Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control device capable of estimating a delay with high accuracy even in a case where there is a fluctuation in disturbance torque or delay time and of suppressing the influence of the delay. For this end, the present invention includes a motor MTR, an ECU 2 that controls the rotation of the motor MTR, and an ECU 1 that sends a torque command to the ECU 2 based on a command value. The ECU 1 includes a disturbance estimation block 100 and a delay estimation block 200. The disturbance estimation block 100 estimates disturbance torque (?d) using a torque command input to the ECU 2 and a feedback value of the motor MTR. The delay estimation block 200 estimates a delay using a torque command output from the ECU 1, the feedback value of the motor MTR, and the disturbance torque (?d).

Abstract: The vibration and noise generated in a permanent magnet synchronous motor are effectively suppressed. A motor control device 1 comprises: a triangular wave generation unit 17 which generates a triangular wave signal Tr that is a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 which adjusts a carrier frequency fc that represents a frequency of the triangular wave signal Tr, and a gate signal generation unit 18 which performs pulse-width modulation on three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* according to a torque command T* using the triangular wave signal Tr, thereby generating a gate signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 adjusts the carrier frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error ??v representing a phase difference of the three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and the triangular wave signal Tr based on the torque command T*, and a rotation speed ?r of a motor.

Abstract: A motor drive device is a device that controls torque generated by a motor, based on a d-axis current and a q-axis current, to drive the motor. The motor drive device includes a d-axis current instruction generating unit that calculates a first d-axis current instruction, a current instruction correcting unit that generates a positive correction quantity that is added to the first d-axis current instruction when a voltage across terminals of the motor is equal to or larger than a given value, and a voltage feedback control unit that generates a negative correction quantity that is added to the first d-axis current instruction to prevent the voltage across the terminals of the motor from exceeding a given maximum output voltage. The motor drive device controls the torque, based on a second d-axis current instruction created by adding the positive correction quantity and the negative correction quantity to the first d-axis current instruction and on a q-axis current instruction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to appropriately control a clearance amount by correcting an estimation error of a contact position caused by a delay time difference between output signals of sensors, and to establish both improvement of fuel efficiency due to prevention of drag of a brake pad during non-braking and reduction in response time during braking. A brake system includes a brake disc, a brake pad, a piston, a drive mechanism, a position sensor that detects a position of the piston, a thrust sensor that detects a thrust by which the brake pad presses the brake disc, and a brake control unit that adjusts a braking force by controlling the drive mechanism.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a brake control device and a brake system capable of braking with a shortened braking response when shifting from non-braking to braking. A brake control device 10 includes a command value calculation unit 4 that calculates an operation command value required to make a pressing force by which a brake pad 11a is pressed against a brake disc 11b reach a target thrust value. The command value calculation unit 4 includes: a clearance command calculation unit 43 that calculates a command value required for contact between the brake pad 11a and the brake disc 11b; and a thrust command calculation unit 40 that calculates a command value required for reaching the target thrust from a state where the brake pad 11a and the brake disc 11b are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A motor control device connected to a power converter that performs power conversion from DC power to AC power and controls driving of an AC motor that is driven by using the AC power includes a voltage command generation unit that generates a three-phase voltage command; and a gate signal generation unit that performs pulse width modulation on the three-phase voltage command and generates a gate signal for controlling an operation of the power converter, in which the voltage command generation unit adjusts the three-phase voltage command by using a zero-phase voltage based on a power factor of the AC power in an overmodulation region in which a modulation factor according to a voltage amplitude ratio between the DC power and the AC power exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and the gate signal generation unit generates the gate signal by performing pulse width modulation on the adjusted three-phase voltage command.

Abstract: Provided are an electric motor control device and an electric motor control method with high reliability capable of performing noise reduction control (or sensorless control) by superimposing a radio-frequency voltage and capable of performing compensation of a dead time of an inverter with a minimum necessary configuration.

Abstract: A motor control device of the present invention is connected to a power converter for converting power from direct current power to alternating current power, and controls the drive of an alternating current motor that is driven using said alternating current power, and the motor control device is provided with: a carrier wave generator; a carrier wave frequency adjuster that adjusts the frequency of the carrier wave; and a gate signal generator that uses the carrier wave to pulse width modulate a voltage command according to a torque command, and generates a gate signal for controlling operation of the power converter, wherein the carrier wave frequency adjuster adjusts the voltage command and carrier wave phase difference to reduce eddy current loss generated in rotor magnets of the alternating current motor according to a d-axis current flowing to the alternating current motor and the rotational speed of the alternating current motor.

Abstract: An inverter control device 200 includes a PWM control unit 220 that generates a PWM pulse for controlling an inverter 100, and a pulse edge control unit 250 that performs pulse edge control for correcting (shifting) a phase of a pulse edge of the PWM pulse generated by the PWM control unit 220. The PWM control unit 220 generates a PWM pulse by using a modulation rate based on a voltage command (Vd*, Vq*). The pulse edge control unit 250 corrects the PWM pulse so that a phase difference between a zero cross point where the modulation wave changes across 0 and a pulse edge of the PWM pulse falls within a predetermined range.

Abstract: There is provided a synchronous machine control device capable of improving the performance of a motor without complicating a control system. The synchronous machine control device controls a power converter (2) that supplies electric power to a synchronous machine (1). The synchronous machine control device includes a first magnetic flux command computation unit (21) that computes a first magnetic flux command value (?d*, ?q*) from a current command value (Id*, Iq*) of the synchronous machine (1), a magnetic flux estimation unit (23) that estimates a magnetic flux value (?dc, ?qc) of the synchronous machine (1) from a current detection value (Idc, Iqc) of the synchronous machine (1), and a voltage computation unit (19) that creates a voltage command value (Vd*, Vq*) of the power converter such that the first magnetic flux command value (?d*, ?q*) coincides with the magnetic flux value (?dc, ?qc).

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of properly performing motor control during overmodulation. In a motor control device 1, a carrier wave frequency adjusting unit 16 adjusts a carrier wave frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error ??v representing the phase difference between three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and a triangular wave signal Tr. When a modulation factor H in accordance with the voltage amplitude ratio between the DC power supplied from a high voltage battery to an inverter and AC power output from the inverter to a motor exceeds a predetermined value, for example, 1.15, a current control unit 14 corrects the amplitudes and phases of a d-axis voltage command Vd* and a q-axis voltage command Vq* on the basis of a carrier wave phase difference ??carr representing the phase of the triangular wave signal Tr.

Abstract: A random value integration unit 175 outputs a random value output from a random value generation unit 174 in a diffusion width Rand output from a diffusion width generation unit 173 by a product of an output of the random value generation unit 174 and an output of the diffusion width generation unit 173. A triangular wave signal generation unit 176 generates a triangular wave signal corresponding to a second carrier frequency fc2 which is obtained by adding the random value output from the random value integration unit 175 to a first carrier frequency fc1 which is an output of a carrier frequency setting unit 171. That is, a frequency obtained by increasing the diffusion width of the first carrier frequency fc1 is used as the second carrier frequency fc2, and the second carrier frequency is used as the carrier frequency.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device including a plurality of inverter circuits connected in parallel to a load, the power conversion device being capable of performing control with a smaller number of microcomputers, having high reliability, and being advantageous for miniaturization and cost reduction. Provided are: a plurality of inverter circuits connected in parallel to a load; a microcomputer which controls the plurality of inverter circuits; a plurality of signal selection units which select a drive signal of each of the plurality of inverter circuits; and a first transmission path and a second transmission path which are connected in parallel between the microcomputer and the plurality of signal selection units and transmit the drive signal of each of the plurality of inverter circuits from the microcomputer to each of the plurality of signal selection units.

Abstract: A deviation between a detection result of an output current of an inverter and an actual current is suppressed. A current detection unit 7 detects a three-phase AC current output from an inverter 3 or input to the inverter 3. An inverter control device 1 controls the inverter 3 based on a current detection value based on a detection result of the three-phase AC current by the current detection unit 7 and a predetermined current command value. The inverter control device 1 corrects the current detection value so as to correct a detection error of the three-phase AC current generated due to a delay time of a filter 72 which is a filter element provided in the current detection unit 7.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control device that can suppress electromagnetic noises including a switching noise and to an electric vehicle system using the motor control device. A motor control device includes: a power converter that is controlled by a pulse width modulation signal; a motor that is driven by the power converter; and a controller that generates the pulse width modulation signal, based on a carrier signal. When switching between a first carrier frequency (fc1) of the carrier signal and a second carrier frequency (fc2) of the carrier signal, the controller varies proportions of the first carrier frequency and the second carrier frequency in accordance with a number of rotations of the motor, the second carrier frequency being higher than the first carrier frequency.

Abstract: The vibration and noise generated in a permanent magnet synchronous motor are effectively suppressed. A motor control device 1 comprises: a triangular wave generation unit 17 which generates a triangular wave signal Tr that is a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 which adjusts a carrier frequency fc that represents a frequency of the triangular wave signal Tr, and a gate signal generation unit 18 which performs pulse-width modulation on three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* according to a torque command T* using the triangular wave signal Tr, thereby generating a gate signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 adjusts the carrier frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error ??v representing a phase difference of the three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and the triangular wave signal Tr based on the torque command T*, and a rotation speed ?r of a motor.

Abstract: Conventionally, there is a problem that switching loss of an inverter increases in a case where a change such as improvement in a switching frequency is involved. The battery voltage E and the torque command T* are input to the first current command generation unit 111. The battery voltage E, the torque command T*, and a voltage utilization rate obtained by dividing a line voltage effective value by a battery voltage (DC voltage) are input to a second current command generation unit 112. A magnet temperature Tmag of a rotor magnet is input to a current command selection unit 113, and a current command output from the first current command generation unit 111 is selected in normal operation, and the second current command generation unit 112 is selected in a case where the magnet temperature exceeds a predetermined value. The second current command generation unit 112 is configured not to obtain the voltage utilization rate of 0.3 to 0.4.

Abstract: Disclosed are a motor control device that can accurately estimate a rotor position based on a neutral point potential even when a load increases, and a brake control device that is driven by the motor control device. The motor control device 3 includes a three-phase synchronous motor 4 including a three-phase winding, an inverter 31 connected to the three-phase winding, a control unit 6 for controlling the inverter based on a rotor position of the three-phase synchronous motor, and a rotational position estimation unit 2 for estimating a rotor position ?d based on a neutral point potential Vn of the three-phase winding. The rotational position estimation unit estimates a rotor position selectively using one or more of a plurality of detected values of the neutral point potential according to a pre-estimated value of the rotor position and a voltage application state to the three-phase winding.

Abstract: An inverter control device 200 includes a current control unit 210 that outputs a voltage commands (Vd*, Vq*), a modulation wave control unit 220 that generates a modulation wave based on the voltage commands (Vd*, Vq*), a pulse generation unit 230 that generates a PWM pulse for controlling an inverter 100 using a modulation wave and a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency, and a pulse shift unit 250 that corrects the phase of the PWM pulse such that the PWM pulse is output in a phase corresponding to a harmonic of a predetermined order of the modulation wave in the near-zero-cross region including the zero-cross point at which the modulation wave changes across 0.

Abstract: An inverter performs a power conversion operation for converting DC power into AC power, includes an arithmetic control device provided with a voltage command signal generation unit, a synthesis processing unit, and a carrier wave comparison unit. The voltage command signal generation unit has a plurality of control systems, and outputs the first voltage command signal generated based on the first control system among the plurality of control systems, and the second voltage command signal generated based on the second control system different from the first control system among the plurality of control systems. The synthesis processing unit generates a synthesized voltage command signal obtained by synthesizing the first voltage command signal and the second voltage command signal at a predetermined ratio. The carrier wave comparison unit generates a PWM signal which is a gate drive signal for controlling the power conversion operation based on the synthesized voltage command signal.