Robert Boschgmbh

Edwin Eberlein

Daniel Raichle

Andreas Schoenknecht

Manfred Kirschner

Stefan Poledna

Horst Wagner

Bernd Eckert

Werner Hofmeister

Roland Schmid

Daniel Zirkel

Michael Schoenfeld

Michael Ungermann

Bernd Dittmer

Martin Trunk

Eric Schmidt

Benjamin Lechner

Peter Schiefer

Tim Bruckhaus

Josef Newald

Thomas Raica

Jens Graf

Jie Ge

Bernhard Mader

Ulrich Gerstung

Bernd Illg

Achim Herzog

Rolf Litzinger

Ralf Schinzel

Thomas Knorpp

Andreas Mittag

Hans Seitel

Falko Friese

Felix Forster

Eberhard Spengler

Peter Eitner

Christoph Van Booven

Volker Gilgenbach

Timo Bartsch

Albert Staake

Willy Betz

Thomas Merkel

The present invention relates to establishing a rotational speed-dependent safe operating mode. For this purpose, two redundant control paths are provided and are each designed to establish either an active short-circuit or a freewheeling mode as the safe operating mode. In this way, even if one control path fails, a rotational speed-dependent safe operating mode can still be fully established.

Control device for an inverter, electric drive system and method for establishing a safe operating mode

The invention relates to a coupler () for differential transmission of an analogue signal () coming from at least one transmitter () with a first earth potential (), via at least one first signal line () and a second signal line (), to a receiver () with a second earth potential (), wherein the coupler () has a filter assembly () for the portions () of the signal () being transmitted via the first signal line () or via the second signal line (), wherein this filter assembly () is potential-free or uses the second earth potential (), and wherein the portions (') of the signal () filtered by the filter assembly () are brought together in a comparator () in order to form the signal () to be supplied to the receiver (), and wherein the comparator () uses the second earth potential (). The invention also relates to a system () for signal transmission and a voltage transformer () comprising the coupler () and/or system ().

Interference-free transmission of signals between different earth potentials

The invention relates to a discharge circuit () for discharging a high-voltage DC link () of a vehicle. The high-voltage DC link () comprises a DC link capacitor () to which a high voltage (U_H) is applied. The discharge circuit () is designed to adjust the level of the discharge current (I_D) provided by the discharge circuit () depending on the high voltage (U_H).

Discharge circuit and method for discharging a high-voltage DC link of a vehicle

The present invention relates to a double analysis of signals emitted by a rotational angle sensor. For this purpose, the signal emitted by the rotational angle sensor is processed in a first signal path with respect to a maximum angle quality of the angle signal to be calculated. A second signal path for processing the signal emitted by the rotational angle sensor is optimized to indicate a maximum diagnosability of errors.

Apparatuses and methods for evaluating a signal emitted by a rotational angle sensor

The invention relates to the discharging of a DC link capacitor in an inverter arrangement, thereby allowing, for example, a DC link capacitor to be discharged while an electric machine that is connected to the inverters can operate in an idling mode as a safe mode. The DC link capacitor is discharged by very briefly triggering a semiconductor switch within the inverter. According to the invention, the inverter bridge arm with the smallest phase voltage is selected for the very brief triggering process.

Inverter arrangement, electric drive system, and method for discharging a DC link capacitor in an inverter arrangement

The invention relates to an apparatus () for operating a resolver (), which has at least one receiver winding () or at least one excitation winding (), which are/can be associated with a rotatably mounted shaft (), in particular a rotor shaft of an electric motor, said apparatus also having a device () which determines an angular position of the shaft () as a function of an induced voltage detected by the excitation winding () by means of a desired excitation signal (SES) with a predeterminable frequency and amplitude and by the receiver winding (). According to the invention, means () for limiting an electrical voltage on the excitation winding () are associated with the excitation winding (), wherein the means () limit the voltage only above a maximum normal voltage in only one current direction.

Method and apparatus for operating a resolver, and resolver device

An apparatus for operating a resolver which includes at least one first receiver winding and an exciter winding, which are/can be associated with a rotor, and an evaluation device which determines an angular position of the rotor as a function of an induced voltage that is generated by the exciter winding and detected by the receiver winding. According to the invention, the first receiver winding is connected at a first end to an actuable switch by means of a first RC circuit, said switch connecting the RC circuit as required to a positive voltage source, and the first receiver winding is connected at a second end to a second actuable switch by means of a second RC circuit, said second switch connecting the second RC circuit as required to a negative voltage source, and to a control unit which simultaneously actuates the switches as required.

Operating a resolver and detecting a defect in the resolver

The invention relates to an operating state circuit for actuating an inverter (), which supplies an n-phase electrical machine () with an n-phase supply voltage via phase connections (), wherein n&#x2267;1, comprising an evaluation device () which is connected to the phase connections () of the inverter () and which is configured to detect output voltages of the inverter () to the phase connections () and to determine a speed of the electrical machine () on the basis of the detected output voltages, and an actuating device () which is coupled to the evaluation device () and which is configured to switch to an idle state or an active short-circuit in dependence on the determined speed of the inverter ().

Operating state circuit for inverter and method for setting operating states of an inverter

The invention relates to a control device () for the actuation of a semiconductor switch () on an inverter having an actuation switch () that is designed to generate a driver signal () depending on a switch signal () generated by a control regulation of the inverter, and a driver circuit () that is connected between the actuation circuit () and a control input () of the semiconductor switch (), and which is designed to receive the driver signal () and a control signal () depending on the driver signal (), said control signal actuating a semiconductor switch () for the generation and infeed into the control input () of the semiconductor switch (), wherein the actuation circuit () is designed to generate the driver signal () as a consequence of driver signal pulses with a predetermined and adjustable pulse length such that the semiconductor switch () is not fully conductive in the event of an actuation with the control signal () during the pulse length.

Control device for semiconductor switch on an inverter and method for the actuation of an inverter

The invention relates to a multi-stage charging device for a battery of a battery operated electrical motor. The multistage charging device comprises a buck converter, an intermediate circuit and a boost converter in order to generate a suitable direct charging current from a (one or three-phase) alternating current provided by a power connection. According to the invention, components of the electrical drive are used for the boost converter and the intermediate circuit: the electrical motor functions as an intermediate circuit and the drive converter functions as a boost converter. According to the invention, the coupling of the electrical motor to the network-side buck converter occurs so that at least half the charging current flows through at least one of the at least three coils of the electrical drive. The invention further relates to a corresponding method and to a corresponding use of the drive components.

Method and device for charging a battery of an electrical drive using components of the electrical drive

A control apparatus for driving a semiconductor switch of an inverter. A drive circuit generates a driver signal on the basis of a switching signal generated by a control regulation system of the inverter. A driver circuit which is coupled between the drive circuit and a control input of the semiconductor switch is configured to receive the driver signal and to generate, on the basis of the driver signal, a control signal which drives the semiconductor switch. The control signal is fed into the control input of the semiconductor switch. A regulation circuit is coupled to the drive circuit and is configured to detect a voltage signal dependent on the voltage across the semiconductor switch, to generate a regulation signal which is dependent on the voltage signal and is intended to regulate the driver signal, and to feed the regulation signal into the drive circuit.

Control apparatus for semiconductor switches of an inverter, and method for driving an inverter

The invention relates to an operating state circuit for driving an inverter with half-bridges having respective switching devices, which inverter supplies an n-phase supply voltage to an n-phase electrical machine via phase connections associated with the respective half-bridges, where n&#x2267;1. The operating state circuit comprises an evaluation device, which is connected to the phase connections of the inverter and to input connections of the inverter and is designed to detect an input voltage of the inverter and phase currents at the phase connections of the inverter, and a drive device which is coupled to the evaluation device and is designed to switch the inverter from a short-circuit state to a freewheeling mode on the basis of the detected input voltage, wherein the evaluation device is designed to generate a freewheeling trigger signal and to output said signal to the drive device if the detected input voltage is lower than an adjustable freewheeling threshold value, and wherein the drive device is designed to change the respective switching devices of the half-bridges to an open state after receiving the freewheeling trigger signal only when the particular phase current detected at the associated phase connection has a zero crossing or a current direction coming from the inverter.

Operating state circuit for an inverter and method for setting operating states of an inverter

A method and device for controlling operational sequences, in particular in a vehicle, a functional unit being connected to a bus system, the functional unit and/or the bus system being monitored by a monitoring unit, and the monitoring unit disconnecting, by an access operation, the connection of the functional unit to the bus system in a reliability case, the monitoring unit's access or operation being configurable by the functional unit so that the access path of the monitoring unit is interruptable by a configuration apparatus, arrangement or structure.

Device and method for controlling operational sequences, in particular in a motor vehicle

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