JP2009014118A - Control device for transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control currents applied to an inductive load simultaneously in an optimum manner corresponding to respective target current variation and power source voltage variation due to hydraulic control during a gear change. <P>SOLUTION: In the device for monitoring a power source voltage of the inductive load 102 and monitoring the pulse current applied to a load driving circuit 112 for driving the inductive load 102 and controlling a duty ratio of the pulse current, a feed-back control part 105 for controlling the duty ratio by conducting a feedback control of a current applied to the load drive circuit 112, a feed-forward control part 104 for calculating a duty ratio by a feed-forward control according to the target current of the inductive load 102 and the power source voltage in parallel with the feed-back control of the feed-back control part 105 and an output duty ratio upper/lower clip means 111 for clipping upper and lower limits of an output duty ratio from the feed-back control part 105 and the feed-forward control part 104. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a transmission control device for controlling a transmission mounted on a vehicle, and more particularly to a transmission control device for controlling the current of an inductive load such as a linear solenoid used for hydraulic control of an automatic transmission. It is about.

  Conventionally, as a current control device for a linear solenoid used for hydraulic control of an automatic transmission, feedback control for monitoring a pulse current applied to the linear solenoid to obtain a target hydraulic pressure value and correcting a duty ratio of the pulse current is performed. How to do is known.

  The feedback control is usually adjusted so that the current fluctuation caused by the resistance change of the linear solenoid caused by heat generation due to the energization time can be corrected quickly, and the control gain is relatively low to prevent overshoot due to control. A setting method is adopted in which the value is small and gradually approaches the target current value.

  However, in the linear solenoid current control device mounted on the vehicle, the battery that is the power source of the linear solenoid is also the power source of other equipment. For example, the voltage is increased by the operation of an air conditioner or the operation of a wiper. May vary. In this way, when battery voltage fluctuations occur due to air conditioner operation, wiper operation, etc., linear solenoid current fluctuations proportional to the voltage fluctuation amount occur, and at this time, feedback control is activated and the duty of the pulse current is increased. Correct the ratio. However, as described above, since the control gain is optimally set according to the resistance change of the linear solenoid, the current fluctuation of the linear solenoid due to the power supply voltage fluctuation of the linear solenoid is not a suitable value. As a result, the power supply voltage fluctuation of the linear solenoid cannot be dealt with immediately, and a delay occurs until the target current value is reached.

  In order to solve this problem, a linear solenoid valve control device that corrects a duty ratio of a pulse current by integrating a reference voltage and a current voltage ratio with respect to a duty ratio calculated by feedforward control and feedback control is provided. It has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a load resistance switching circuit that can switch the amount of voltage drop (resistance value) is installed in the energization path of the linear solenoid, and the current that energizes the linear solenoid is operated by operating the load resistance switching circuit when the power supply voltage of the linear solenoid fluctuates. An inductive load energization control device that controls the power is proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP-A-8-31830 (paragraphs 0010 to 0011, FIG. 1) JP 2002-23869 (paragraphs 0013 to 0017, FIG. 1)

By the way, the circuit configuration of the linear solenoid itself is almost the same as that of a coil. The linear solenoid has a time t (sec) and a voltage applied to the linear solenoid VL (t) (VL (t) is a power supply voltage and a duty ratio. The voltage applied to the linear solenoid from the load drive circuit), the resistance is R (t) (the resistance value of the linear solenoid changes due to temperature changes such as heat generated by energization), and the inductance is L (H). The energized current I (t) is generally I (t) = VL (t) (1-exp (−R (t) · t / L)
) It is close to R (t). For this reason, the factors that influence the current control of the linear solenoid are mainly the voltage and resistance except for the time factor.

  The linear solenoid valve control device disclosed in Patent Document 1 has the configuration shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the system of the linear solenoid valve control device disclosed in Patent Document 1. In FIG. 2, the shift control unit 200 of the automatic transmission obtains a target hydraulic pressure value. Then, the target hydraulic pressure / target current value converter 201 determines a target current to be supplied to the linear solenoid 202 based on the hydraulic pressure / current characteristics of the linear solenoid 202.

  When the target hydraulic pressure / target current value conversion unit 201 determines the target current of the linear solenoid 202, an instruction is given to the PWM (pulse width modulation) output circuit 203 to match the current supplied to the linear solenoid 202 with the target current. The output duty ratio to be calculated is calculated. The output duty ratio is constituted by the duty ratio calculated by the feedforward control unit 204 and the feedback control unit 205.

  That is, the reference voltage of the linear solenoid 202 is VB, the current voltage is VC, the reference resistance of the linear solenoid 202 is RB, and the current resistance difference from the reference resistance RB is ΔRB. In the feedforward control unit 204, first, the duty ratio under the reference voltage VB and the reference resistance RB and the current supplied to the linear solenoid 202 are measured in advance, the linear solenoid current and the duty ratio are mapped, and the linear solenoid 202 is then mapped. A necessary output duty ratio is calculated from the above-described linear solenoid current and duty ratio map in accordance with the target current to be supplied to the motor, and feedforward control is performed.

  Further, in the feedback control unit 205, the current value of the linear solenoid 202 and the target current are corrected in order to correct a change in current that is supplied to the linear solenoid 202 due to the change of the reference resistance RB to the current resistance (RB + ΔRB). Compare the values to correct the output duty ratio. Further, when the reference voltage VB changes to the current voltage VC, the power supply voltage correction unit 206 corrects the output duty ratio by integrating the voltage ratio between the reference voltage VB and the current voltage VC to the output duty ratio. .

  However, in this power supply voltage correction unit 206, the duty ratio calculated by the feedback control unit 205, which should be the current correction amount due to the resistance change of the linear solenoid 202, is also integrated at the power supply voltage ratio at the same time. Due to the duty ratio for correction in the feedback control unit 205 at the time of fluctuation, there is a high possibility that an overshoot will occur. For example, when the power supply voltage fluctuates in a situation where the current resistance has changed more than the reference resistance and the duty correction amount by the feedback control unit 205 is large, the power supply voltage correction unit 206 causes the original resistance to change. There is a high possibility that the duty ratio for correction greatly fluctuates, leading to the occurrence of overshoot.

  The transfer function of the feedback control unit 205 to the linear solenoid 202 is expressed by the following formula 1 when viewed from the power supply voltage, and is expressed by the following formula 2 when viewed from the target current.

  As described in Patent Document 1, if the feedback control gain is set to be small, according to the transfer function for the linear solenoid 202 viewed from the power supply voltage shown in the above equation 1, correction by the power supply voltage correction unit 206 (× VC / VB) is slightly improved (to correct the reference power supply voltage ratio of about 0.5 to 1.5), but the amount of change in the transfer function L (S, V, R) of the linear solenoid 202 due to power supply voltage fluctuation It is understood that the fluctuation of the power supply voltage of the linear solenoid 202 tends to directly affect the linear solenoid current.

  On the contrary, when the feedback control gain is increased, according to the transfer function for the linear solenoid 202 as seen from the power supply voltage shown in the above equation 1, the transfer function L (S of the linear solenoid 202 given to the linear solenoid current when the power supply voltage fluctuates. , V, R) Although the influence of the fluctuation amount is small, on the contrary, during the control for causing the current to be supplied to the linear solenoid 202 to follow the target current from the transfer function for the linear solenoid 202 as seen from the target current shown in the above two formulas. The possibility of overshooting is increased.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 207 denotes a load driving circuit for driving the linear solenoid 202, and reference numeral 208 denotes a power source. Further, S represents a Laplace variable, L (S, V, R) represents a transfer function of the linear solenoid 202 by the power supply voltage V, the linear solenoid resistance R, and the Laplace variable, Kp represents a proportional gain, and T1 represents an integration time. .

  In addition, the inductive load energization control device disclosed in Patent Document 2 adds a load resistance switching circuit to the mechanism of the conventional linear solenoid current control device, so the number of parts is increased compared to the conventional device, There is a problem that the mechanism becomes complicated and the price increases.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and is optimally adapted to each of the target current fluctuation due to hydraulic control during gear shifting and the power supply voltage fluctuation of an inductive load such as a linear solenoid. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transmission control device that controls current supplied to an inductive load such as a solenoid to improve accuracy.

  A transmission control device according to the present invention is a transmission control device that controls an automatic transmission having an inductive load that outputs hydraulic pressure in accordance with an energized current value, and the power supply voltage of the inductive load In addition, the pulse current supplied to the load drive circuit that drives the inductive load is monitored, and in the transmission control device that controls the duty ratio of the pulse current, the current supplied to the load drive circuit is feedback controlled. A feedback control unit that controls the duty ratio, a feedforward control unit that calculates the duty ratio by feedforward control according to the target current and power supply voltage of the inductive load in parallel with the feedback control of the feedback control unit, and feedback Output duty cycle for clipping the output duty ratio from the control unit and feedforward control unit And upper and lower limit clipping means the ratio, those provided with.

According to the present invention, even when the target current fluctuation of the inductive load such as the linear solenoid used in the transmission and the power supply voltage fluctuation occur at the same time, the current supplied to the inductive load such as the linear solenoid is optimized. There is an effect that a control device for a transmission that can be controlled and has improved accuracy is obtained.

  Exemplary embodiments of a transmission control device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by the said embodiment, Various design changes based on the meaning of this invention are also included.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a system for a transmission control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a shift control unit 100 of an automatic transmission is based on an inductive load, for example, a hydraulic / current characteristic of a linear solenoid 102, in a target hydraulic pressure value / target current value conversion unit 101 to obtain a target hydraulic pressure value. A target current for energizing the linear solenoid 102 is determined.

  When the target hydraulic pressure / target current value converter 101 determines the target current of the linear solenoid 102, an instruction is given to the PWM (pulse width modulation) output circuit 103 in order to match the current supplied to the linear solenoid 102 with the target current. The output duty ratio to be calculated is calculated. The output duty ratio is constituted by the duty ratio calculated by the feedforward control unit 104 and the feedback control unit 105.

  The feedforward control unit 104 calculates and outputs a duty ratio necessary for the step response to the target current of the linear solenoid 102 and the voltage fluctuation of the power supply 106, and outputs the duty ratio. The target current feedforward control unit 107 and the power supply voltage feed The forward control unit 108 is configured.

  The target current feedforward control unit 107 performs control to output a duty ratio prior to feedback control with respect to fluctuations in the target current. The output duty ratio corresponding to the target current is retrieved from the relational map of the linear solenoid current and the duty ratio under the reference voltage and reference resistance of the linear solenoid 102 measured in advance, and output is controlled. For this reason, step-responsive current correction control can be implemented even for a sudden target current fluctuation.

  The power supply voltage feedforward control unit 108 performs duty ratio correction control by adding / subtracting the duty ratio correction amount to / from the output duty ratio when the power supply voltage fluctuates. The duty ratio correction amount is searched based on the current power supply voltage fluctuation amount (difference between the reference voltage and the current voltage) and the target current from the power supply voltage fluctuation amount, the target current, and the duty ratio correction amount map. The power supply voltage fluctuation amount, the target current, and the duty ratio map are a three-dimensional map in which the duty correction amount with respect to the duty ratio calculated by the target current feedforward control unit 107 is plotted with the power supply voltage fluctuation amount and the target current as axes. is there.

  The power supply voltage feedforward control unit 108 can correct the duty ratio immediately in response to the power supply voltage fluctuation faster than the feedback control unit 105 that starts the duty ratio correction after the linear solenoid current fluctuation due to the power supply voltage fluctuation occurs. Linear solenoid current fluctuation due to fluctuation can be reduced. Furthermore, by using a map with the target current as the axis for the output duty ratio, secondary disasters such as overshoot due to duty ratio correction can be prevented even when power supply voltage fluctuation and target current fluctuation occur simultaneously. Thus, appropriate duty ratio correction can be performed.

Next, the feedback control unit 105 will be described. Since the feedback control unit 105 uses two-degree-of-freedom PID control, the feedback control unit 105 includes a target current value filter 109 and a PID control unit 110. The PID control unit 110 includes a proportional gain 110a, an integral gain 110b, and a differential gain 110c. . When the target current fluctuates, the duty ratio by feedback control is calculated through the target current value filter 109 and the PID control unit 110. On the other hand, when the current of the linear solenoid 102 fluctuates, the feedback control unit 105 performs duty ratio correction only by the PID control unit 110. That is, the transfer function to the linear solenoid 102 with respect to each of the target current and power supply voltage fluctuation of the feedback control unit 105 is represented by the following three formulas when viewed from the power supply voltage, and is represented by the following four formulas when viewed from the target current.

  The transfer function to the linear solenoid 102 from the viewpoint of the power supply voltage is expressed by the above three formulas. By adjusting the feedback gain of the PID control unit 110 according to the power supply voltage fluctuation and setting it to a relatively large gain, the linear solenoid by the power supply voltage is set. The fluctuation of the transfer function L (S, V, R) 102 can be prevented from affecting the feedback control unit 105. Further, if the influence of fluctuation of the transfer function L (S, V, R) of the linear solenoid 102 at the time of fluctuation of the power supply voltage can be reduced by the power supply voltage feedforward control 108, the influence on the feedback control unit 105 is further reduced. Become.

  On the other hand, the transfer function for the linear solenoid 102 from the viewpoint of the target current is the above four formulas, and the gains a and b of the target current value filter 109 are set even when the PID control unit 110 sets an optimum feedback gain with respect to power supply voltage fluctuation. Is set to an optimum value for the feedback control of the target current value, the PI control of the PID control unit 110 can be used to realize the optimum feedback control for the target current. As described above, since the feedback gain can be fixed for linear solenoid current correction without changing according to the respective states of target current fluctuation and power supply voltage fluctuation, stabilization of the feedback control system can be considered in advance.

  Further, when performing these feedback controls, the Laplace inverse transformation is performed and the recurrence formula is obtained, and the following formula 5 or 6 is obtained.

  The above equation 5 is a recurrence equation of the target current value filter 109, and equation 6 is a recurrence equation of the PID control unit 110, that is, a recurrence equation of the feedback control unit 105 according to the first embodiment.

  In the output duty ratio upper / lower limit clip control unit 111, the duty ratio that can be output is set so that the duty ratio calculated by the feedforward control 104 and the feedback control 105 is a pulse width output that can be realized by the PWM output circuit 103. When the value exceeds the upper limit value, control is performed to replace the output duty ratio with the duty upper limit value, and when the value falls below the lower limit value of the duty ratio that can be output, control is performed. This prevents malfunction of the PWM output circuit 103.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 112 indicates a load driving circuit that drives the linear solenoid 102. S is a Laplace variable, L (S, V, R) is a power supply voltage V, linear solenoid resistance R, and the transfer function of the linear solenoid 102 by the Laplace variable, Kp is a proportional gain, T1 is an integration time, and TD is a differential. Time and KD indicate differential gain. Further, a and b indicate target current value filter gains.

  As described above, according to the transmission control device of the first embodiment, even when the target current fluctuation and the power supply voltage fluctuation of the linear solenoid used in the transmission are generated simultaneously, the current to be supplied to the linear solenoid is changed. It can be controlled optimally. Further, since the gain of the feedback control unit 105 can be fixed, it is possible to construct a system after considering stabilization of control.

  The transmission control device according to the present invention can be used for a transmission control device that controls a current to be applied to a linear solenoid of an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle by a pulse width that is applied to a load drive circuit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a transmission control device system according to a first embodiment of the invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the system of the conventional transmission control apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

100, 200 Shift control unit 101, 201 Target hydraulic pressure value / target current value conversion unit 102, 202 Linear solenoid 103, 203 PWM (pulse width modulation) output circuit 104, 204 Feed forward control unit 105, 205 Feedback control unit 106, 208 Power supply 107 Target current feedforward control unit 108 Power supply voltage feedforward control unit 109 Target current value filter 110 PID control unit 111 Output duty ratio upper and lower limit clip control units 112 and 207 Load drive circuit 206 Power supply voltage correction unit

Claims (7)

A transmission control device for controlling an automatic transmission having an inductive load that outputs hydraulic pressure corresponding to a current value to be energized, the power supply voltage of the inductive load being monitored, and the inductive load being In the transmission control device for monitoring the pulse current supplied to the driving load driving circuit and controlling the duty ratio of the pulse current,
A feedback control unit for controlling the duty ratio by feedback-controlling the current supplied to the load drive circuit;
A feedforward control unit that calculates a duty ratio by feedforward control according to the target current and power supply voltage of the inductive load in parallel with the feedback control of the feedback control unit;
Output duty ratio upper and lower limit clipping means for clipping the output duty ratio from the feedback control unit and the feedforward control unit to upper and lower limits;
A transmission control apparatus comprising:   The feedback control unit includes a PID control unit, and performs feedback control of an inductive load current to a target current during a shift without changing a feedback gain of control by the PID control unit. The transmission control device described.   The feedback control unit includes a PID control unit, and performs feedback control of the inductive load current to the target current during power supply voltage fluctuation of the inductive load without changing the feedback gain of control by the PID control unit. 2. The transmission control device according to claim 1, wherein   The feedforward control unit searches a duty ratio suitable for a target current to be supplied to the inductive load from a duty ratio / inductive load current map obtained by measuring a reference voltage and a reference resistance of the inductive load in advance. Output control is performed, The transmission control apparatus in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The feedforward control unit adds and subtracts and corrects the duty ratio according to the power supply voltage fluctuation of the inductive load, and minimizes the fluctuation of the current supplied to the load driving circuit caused by the power supply voltage fluctuation of the inductive load. The transmission control device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission control device is a transmission device.   The said feedforward control part carries out addition / subtraction correction | amendment of the duty ratio based on the map centering on the difference with the reference value of the power supply voltage of an inductive load, and a target current. The transmission control device described.   The output duty ratio upper and lower limit clipping means is configured so that the output duty ratio determined by the feedforward control unit and the feedback control unit falls within the upper and lower limits of the pulse width that can be output in the PWM output circuit that outputs the pulse current to the load driving circuit. The transmission control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the transmission control device is adjusted.

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