Compact liquid converter assembly
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1. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
- first and second liquid cooled heat sink members, each sink member having at least one sink mounting surface;
first and second pluralities of power switching devices, each switching device including connection terminals, the first and second pluralities of switching devices mounted to the first and second sink mounting surfaces, respectively;
a planar laminated bus bar including a plurality of conductors that link the power switching device connection terminals to form a power conversion topology;
a plurality of capacitors; and
a bracket member having at least one bracket mounting surface and rigidly mounted to each of the first and second mink members, the capacitors mounted to the bracket mounting surface and the laminated bar further linking the switching device connection terminals and the capacitors to form the conversion topology.
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An electronic converter assembly comprising first and second liquid cooled heat sink members, each sink member having at least one sink mounting surface, first and second pluralities of power switching devices, each switching device including connection terminals, the first and second pluralities of switching devices mounted to the first and second sink mounting surfaces, respectively and a planar laminated bus bar including a plurality of conductors that link the power switching device connection terminals to form a power conversion topology.
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26 Claims
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1. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
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first and second liquid cooled heat sink members, each sink member having at least one sink mounting surface;
first and second pluralities of power switching devices, each switching device including connection terminals, the first and second pluralities of switching devices mounted to the first and second sink mounting surfaces, respectively;
a planar laminated bus bar including a plurality of conductors that link the power switching device connection terminals to form a power conversion topology;
a plurality of capacitors; and
a bracket member having at least one bracket mounting surface and rigidly mounted to each of the first and second mink members, the capacitors mounted to the bracket mounting surface and the laminated bar further linking the switching device connection terminals and the capacitors to form the conversion topology. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
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first and second liquid cooled heat sink members, each sink member having at least one sink mounting surface;
first and second pluralities of power switching devices, each switching device including connection terminals, the first and second pluralities of switching devices mounted to the first and second sink mounting surfaces, respectively; and
a planar laminated bus bar including a plurality of conductors that link the power switching device connection terminals to form a power conversion topology;
wherein each of the first and second sink members has first and second oppositely facing lateral surfaces, the mounting surfaces and first and second lateral surfaces form first and second lateral edges, respectively, on each of the sink members, the sink members juxtaposed such that the first lateral surfaces of the first and second sink members oppose each other. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
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first and second liquid cooled heat sink members, each sink member having at least one sink mounting surface and a length dimension, each sink member forming an internal substantially vertical channel between an inlet and an outlet where the inlet is below the outlet;
a bracket member rigidly linked to the first and second sink members;
first and second pluralities of power switching devices mounted to the first and second sink mounting surfaces, respectively, each switching device including intra-converter connection terminals;
a linkage assembly including a plurality of conductors that link the power switching device intra-converter connection terminals to form a power conversion topology; and
a plurality of capacitors mounted to the bracket member between the first and second sink members and between the bracket member and the linkage assembly and wherein the capacitors are also linked to the linkage assembly.
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23. A method for configuring a converter assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing first and second liquid cooled heat sink members where each member has a mounting surface and has a length dimension, each mounting surface having first and second lateral edges that extend along the length dimension and that face in opposite directions;
mounting a bracket member between the sink members such that the sink member length dimensions are substantially parallel and such that the first edges of the sink members face each other;
providing first and second pluralities of power switching devices where each device includes inter-converter connection terminals to be linked to a source or a load and intra-converter connection terminals to be linked to either a positive or a negative DC bus;
mounting the first and second pluralities of switching devices to the first and second sink member mounting surfaces with the intra-converter and the inter-converter connection terminals proximate the first and second edges of the mounting surfaces, respectively; and
linking the intra-converter connection terminals to positive and negative DC buses to form the converter topology. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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