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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeaki Goto, Nagakute, JP;
Shuji Tomura, Nagakute, JP;
Naoki Yanagizawa, Nagakute, JP;
Masaki Okamura, Toyota, JP;
Naoyoshi Takamatsu, Sunto-gun, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A relative maximum point and a relative minimum point, are provided in a first reactor current and a second reactor current within one control cycle as a result of control of on and off of switching elements. At least one of the inflection points in the first and second reactor currents, a plurality of switching elements to simultaneously be turned on or and off are controlled to be turned on or off in a prescribed order with a time lag being set. At the inflection point with the time lag being set, a switching loss is produced in a switching element turned on later or a switching element turned on earlier in accordance with the prescribed order.