Three-Phase Digital Power Inverter System for Motor Controlling

Abstract

A three-phase digital power inverter system controlled by a MCU thereof is provided, wherein during a constant current power source for accelerator control in combination with a three-wire potentiometer are inputted to a MCU for qualification and calculation base on a computation algorithm to obtain data, an accelerator line state and a brake line state are detected simultaneously for whether they are working well individually, so as to effectively prevent any electrical failure due to mechanical failure of the accelerator or the brake or open circuit/short circuit of the accelerator line or the brake line that may cause accident due to out of control of the accelerator or brake respectively. These are the potential risk factors of electric motor vehicles while the present invention can substantially eliminate such potential factor and provide a more reliable performance of electric motor vehicles.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A motor controlling process through a digital power inverter system equipped with a motor of an electric motor vehicle, comprising steps of:
 (a) controlling three half-bridges of a of an inverting circuity of the digital power inverter system through three-phase PWM outputs from PWM half-bridge chips connected to a CPU to achieve a three-phase AC power output;   (b) inputting variable resistances of first, second and third power wires powered by a constant current power source circuit as accelerator control signals to the CPU for quantification and calculation so as to effectively control a rotation speed of the motor and to determine a failure state according to a software computation algorithm A=B+C, so as to prevent any failure of an accelerator controller device from causing the rotation speed of the motor to run out of control; and   (c) inputting variable resistances of the first, second and third power wires powered by the constant current power source circuit as brake control signals to the CPU for quantification and calculation so as to effectively control the rotation speed of the motor and to determine a failure state according to the software computation algorithm A=B+C, so as to prevent any failure of a brake controller device from causing the motor to brake or brake failure.   
     
     
         2 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a detecting circuit is arranged between a CPU circuit and an output loop circuit for inputting current sampling, voltage sampling and temperature sampling to the CPU for quantification and calculation through the computation algorithm A=B+C, where A is a first resistance of the first power wire, B is a second resistance of the second power wire and C is a third resistance of the third power wire, and then expanding to a communication chip of a communication chip circuit so as to achieve a data exchange. 
     
     
         3 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the digital power inverter system comprises a main circuitry which comprises an output loop circuit, a detecting circuit, a constant current power source circuit, a CAN communication chip circuit, two voltage regulation circuits and a CPU circuit, wherein the constant current power source circuit comprises the first, second and third power wires, wherein the voltage regulation circuits are arranged for internal stable supply voltage, wherein the communication chip circuit comprises a communication chip, wherein the CPU circuit comprises the CPU selected from a group consisting of a MCU and a DSP. 
     
     
         4 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the digital power inverter system comprises a main circuitry which comprises an output loop circuit, a detecting circuit, a constant current power source circuit, a CAN communication chip circuit, two voltage regulation circuits and a CPU circuit, wherein the constant current power source circuit comprises the first, second and third power wires, wherein the voltage regulation circuits are arranged for internal stable supply voltage, wherein the communication chip circuit comprises a communication chip, wherein the CPU circuit comprises the CPU selected from a group consisting of a MCU and a DSP, wherein the detecting circuit comprises an overload detecting, a current detecting circuit for current sampling, a voltage detecting circuit for voltage sampling and a temperature detecting circuit for temperature sampling. 
     
     
         5 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the digital power inverter further comprises a high voltage driving circuitry which comprises an AC driving circuit which is configured to output multi-phase AC power, a load controller circuit and an inverting circuit which is arranged between the AC driving circuit and the load controller circuit and includes a three-phase half bridge circuit configured to selectively output three-phase power or two-phase power to obtain a single-phase power output, determining by output signals of the CPU. 
     
     
         6 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the digital power inverter further comprises a high voltage driving circuitry which comprises an AC driving circuit which is configured to output multi-phase AC power, a load controller circuit and an inverting circuit which is arranged between the AC driving circuit and the load controller circuit and includes the three-phase half bridge circuit configured to selectively output three-phase power or two-phase power to obtain a single-phase power output, determining by output signals of the CPU. 
     
     
         7 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the digital power inverter further comprises a DC to DC circuitry comprising a power driving circuit, a step-down/step-up circuit and a power converting circuit, wherein the power driving circuit is configured to provide a circuit function and a digital inverter function, wherein the CPU outputs PWM control for the power driving circuit and the power converting circuit is configured to output a half-bridge output such that the step down/step up circuit is arranged to be able to selectively be a direct output connected to a DC load through the load controller circuit and becomes a step-down circuit, or connected to one or more transformers and becomes a step-up circuit. 
     
     
         8 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the digital power inverter further comprises a DC to DC circuitry comprising a power driving circuit, a step-down/step-up circuit and a power converting circuit, wherein the power driving circuit is configured to provide a circuit function and a digital inverter function, wherein the CPU outputs PWM control for the power driving circuit and the power converting circuit is configured to output a half-bridge output such that the step down/step up circuit is arranged to be able to selectively be a direct output connected to a DC load through the load controller circuit and becomes a step-down circuit, or connected to one or more transformers and becomes a step-up circuit. 
     
     
         9 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the power converting circuit is a PWM converting circuit, wherein the CPU is controlled by cooperating a working of the overload detecting circuit and turning off an output in time before an output power making the digital power inverter system being crumbled and a short time after restoration, and then the CPU turns on the output again. 
     
     
         10 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the power converting circuit is a PWM converting circuit, wherein the CPU is controlled by cooperating a working of the overload detecting circuit and turning off an output in time before an output power making the digital power inverter system being crumbled and a short time after restoration, and then the CPU turns on the output again. 
     
     
         11 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein in a mode of continuous on/off outputting, the CPU distinguishes a short circuit from a false short circuit according to variation of output currents detected and makes suitable disposing of deciding whether power supplying is continued, such that the CPU actively controls and compares situations of the digital power inverter system to adjust output PWM signals and AC driving signals thereof in pursuance of a loading state thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein in a mode of continuous on/off outputting, the CPU distinguishes a short circuit from a false short circuit according to variation of output currents detected and makes suitable disposing of deciding whether power supplying is continued, such that the CPU actively controls and compares situations of the digital power inverter system to adjust output PWM signals and AC driving signals thereof in pursuance of a loading state thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 9 , wherein in a mode of continuous on/off outputting, the CPU distinguishes a short circuit from a false short circuit according to variation of output currents detected and makes suitable disposing of deciding whether power supplying is continued, such that the CPU actively controls and compares situations of the digital power inverter system to adjust output PWM signals and AC driving signals thereof in pursuance of a loading state thereof. 
     
     
         14 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 10 , wherein in a mode of continuous on/off outputting, the CPU distinguishes a short circuit from a false short circuit according to variation of output currents detected and makes suitable disposing of deciding whether power supplying is continued, such that the CPU actively controls and compares situations of the digital power inverter system to adjust output PWM signals and AC driving signals thereof in pursuance of a loading state thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the output loop circuit comprises external programming interface terminals adapted for changing a software of the CPU of the CPU circuit. 
     
     
         16 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the output loop circuit comprises external programming interface terminals adapted for changing a software of the CPU of the CPU circuit. 
     
     
         17 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the output loop circuit comprises external programming interface terminals adapted for changing a software of the CPU of the CPU circuit. 
     
     
         18 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the three-phase half-bridge circuit of the inverting circuit includes four PWM half-bridge chips configured to output three-phase power through four Power Bridge outputs, wherein a MOSFET of a driving output of the inverting circuit is increased or decreased according to power needs to form the load controller circuit. 
     
     
         19 . The motor controlling process, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the three-phase half-bridge circuit of the inverting circuit includes four PWM half-bridge chips configured to output three-phase power through four Power Bridge outputs, wherein a MOSFET of a driving output of the inverting circuit is increased or decreased according to power needs to form the load controller circuit. 
     
     
         20 . The digital power inverter system, as recited in claim  24 , wherein the three-phase half-bridge circuit of the inverting circuit includes four PWM half-bridge chips configured to output three-phase power through four Power Bridge outputs, wherein a MOSFET of a driving output of the inverting circuit is increased or decreased according to power needs to form the load controller circuit.