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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Seoul National University R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Yong Jae Lee, Yongin-Si, KR;
Kang Ho Jeong, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Young Seul Lim, Seoul, KR;
Jae Hoon Shim, Seoul, KR;
Jung Ik Ha, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus configured for driving a motor, includes a first inverter including a first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of a windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases of the motor, a second inverter including a second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings, a switches including first ends respectively connected to nodes to which the windings and the second switching elements are respectively connected and second ends connected to each other, and a controller configured to drive the motor in one of a first driving mode for driving the motor by maintaining the second switching elements in an open state and performing pulse width modulation control for the first switching elements and a second driving mode for driving the motor by performing pulse width modulation control for the first switching elements and the second switching elements.