Patent ID: 7227339

Claim:
A power generation controller of a vehicle power generator, comprising: a rectifier for convening an alternating current (AC) power to be generated by a wound-field type synchronous generator to a direct current (DC) power for supply to an electrical load and a battery; rotation speed calculation means for calculating a rotation speed of the synchronous generator; a field switching element for performing ON/OFF switching of voltage application to a field winding of the synchronous generator; voltage detection means for sampling a voltage of the battery or a DC-side voltage of the rectifier in synchronization with a periodic sampling signal based on a reference clock; duty range setting means for setting a range (duty range) appropriate to an ON/OFF ratio of the field switching element based on the rotation speed calculated by the rotation speed calculation means; control duty computation means for computing the ON/OFF ratio of the field switching element based on the duty range set by the duty range setting means for agreement between the voltage sampled by the voltage detection means and a power generation target voltage; and field PWM drive means for calculating an ON/OFF timing for the field switching element with a predetermined interval based on the reference clock from the ON/Off ratio computed by the control duty computation means, and generating a field switching signal for driving the field switching element.