ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE WITH GALLIUM NITRIDE POWER SWITCHES HAVING LOW-SIDE SHORT CIRCUIT SAFE STATE

    公开(公告)号:US20230095515A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17795562

    申请日:2021-01-29

    摘要: A switching circuit of a motor drive includes a high-side switch configured to selectively conduct current between a DC positive conductor and an output conductor, and a low-side switch configured to selectively conduct current between the output conductor and a DC negative conductor. The high-side switch comprises a depletion mode (D-Mode) gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) and a Si-FET in a cascaded configuration, and the low-side switch comprises a D-Mode GaN HEMT. This arrangement can provide a safe state operation in which the switching circuit provides a default condition providing electrical continuity between the DC negative conductor and the output conductor and providing electrical isolation between the DC positive conductor and the output conductor in the event of a loss of control signals.

    POWER CONVERTER WITH INTEGRATED MULTI-LAYER COOLING

    公开(公告)号:US20220087079A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17425351

    申请日:2020-01-24

    IPC分类号: H05K7/20 H02M3/00

    摘要: A power converter includes an integrated multi-layer cooling structure. The power converter includes a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) stacked together in a generally vertical arrangement. A liquid cooling mechanism is attached to a lower-most PCB, and high loss circuitry components are attached to an opposite side of the lower-most PCB. Low loss circuitry components are attached to further PCBs. Magnetic components may be attached to the further PCBs. The high loss components are actively cooled by the liquid cooling mechanism and the low loss components and magnetic components are passively cooled. The liquid cooling mechanism may be a cold plate heatsink. The power converter may include intermediate PCBs disposed between the upper-most PCB and the lower-most PCB, with low loss circuitry components attached to the intermediate PCBs.