Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor element; a supporting board supporting the semiconductor element; a wiring unit electrically connected to the semiconductor element; and a resin member sealing the semiconductor element. The resin member is provided with a first driving-side opening part, a second driving-side opening part, a first control-side opening part, and a second control-side opening part, in which a part of the wiring unit is exposed and on which electronic parts electrically connected to the wiring unit can be mounted.

Abstract: An intelligent power module includes: a heat radiation device; an attachment frame disposed on a mounting surface of the heat radiation device; a power semiconductor module mounted on the attachment frame and configured to seal a semiconductor device; and a drive circuit part mounted on the power semiconductor module via a heat insulating sheet and configured to drive the power semiconductor module.

Abstract: An intelligent power module includes: a heat radiation device; an attachment frame disposed on a mounting surface of the heat radiation device; a power semiconductor module mounted on the attachment frame and configured to seal a semiconductor device; and a drive circuit part mounted on the power semiconductor module via a heat insulating sheet and configured to drive the power semiconductor module.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus including a torque sensor to detect a steering torque and a motor control unit to control a motor that applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle, including: a function to switch a control system of the motor between a torque control system to control a motor output torque and a position/speed control system to control a steering angle of a steering in accordance with a predetermined switching trigger. The fade processing time from the torque control system to the position/speed control system and the fade processing time from the position/speed control system to the torque control system are individually set.

Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a vector control type motor control unit that compensates a dead time of an inverter without a tuning operation, improves a distortion of a current waveform and responsibility of the current control, and suppresses sound, vibration and a torque ripple.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus includes a function to switch a control system of the motor between a torque control system of a torque system to control a motor output torque and a position and speed control system of a steering angle system to control a steering angle of a steering in accordance with an ON/OFF of a post-diagnosis automatic steering command being a judgment result of an automatic steering execution judging section; and a characteristic calculating section to calculate a fade gain signal F1 that applies a first fade characteristic of the torque system, a fade gain signal F2 that applies a second fade characteristic of the steering angle system, and a fade gain signal F3 that applies a third fade characteristic of the steering angle speed, sensitive to the steering torque.

Abstract: A vector-control type motor control unit that calculates dq-axes control assist command values, calculates dq-axes current command values from the dq-axes control assist command values, converts the dq-axes current command values into 3-phase duty command values, and drives and controls a 3-phase brushless motor by an inverter of a PWM control, wherein a dead time compensation of the inverter is performed by calculating 3-phase dead time reference compensation values based on a motor rotational angle which is phase-corrected by using the dq-axes current command values, calculating dead time compensation values by processing the 3-phase dead time reference compensation values by a gain and a sign, and adding the dead time compensation values to dq-axes voltage command values or 3-phase voltage command values.

Abstract: A vector-control type electric power steering apparatus that applies an assist torque to a steering mechanism of a vehicle, including: a temperature coefficient calculating section to calculate a temperature coefficient depending on a temperature of a control section including the inverter, wherein a dead time compensation of the inverter is performed by estimating compensation signs of 3-phase current model command values in which the dq-phase current command values are converted into a 3-phase current command value model, calculating a first dead time compensation amount based on an inverter applying voltage, calculating a second dead time compensation amount by multiplying the first dead time compensation amount by the temperature coefficient, and adding 2-phase dead time compensation values in which values multiplied the second dead time compensation amount by the compensation signs are converted into 2-phase values, to dq-phase voltage command values.

Abstract: An electric power steering system is provided that is capable of performing assist control in which a change in a steering feel is reduced. The electric power steering system includes a current command value calculating unit configured to output a current command value Iref1 in accordance with steering torque and a vehicle speed on the basis of an assist map. The current command value calculating unit includes a vibration component reducing section configured to reduce a vibration component resulting from vibrations for warning that have been transmitted to a steering wheel and included in the steering torque.

Abstract: A drive control device activates at least one of a plurality of operation regions and restricts operations by a robot such that the robot operates within the activated operation region. With a plurality of operation regions such as an operation region 1 and an operation region 2 being activated, when the drive control device predicts that the robot will be included in a range of any of the operation region 1 and the operation region 2, the drive control device does not cut off supply of electric power to a servo amplifier, whereas when the drive control device predicts that the robot will be included in a range of neither of the operation region 1 and the operation region 2, the drive control device cuts off supply of electric power to the servo amplifier.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus that drives and controls a motor which applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle and has a function switching between an assist mode and an automatic mode, including a torsion bar torsional angle calculating section to calculate a torsion bar torsional angle based on a torque information, an output-side column shaft relative angle generating section to output an output-side relative angle from an electrical angle signal of the motor, an actual handle angle calculating section to calculate an actual handle angle based on the torsion bar torsional angle and the output-side relative angle, a resonance filter to obtain an estimated handle angle in a hands-off state from the output-side relative angle, and a hands-on/off judging section to judge a hands-on state when a time that a deviation angle between the actual handle angle and the estimated handle angle is equal to or more than a predetermined angle is continued for the predetermined time or more.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus of a vector control system that drives and controls a motor by an inverter and applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle, including the first compensation function to perform a dead time (DT) compensation based on respective phase motor terminal voltages and respective phase duty command values, the second compensation function to perform a DT compensation based on steering assist command values, the third compensation function to perform the DT compensation based on dq-axis current command values, and a temperature detecting section to detect temperature of ECU, wherein the correction of the DT compensation is performed based on the temperature, wherein switches of the compensation functions are performed by using a conditional branch due to software and a gradual-changing switch, wherein the dq-axis DT compensation values after the conditional branch and the gradual-changing switch are performed are calculated, and wherein the dq-axis voltage command val