Patent ID: 7433403

Claim:
A pulse width modulation method for operating a power converter to generate an output current, said method comprising: a pulse width modulating three first instruction signals that are modulated waves, based on a comparison of the first instruction signals and a carrier wave; switching the power converter, based on a gate signal obtained from said instruction signals, to convert a DC voltage into an AC voltage; and detecting a DC current of the power converter; wherein the method further comprises, generating three third voltage instruction signals by adding error integrated values to each of the three first instruction signals; for each of said third voltage instruction signals, obtaining an alternative maximum voltage instruction signal by adding a predetermined minimum voltage value to an intermediate value of said third voltage instruction signal whenever a difference between a maximum value of the third voltage instruction signal and the intermediate value of the third voltage instruction signal is less than the predetermined minimum voltage value; setting the maximum value of the third voltage instruction signal as the alternative maximum voltage instruction signal when the difference between the maximum value of the third voltage instruction signal and the intermediate value equals or exceeds the predetermined minimum voltage value; for each of said third voltage instruction signals, obtaining an alternative minimum voltage instruction signal by subtracting the predetermined minimum voltage value from the intermediate value of the third voltage instruction signal whenever a difference between the intermediate value of the third voltage instruction signal and the minimum value of the third voltage instruction signal is less than the predetermined minimum voltage value, and setting the minimum value of the third voltage instruction signal as the alternative minimum voltage instruction signal when the difference between the intermediate value and the minimum value equals or exceeds the predetermined minimum voltage value; wherein, said error integrated values are obtained by subtracting the intermediate value of the third voltage instruction signals, the alternative maximum voltage instruction signal, and the alternative minimum voltage instruction signal from the three third voltage instruction signals, respectively; and said pulse width modulation is performed by comparing the alternative maximum voltage instruction signal, the alternative minimum voltage instruction signal, and the intermediate value of the third voltage instruction signal with the carrier wave.