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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Fukuoka, JP;

Katsutoshi Yamanaka, Fukuoka, JP;

Eiji Watanabe, Fukuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/12 ; H02M 7/537 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/12 ; H02M 7/537 ;
Abstract

On the basis of: a first calculated value ic which is a product of a calculated value of a time of three-phase output voltages in a state where a positive bus, a negative bus, and a neutral line are connected respectively to three-phase phase output terminals, and a predicted neutral current value in the state; and second and third calculated values icx and icy which are products of a calculated value of a time of the three-phase output voltages that can take state 1 where two of the three-phase phase output terminals are connected to the positive bus or the neutral line, and a remaining one terminal is connected to the neutral line or the negative bus, and state 2 opposite to the state, and predicted neutral current values in states 1 and 2, a time ratio of state 1 and 2 during a PWM period is determined so as to make a current flowing through the neutral line close to zero, or a potential of the neutral line of the three-phase output voltages close to a voltage which is exactly the middle between voltages of the positive and negative busses.


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