and a power conversion controller. The current controller generates a voltage reference based on a difference between current output from the single-phase inverter and a current reference. The power conversion controller controls the single-phase inverter to generate a first portion of the AC voltage, and controls the boost circuit to generate a second portion of the AC voltage. The first portion corresponds to the voltage reference of which an absolute value is smaller than the voltage of the DC power supply. The second portion corresponds to the voltage reference of which an absolute value is greater than the voltage of the DC power supply.

Abstract: A control device for an alternating current motor according to embodiments includes a current distributor and a phase estimator. The current distributor divides a torque command by using a control phase and outputs a component that contributes to a mechanical output of the motor as a ?-axis current command and a component that does not contribute to the mechanical output as a ?-axis current command. The phase estimator computes a phase at which a ?-axis component of an addition amount of the output of the current controller and a voltage drop amount of inductance of the motor becomes zero and outputs the computed phase as the control phase.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes a position and speed estimator configured to output a new estimated motor position and an estimated motor speed based on a position estimation deviation that is a difference between an acquired motor position and an estimated motor position of a motor, and a controller configured to output a motor power command, which controls the motor, based on the estimated motor position, the estimated motor speed, and a position command. The position and speed estimator includes a motor model of the motor configured to output the estimated motor position and the estimated motor speed based on a predetermined calculation value, and a nonlinear compensator configured to output a compensation motor power based on the position estimation deviation to compensate an error of the motor model.

Abstract: A motor controller includes a position speed estimation section and a control section. The position speed estimation section outputs a motor estimated position and a motor estimated speed based on a position estimated error, which is a difference between a motor position of a motor and the motor estimated position. An observer modifier outputs an observer modification value based on the position estimated error. A nonlinear compensator outputs a compensation torque based on the position estimated error. An operator outputs an operation value based on the observer modification value and the compensation torque. A motor model outputs the motor estimated position and the motor estimated speed based on the operation value. The control section outputs a torque command based on the motor estimated position, the motor estimated speed, and a position command to control the motor.

Abstract: The motor includes: a rotor that includes a rotor core provided with a plurality of permanent magnets in a circumferential direction; and a stator that includes a stator core on which multi-phase stator coils are wound and is arranged facing the rotor with a predetermined air gap therebetween. The rotor has a structure in which the change pattern of magnetic properties of the rotor core or the permanent magnets changes stepwise in the circumferential direction. The stator has a structure in which the distribution pattern of a magnetic field generated by the stator coils with one phase or with a combination of the phases has uniqueness over a whole circumference.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including a rotor core provided with a plurality of permanent magnets in the circumferential direction and a stator including a stator core on which multi-phase stator coils are wound. The rotor has a structure in which the change pattern of magnetic properties of the rotor core or the permanent magnets changes in the circumferential direction, and the stator has a structure in which first and second stator coils of the stator coils are wound on the stator core for each phase in such a manner that passage of current is optionally switched, and when the passage of current is switched to the second stator coil, the distribution pattern of a magnetic field formed on the inner circumferential side by the stator has uniqueness over the whole circumference.

Abstract: A power regenerative converter includes: a power conversion unit configured to convert AC power supplied from an AC power supply into DC power and convert DC power into AC power to be supplied as regenerative electric power to the AC power supply supply; an LCL filter including a reactor unit having a plurality of reactors connected in series between the power conversion unit and the AC power supply, and capacitors each having one end connected to a series connection point of the reactors in the reactor unit; a drive control unit for controlling the power conversion unit based on an AC voltage command; and a voltage command compensation unit for calculating a compensation value in accordance with a capacitor voltage being a voltage at the series connection point of the reactors and adding the compensation value to the AC voltage command input to the drive control unit.

Abstract: An alternating-current motor control apparatus includes an inverter unit, a current-command divider, a current controller, a torque-variation calculator, and a phase angle generator. The current-command divider is configured to divide a command current amplitude into command current components based on a phase-angle command value that is a sum of the phase angle and an alternating current signal. The torque-variation calculator is configured to calculate a motor electric power based on the command voltage and either the motor current or the command current components and to calculate a torque variation based on the motor electric power. The phase angle generator is configured to generate a phase angle based on the torque variation.

Abstract: An alternating-current motor control apparatus includes a voltage controller configured to output a command voltage vector so that the command voltage vector is time-averaged for time periods, a square-wave voltage generator configured to control, every time period, amplitudes and phases of voltages to be applied to an alternating-current motor, a current detector configured to detect motor currents at a timing synchronized with periods 1/N-th of the time periods, where N is equal to or larger than one, a coordinate transformation section configured to perform coordinate transformation to transform the motor currents into two-phase currents, an envelope extractor configured to extract two-phase currents as waveforms having amplitudes that periodically change from the two-phase currents, and extract envelopes of the waveforms, and a magnetic-pole-position computing section configured to compute a magnetic-pole position using the envelopes.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a current profile generator generating a current profile, a pilot voltage operator calculating a pilot pulse voltage, on the basis of the current profile, and adding the pilot pulse voltage to a voltage command on a d axis, a magnetic pole position detector detecting a position of a magnetic pole in the permanent magnet motor, on the basis of the pilot pulse voltage, a polarity identification evaluation current operator calculating a polarity identification evaluation current for identifying a polarity of the magnetic pole in the permanent magnet motor, on the basis of a current value on the d axis in the motor current that has been detected in synchronization with a period of PWM control, and a polarity detector outputting a phase correction amount, on the basis of a deviation between the polarity identification evaluation current and the current profile.

Abstract: A control device for an alternating current motor according to embodiments includes a current distributor and a phase estimator. The current distributor divides a torque command by using a control phase and outputs a component that contributes to a mechanical output of the motor as a ?-axis current command and a component that does not contribute to the mechanical output as a ?-axis current command. The phase estimator computes a phase at which a ?-axis component of an addition amount of the output of the current controller and a voltage drop amount of inductance of the motor becomes zero and outputs the computed phase as the control phase.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a current profile generator generating a current profile, a pilot voltage operator calculating a pilot pulse voltage, on the basis of the current profile, and adding the pilot pulse voltage to a voltage command on a d axis, a magnetic pole position detector detecting a position of a magnetic pole in the permanent magnet motor, on the basis of the pilot pulse voltage, a polarity identification evaluation current operator calculating a polarity identification evaluation current for identifying a polarity of the magnetic pole in the permanent magnet motor, on the basis of a current value on the d axis in the motor current that has been detected in synchronization with a period of PWM control, and a polarity detector outputting a phase correction amount, on the basis of a deviation between the polarity identification evaluation current and the current profile.

Abstract: An alternating-current motor control apparatus includes a stator frequency computing unit configured to compute a stator frequency of a motor magnetic flux; a torque error computing unit configured to compute a torque error by using the motor magnetic flux, an estimated current, and a motor current; and a speed estimator configured to estimate a speed of the alternating-current motor by using the stator frequency and the torque error. The speed estimator includes a proportional controller configured to reduce the torque error to zero, and an adaptive filter configured to eliminate a high-frequency component of the torque error.

Abstract: An inverter control apparatus includes: a state estimator that calculates an estimated current vector and an estimated magnetic flux vector from a motor command voltage vector, a detected current vector, and a motor parameter; a correction voltage calculator that calculates a correction voltage vector on the basis of a current error between the detected current vector and the estimated current vector; and a correction voltage unit that adds the correction voltage vector to the motor command voltage vector.

Abstract: A control device includes a slip calculator that calculates a first slip frequency of an induction motor, a current detector that detects motor current that passes through the induction motor, an adder that calculates a primary frequency by adding a speed command and a second slip frequency that are given, a command voltage generation unit that generates first command voltage from the primary frequency, a voltage error observer unit that estimates a command voltage error from the first command voltage and the motor current, a slip correction unit that calculates a slip correction amount from the command voltage error, an adder that calculates the second slip frequency by adding the first slip frequency and the slip correction amount, and a voltage error correction unit that corrects the first command voltage using the command voltage error and outputs second command voltage.