Patent ID: 8520419

Claim:
A current controlled power converter comprising: a converting part having six switching elements that constitute a three-phase bridge circuit, the converting part being configured to convert a three-phase ac voltage into a dc voltage or converts a dc voltage into a three-phase ac voltage; ac side current detection portions configured to detect an ac side current of the converting part; dc side current detection portions configured to detect a de side current of the converting part, the de side current detection portions including a shunt resistor and an amplifier; and a control section configured to control the converting part by pulse-width modulation using a spatial vector modulation method based on the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions and the de side current detected by the dc side current detection portions, the control section being further configured to correct an amplitude error of the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions by using an amplitude correction value obtained based on current components, corresponding to current components of prescribed phases of the ac side current, of the dc side current detected by the de side current detection portions, and the current components of the prescribed phases of the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions, and an offset error of the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions by using an offset correction value obtained based on de side current offset components of current components, corresponding to the current components of the prescribed phases of the ac side current, of the de side current detected by the dc side current detection portions, and ac side current offset components of the current components of the prescribed phases of the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions.