Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relax the fact that the temperature of a semiconductor chip rises more on a lower stream side than on an upper stream side, for effective cooling of the semiconductor chips arranged on upper and lower streams.SOLUTION: A lower arm side whose heat resistance is low is positioned on the lower stream of a coolant flow. By this, the lower arm positioned on the lower stream side has higher cooling efficiency than an upper arm positioned on the upper stream side of the coolant flow. So, first and second semiconductor chips 8a and 8b arranged on the upper and lower streams can be effectively cooled by suppressing rising of a coolant temperature on the upper stream side. Otherwise, the semiconductor chips 8a and 8b arranged on the upper and lower streams can be effectively cooled by performing sufficient cooling based on a high cooling efficiency on the lower stream side even if the coolant temperature rises on the upper stream side. Therefor, in a semiconductor module 4 in which the semiconductor chips 8a and 8b are arranged side by side on the upper and lower streams of the coolant flow, rising of temperature of the semiconductor chips is relaxed on the lower stream side more than on the upper stream side.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power conversion apparatus, capable of connecting a power terminal with a bus bar easily and reliably. SOLUTION: A power conversion apparatus is constituted by stacking a plurality of semiconductor modules 2 each having switching elements for constituting a power converting circuit and a plurality of cooling pipes 31 each cooling the plurality of semiconductor modules 2 alternately, and includes a bus bar 4 for electrically connecting the plurality of semiconductor modules 2 with outside. Each semiconductor module 2 includes a power terminal 22 to be connected with the bus bar 4, and the bus bar 4 includes a supporting plate 5 and a slide plate 6 which is piled on the supporting plate 5 and can slide on the supporting plate 5. The power terminal 22 is sandwiched and connected by the first risers 513 and 523 of the supporting plate 5 and the second risers 613 and 623 of the slide plate 6. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device for a power conversion for being further miniaturized and having an excellent noise-resistant performance. SOLUTION: The semiconductor device for the power conversion includes a pair of metallic electrode plates 2 (2a and 2b) oppositely arranged at a regular interval. Switching elements 3 electrically connected to a pair of the electrode plates 2 respectively are mounted between a pair of the electrode plates 2. A control circuit board 4 forming a control circuit controlling the switching elements 3 is mounted between a pair of the electrode plates 2. The control circuit board 4 is attached to either one of a pair of the electrode plates 2 through a shielding means 10 shielding electromagnetic noises. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power conversion device that suppresses a surge voltage between windings of a motor without requiring new additional components.SOLUTION: In order to bring a resonance frequency of an LC resonant circuit comprising a stray capacitance C11 of an inverter circuit 10, a parasitic inductance L10 of wiring connecting the inverter circuit 10 to a motor M1, an inductance Lm1 of windings of the motor M1 and a stray capacitance C10 of the motor M1 at a frequency outside a predetermined frequency range out of the frequencies that the inverter circuit 10 can output, at least either the parasitic inductance L10 or the stray capacitance C11 is adjusted. The parasitic inductance L10 and the stray capacitance C10 are used to constitute an existing filter circuit. A common mode current can thus be suppressed without requiring new additional components. An increase in the common mode current due to resonance of the LC resonant circuit can also be suppressed. This suppresses a surge voltage between the phase windings of the vehicle drive motor M1.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric power converter with reduced temperature rise in a capacitor. SOLUTION: The electric power converter 1 includes a semiconductor module 2 having a semiconductor element integrally and at least a pair of semiconductor terminals 21, a capacitor 3 electrically connected to the semiconductor module 2, and a cooler 4 that thermally contacts at least one of multiple capacitor terminals 31 provided in the capacitor 3. The capacitor terminals 31 that thermally contact the cooler 4 are arranged between the cooler 4 and the capacitor 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power converter with excellent assemblability and reduced temperature rise in a capacitor. SOLUTION: The power converter 1 includes: a semiconductor module 2 incorporating a semiconductor element and having at least a pair of semiconductor terminals 21; a capacitor 3 having at least a pair of capacitor terminals 31 respectively electrically connected to the semiconductor terminals 21; and a cooler 4 that cools the semiconductor module 2. The semiconductor terminals 21 and the capacitor terminals 31 are brought into direct contact with each other and they are fixed in thermal contact with the cooler 4. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor module for electric power in which a distance between high-voltage terminals is reduced while sufficiently securing insulation between the terminals. SOLUTION: The semiconductor module for electric power includes a semiconductor element 2 for electric power, and a first high-voltage terminal 11 and a second high-voltage terminal 12 which are adjacently disposed at a predetermined interval. The semiconductor element 2 for electric power is sealed in a sealing member 3. The first high-voltage terminal 11 and second high-voltage terminal 12 are sealed in the sealing member 3 in such a manner that parts of the terminals excluding predetermined exposed surfaces for terminal connection are covered with an insulating material. A first terminal connection hole 41 is formed in the sealing member 3 to expose the exposed surface 11a of the first high-voltage terminal 11 at a position of predetermined depth from the surface of the sealing member 3, and a second terminal connection hole 42 is formed in the sealing member 3 to expose the exposed surface 12a of the second high-voltage terminal 12 at a position of predetermined depth from the surface of the sealing member 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power conversion device that suppresses a switching surge without requiring new components to be added.SOLUTION: A motor control device 1 includes power wiring 10, a smoothing capacitor 11, an inverter circuit 12 and a control circuit 13. The smoothing capacitor 11 comprises capacitors 110, 111 connected in parallel by parallel connection wiring 112, 113. An inductance Ls1 of the parallel connection wiring 113 and the capacitors 110, 111 are connected in a loop to constitute an LC resonance circuit. At least one of the inductance Ls1 and the capacitance of the capacitors 110, 111 is adjusted such that a resonance frequency of the LC resonance circuit becomes a predetermined frequency to be suppressed out of frequency components included in a surge voltage. The power conversion device can thus suppress a switching surge without requiring new components to be added.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain efficient cooling performance by increasing efficiency of the area to be used of a heat sink.SOLUTION: The heat sink 10c bonded to a semiconductor chip 8b of a lower arm is made smaller than the heat sink 10a bonded to a copper block 9a of a semiconductor chip 8a of an upper arm. More specifically, width of the heat sink 10a that is directly bonded to the semiconductor chip 8a and has thermal diffusion occurring in a relatively wide range is increased, and width of the heat sink 10c that is bonded to a copper block 9b and has heat diffusion occurring only in a relatively narrow range is decreased, thus narrowing a portion not contributing to heat dissipation of the heat sink 10c, and giving sufficient width to the heat sink 10a for heat dissipation. Thus, the efficiency of the area to be used of the heat sinks 10a, 10c is increased, and the total area to be used in the heat sinks 10a, 10c is made equal to or larger than before and efficient cooling performance is obtained.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To respond to a driver's request such as an increase in acceleration of a vehicle by driving a motor so that a driving torque does not drop even under a low atmospheric pressure environment. SOLUTION: An ECU 40 controls a power conversion operation of an inverter 30 based on a normal setting, where the maximum voltage difference ΔV1 inside the motor, namely the maximum voltage difference of a voltage difference between coils of a motor generator (motor) MG, is lower than a partial discharge starting voltage DN, namely a starting voltage of discharge partially occurring between the coils, and a voltage value for obtaining a prescribed required torque in the motor MG is applied when a prescribed normal atmospheric pressure. The ECU 40 controls power conversion operation of the inverter 30 so that current supplied to the motor MG takes an effective value and a phase that are required for allowing at least the motor generator MG to generate a required torque when the partial discharge starting voltage DL is lower than the maximum voltage difference ΔV1 inside the motor in the normal setting under a low atmospheric pressure lower than a normal atmospheric pressure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT