POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD FOR THE SAME
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A power conversion device in which the inductance of a main circuit is reduced, a surge voltage is suppressed, elements are properly cooled, which is miniaturized and reduced in weight as a whole, and is excellent in handling performance in a manufacturing process and a maintenance work. A positive side arm unit includes IGBT modules, a coupling diode module, a cooling plate on which the modules are mounted, and a first laminated bus bar connected to the respective modules. A negative side arm unit includes IGBT modules, a coupling diode module, a cooling plate on which the modules are mounted, and a second laminated bus bar connected to the respective modules, and both the laminated bus bars and the capacitors are connected to one another by a third laminated bus bar. Both the cooling plates are parallel to each other so that the mount surfaces thereof are set in the same direction.
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29 Claims
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13. A power conversion device comprising:
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a first semiconductor element connected between an AC terminal and a positive terminal of a DC power source and that constitutes a positive side arm, and a second semiconductor element connected between the AC terminal and a negative terminal of the DC power source and that constitutes a negative side arm, power conversion being performed between the DC power source and the AC terminal by turn-on/off operation of the semiconductor element; a first cooling plate on which the semiconductor element constituting the positive side arm is mounted; a second cooling plate disposed in parallel to the first cooling plate so that the mount surface thereof is set in the same direction as the first cooling plate and both cooling plates are laid overlapping each other; and a laminated bus bar that connects the semiconductor element constituting the positive side arm and the DC power source, connects the semiconductor element constituting the negative side arm and the DC power source, connects the semiconductor element constituting the positive side arm and the semiconductor element constituting the negative side arm, and includes laminated electrically conductive bus bars with an insulating material sandwiched therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A power conversion device comprising:
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a U-phase positive side switching element connected between a positive terminal of a DC power source and a U-phase AC terminal, a V-phase positive side switching element connected between the positive terminal of the DC power source and a V-phase AC terminal, and a W-phase positive side switching element connected between the positive terminal of the DC power source and a W-phase AC terminal as a semiconductor element constituting a positive side arm; and a U-phase negative side switching element connected between a negative terminal of the DC power source and the U-phase AC terminal, a V-phase negative side switching element connected between the negative terminal of the DC power source and the V-phase AC terminal, and a W-phase negative side switching element connected between the negative terminal of the DC power source and the W-phase AC terminal as a semiconductor element constituting a negative side arm, 2-level potentials of the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the DC power source being output to the U-phase, V-phase and W-phase AC terminals of three phases by the turn-on/off operation of the switching elements;
comprising;a first cooling plate on which positive side and negative side switching elements of any one phase of the three phases of U, V and W and a positive side or negative side switching element of any one phase of the other two phases are mounted; a second cooling plate that is disposed in parallel to the first cooling plate so that the mount surface thereof is set in the same direction as the first cooling plate and both cooling plates are laid overlapping each other, and a negative side or positive side switching element of any one phase of the other two phases which is not mounted on the first cooling plate, and positive side and negative side switching elements of the other phase of the other two phases are mounted; and a laminated bus bar that connects the switching element constituting the positive side arm and the DC power source, connects the switching element constituting the negative side arm and the DC power source, and connects the semiconductor element constituting the positive side arm and the semiconductor element constituting the negative side arm, and includes laminated electrically conductive bus bars so that an insulating material is sandwiched therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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