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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hyun Koo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Myung Ill You, Gwangju, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A motor driving apparatus includes a motor including windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases, a first inverter including at least one first power module and providing an AC voltage corresponding to each of the phases to one end of the windings, a second inverter including a plurality of second power modules each including a changeover switch and providing the AC voltage corresponding to each of the phases to the other end of the windings based on information indicating whether the changeover switch is turned on, and a controller connected to the changeover switch and configured to control whether the changeover switch is turned on according to a motor driving mode, wherein each of the second power modules has a changeover terminal to which a first end of the changeover switch is connected, and the changeover terminals of the plurality of second power modules are short-circuited to each other.