Abstract: A control apparatus for a DC-to-DC converter includes a switching controller working to selectively perform a first control task and a second control task. The first control task is to control on-off operations of switching devices of the DC-to-DC converter not to have at least one of an all-on period and an all-off period. The all-on period being a period of time in which all the switching devices are turned on. The all-off period is a period of time in which all the switching devices are turned off. The second control task is to control the on-off operations of the switching devices to have both the all-on period and the all-off period. The switching controller works to change the first control task to the second control task before a current mode is switched from a continuous current mode to a discontinuous current mode.

Abstract: In a pulse edge detection circuit, a measurement circuit has a comparator provided therein which compares a voltage with a reference voltage and outputs a pulse signal. An RSFF puts a signal in a high level at a timing at which detecting a rise edge due to a change of the pulse signal to the high level. In such manner, a set signal of an RSFF becomes inactive and a reset signal of the RSFF becomes active, and a fall edge of the pulse signal becomes detectable. When a fall edge is generated due to a change of the pulse signal from the high level to the low level, the set signal of the RSFF becomes active, and a signal becomes high level.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine control device is applied to a system including a power conversion circuit electrically connected to a rotating electrical machine, and a capacitor electrically connected to an input side of the power conversion circuit. The rotating electrical machine control device includes a determination unit that determines a switching mode of the power conversion circuit in which a ripple current flowing through the capacitor is reflected, based on an operating area of the rotating electrical machine, and an operation unit that operates the power conversion circuit such that the switching mode of the power conversion circuit is the switching mode determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a rotating electric machine is applicable to a control system that includes: a plurality of power conversion circuits that convert direct-current power from a direct-current power supply to alternating-current power and output the alternating-current power by switching operations; rotating electric machines that are provided in correspondence to the power conversion circuits and supplied with the alternating-current power outputted from the power conversion circuits; and a capacitor that is connected in parallel to the direct-current power supply, provided on an input side of the power conversion circuits, and common to the power conversion circuits. The control apparatus includes: an adjusting unit that performs an adjustment process in which output modes of voltage vectors to the rotating electric machines are adjusted and an operating unit that performs the switching operations of the power conversion circuits to output the voltage vectors adjusted by the adjusting unit.

Abstract: A current measurement apparatus includes a corrector. The corrector calculates an error arising in a measured value of at least one target phase current due to magnetic flux generated from each of multiphase power lines in accordance with an error factor defined for each multiphase power line with respect to the at least one target phase current. The error factor defined for each multiphase power line with respect to the at least one target phase current is a constant value or a variable determined based on (i) one or more shields located between the current sensor and the corresponding multiphase power line and (ii) a distance between the current sensor and the corresponding multiphase power line. The corrector corrects the measured value of the at least one target phase current based on the calculated error.

Abstract: An inverter control device is for a vehicle including: a rotating electric machine that is an in-wheel motor integrated inside a drive wheel and includes a rotor including a magnet portion with a plurality of magnetic poles and a stator including multiphase stator windings without teeth protruding radially toward the rotor; and an inverter electrically connected to the rotating electric machine. The inverter control device includes: a control unit configured to perform PWM control to generate a drive signal for a switching element in the inverter based on a carrier signal and a command voltage in each phase in the overall operating region for an operating point defined by the rotation speed and the torque of the rotating electric machine; and an operation unit configured to operate the switching element based on the generated drive signal.

Abstract: A signal detection circuit detects, as a detection target signal, a signal of a main terminal of a switching element by comparing the detection target signal with a reference signal. The signal detection circuit includes: a signal generation unit generating the reference signal; a first capacitor having a first terminal connected with the main terminal of the switching element; a second capacitor having a first terminal connected with an output terminal of the signal generation unit; and a detection circuit receiving, as input signals, a signal output from a second terminal of the first capacitor and a signal output from a second terminal of the second capacitor, and the detection circuit detecting the detection target signal based on the input signals.

Abstract: A drive circuit drives a switch configuring a power converter. The drive circuit divides an inter-terminal voltage of a switch. The drive circuit includes a differential circuit having first and second input terminals to which the divided inter-terminal voltages are inputted. The differential circuit outputs an analog voltage based on a voltage difference between the input terminals. The differential circuit executes reset of the output voltage, and with the voltage difference when reset is canceled after reset is executed as a reference voltage, outputs an analog voltage in which an amount of change from the reference voltage is multiplied by an amplification factor. The drive circuit outputs a binary signal based on comparison results between a threshold and the analog voltage outputted from the differential circuit, and sets a transfer rate of a gate charge of the switch when a driving state is switched, based on the output signal thereof.

Abstract: A signal detection circuit includes: a first capacitor having a first terminal connected with a first main terminal of a switching element; a second capacitor having a first terminal connected with a second main terminal of the switching element; and a detection circuit having a differential circuit configuration. The detection circuit receives, as input signals, a signal from a second terminal of the first capacitor and a signal from a second terminal of the second capacitor, detects detection target signals based on the input signals. The detection target signals include a signal of the first main terminal of the switching element and a signal of the second main terminal of the switching element.

Abstract: In a drive circuit, a differential circuit unit is configured such that resetting of an output voltage of the differential circuit unit is carried out, and the resetting of the output voltage of the differential circuit unit is cancelled. A value of the difference between first and second divided terminal voltages at a timing of cancelling the resetting is defined as a reference voltage. The differential circuit unit generates, as the output voltage, a product of a voltage change from a reference voltage and a predetermined amplification factor after cancelling of the resetting of the differential circuit unit. A signal generator generates a gate signal for the upper- and lower-arm switches in accordance with a value of the output voltage of the differential circuit unit while the upper- and lower-arm switches are in an off state.

Abstract: In a pulse edge detection circuit, a measurement circuit has a comparator provided therein which compares a voltage with a reference voltage and outputs a pulse signal. An RSFF puts a signal in a high level at a timing at which detecting a rise edge due to a change of the pulse signal to the high level. In such manner, a set signal of an RSFF becomes inactive and a reset signal of the RSFF becomes active, and a fall edge of the pulse signal becomes detectable. When a fall edge is generated due to a change of the pulse signal from the high level to the low level, the set signal of the RSFF becomes active, and a signal becomes high level.

Abstract: A controller of a rotating electric machine performs a control on a control amount of the rotating electric machine by (a) calculating a voltage instruction value for controlling the control amount based on voltage detection values of the shunt resistors when shunt resistors in at least two phases have an electric current flowing therein, and (b) performing a drive control of each of switches in an inverter based on the calculated voltage instruction value. The controller determines whether a phase current flowing in a winding is detectable in at least two of three phases based on voltage values of the shunt resistors, and, when determining that the phase current is not detectable in the at least two phases, the controller performs the drive control based on a past current value or a past voltage value in a two-phase rotating coordinate system of the rotating electric machine.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine control device is applied to a system including a power conversion circuit electrically connected to a rotating electrical machine, and a capacitor electrically connected to an input side of the power conversion circuit. The rotating electrical machine control device includes a determination unit that determines a switching mode of the power conversion circuit in which a ripple current flowing through the capacitor is reflected, based on an operating area of the rotating electrical machine, and an operation unit that operates the power conversion circuit such that the switching mode of the power conversion circuit is the switching mode determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: A controller of a rotating electric machine includes a current detector detecting a voltage of each of shunt resistors in at least two phases from among the shunt resistors in three phases during an electric current flowing period in which the shunt resistors in the at least two phases have an electric current flowing therein; and a signal generator setting a switching mode of each of switches forming an inverter for controlling an estimated angular velocity to an instruction angular velocity based on the detected voltage. The signal generator sets a switching mode to flow the electric current in the shunt resistors in the at least two phases during at least part of one half of a modulation cycle of control of the estimated angular velocity.

Abstract: An evaluation system includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an image acquired by imaging an exterior of a vehicle; and an evaluation unit that derives and assigns an evaluation point for evaluating social credibility of a vehicle occupant of the vehicle on the basis of the image acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A drive circuit drives a switch configuring a power converter. The drive circuit divides an inter-terminal voltage of a switch. The drive circuit includes a differential circuit having first and second input terminals to which the divided inter-terminal voltages are inputted. The differential circuit outputs an analog voltage based on a voltage difference between the input terminals. The differential circuit executes reset of the output voltage, and with the voltage difference when reset is canceled after reset is executed as a reference voltage, outputs an analog voltage in which an amount of change from the reference voltage is multiplied by an amplification factor. The drive circuit outputs a binary signal based on comparison results between a threshold and the analog voltage outputted from the differential circuit, and sets a transfer rate of a gate charge of the switch when a driving state is switched, based on the output signal thereof.

Abstract: In a drive circuit, a differential circuit unit is configured such that resetting of an output voltage of the differential circuit unit is carried out, and the resetting of the output voltage of the differential circuit unit is cancelled. A value of the difference between first and second divided terminal voltages at a timing of cancelling the resetting is defined as a reference voltage. The differential circuit unit generates, as the output voltage, a product of a voltage change from a reference voltage and a predetermined amplification factor after cancelling of the resetting of the differential circuit unit. A signal generator generates a gate signal for the upper- and lower-arm switches in accordance with a value of the output voltage of the differential circuit unit while the upper- and lower-arm switches are in an off state.

Abstract: A signal detection circuit includes: a first capacitor having a first terminal connected with a first main terminal of a switching element; a second capacitor having a first terminal connected with a second main terminal of the switching element; and a detection circuit having a differential circuit configuration. The detection circuit receives, as input signals, a signal from a second terminal of the first capacitor and a signal from a second terminal of the second capacitor, detects detection target signals based on the input signals. The detection target signals include a signal of the first main terminal of the switching element and a signal of the second main terminal of the switching element.

Abstract: A signal detection circuit detects, as a detection target signal, a signal of a main terminal of a switching element by comparing the detection target signal with a reference signal. The signal detection circuit includes: a signal generation unit generating the reference signal; a first capacitor having a first terminal connected with the main terminal of the switching element; a second capacitor having a first terminal connected with an output terminal of the signal generation unit; and a detection circuit receiving, as input signals, a signal output from a second terminal of the first capacitor and a signal output from a second terminal of the second capacitor, and the detection circuit detecting the detection target signal based on the input signals.

Abstract: In a current detection apparatus, an arm current detection unit detects each of at least first and second phase currents having respective amplitudes and flowing in a multiphase rotary electric machine based on a potential difference between input and output terminals of the corresponding one of first and second detection switches during the corresponding one of the first and second detection switches being on. A bus current detection unit detects each of at least bus-based first and second phase currents corresponding to the first and second phases of the multiphase rotary electric machine based on a current flowing through one of first and second buses. An amplitude correction unit corrects the first and second phase currents based on the bus-based first and second phase currents such that the amplitudes of the respective first and second phase currents match with each other.