CAPACITOR BANK, LAMINATED BUS, AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS
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1. A capacitor bank comprising:
- a laminated bus bar having a high potential conductive layer and a low potential conductive layer disposed at opposing surfaces of an intervening insulation layer;
a plurality of bus capacitors electrically connected to the laminated bus bar; and
the laminated bus bar and the bus capacitors having a combined inductance sufficiently low such that the bus capacitors are electrically connected effectively in parallel with the laminated bus bar.
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Abstract
A capacitor bank includes a laminated bus bar having a high potential conductive layer and a low potential conductive layer disposed in close proximity at opposing surfaces of an intervening insulation layer. The bank also includes a plurality of bus capacitors electrically connected to the laminated bus bar. The laminated bus bar and the bus capacitors having a combined inductance sufficiently low such that the bus capacitors are electrically connected effectively in parallel with the laminated bus bar.
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1. A capacitor bank comprising:
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a laminated bus bar having a high potential conductive layer and a low potential conductive layer disposed at opposing surfaces of an intervening insulation layer; a plurality of bus capacitors electrically connected to the laminated bus bar; and the laminated bus bar and the bus capacitors having a combined inductance sufficiently low such that the bus capacitors are electrically connected effectively in parallel with the laminated bus bar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A power supply apparatus comprising:
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a laminated bus bar having a high potential conductive layer and a low potential conductive layer disposed in close proximity at opposing surfaces of an intervening insulation layer, the high potential conductive layer including an array of high potential vias and the low potential conductive layer including an array of low potential vias; plural bus capacitors each having a respective high potential terminal electrically connected to the high potential conductive layer and having a respective low potential terminal electrically connected to the low potential conductive layer of the bus bar; and plural power converters connected across the high potential vias and the low potential vias, wherein the power converters have no commutating capacitors. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A laminated bus bar comprising:
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an insulation layer extending along an axis and defining a profile orthogonal to the axis, the profile including a first wing and a second wing protruding at an angle from a longitudinal edge of the first wing; a first conductive layer disposed at a first surface of the insulation layer; a second conductive layer disposed at a second surface of the insulation layer opposite the first conductive layer; first and second pluralities of vias formed, in electrical contact with the first conductive layer, through the first wing and through the second wing, respectively; and third and fourth pluralities of vias formed, in electrical contact with the second conductive layer, through the first wing and through the second wing, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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