Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power converter arrangement attenuation element for electrical ringing
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Application No.: US16661412Application Date: 2019-10-23
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Publication No.: US11228234B2Publication Date: 2022-01-18
- Inventor: Henri Kinnunen , Matti Laitinen , Jukka-Pekka Kittilä
- Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Main IPC: H02M1/14
- IPC: H02M1/14 ; H02M1/34 ; H05K7/00

Abstract:
A power converter arrangement includes a semiconductor switch system with a controllable switch. A capacitor unit includes a capacitor having a capacitance value, the capacitor unit being operatively connected to the semiconductor switch system. A conductor arrangement includes a conductor adapted to conduct an electric current between the capacitor unit and the semiconductor switch system. The conductor has a resistance and an inductance. A resonant circuit is formed by the resistance, the inductance and the capacitance, and the power converter arrangement includes at least one attenuating element for attenuating an electrical ringing in the resonant circuit. The attenuating element is conductively isolated from the resonant circuit. The attenuating element includes ferromagnetic material, and the attenuating element is magnetically coupled to the conductor such that variations in the electric current intensity of the conductor induces eddy currents within the attenuating element.
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