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Power Conversion Apparatus And Power Semiconductor Module

Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device 1 comprising a main capacitor 4 which accumulates direct current power and an inverter circuit 3 which converts the direct current power stored in the main capacitor 4 to alternating current power wherein the main capacitor 4 is connected to a power semiconductor element 32a that constitutes the inverter circuit 3 and a switching current shunt component 70 is connected in parallel to a P side common wiring line 63CP through which flows a switching current.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
05 June 2017
Publication Number
24/2017
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
ELECTRICAL
Status
Email
Parent Application
Patent Number
Legal Status
Grant Date
2022-08-30
Renewal Date

Applicants

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
f 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310

Inventors

1. NAKASHIMA, Yukio
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310
2. MIKI, Takayoshi
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310

Specification

1. A power conversion apparatus comprising:
a power conversion circuit that is constituted by a semiconductor module including a power semiconductor element to perform a switching operation, the power conversion circuit including a positive-side terminal and a negative-side terminal;
a capacitor that includes a positive-side terminal and a negative-side terminal;
a wire member that includes a positive-side connection wire member connecting the positive-side terminal of the power conversion circuit to the positive-side terminal of the capacitor, and a negative-side connection wire member connecting the negative-side terminal of the power conversion circuit to the negative-side terminal of the capacitor; and
a switching-current shunt component that is connected in parallel to at least one of the positive-side connection wire member and the negative-side connection wire member of the wire member, a portion of a switching current being shunted to the switching-current shunt component.
2. A power conversion apparatus comprising:
a power conversion circuit that is constituted by a semiconductor module including a power semiconductor element to perform a switching operation;
a wire member through which a switching current flows, the switching current being generated when the power semiconductor element performs the switching operation; and
a switching-current shunt component that is connected in parallel to the wire member, a portion of the switching current being shunted to the switching-current shunt component, wherein

two connection points at which the switching-current shunt component is connected to the wire member have substantially a same potential in a state in which the power semiconductor element does not perform the switching operation.
3. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 or
2, wherein
the wire member is constituted by a busbar, the busbar is connected to a positive-side terminal and a negative-side terminal of the power conversion circuit, and to a positive-side terminal and a negative-side terminal of the capacitor, and
the switching-current shunt component is connected to the busbar.
4. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 3, wherein one end of the switching-current shunt component is connected to an immediate vicinity of a connection point between the busbar and the power conversion circuit.
5. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an opposite end of the switching-current shunt component is connected to an immediate vicinity of a connection point between the busbar and the capacitor.
6. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein
the busbar includes a flat portion and a bent portion, and
the switching-current shunt component is connected to the busbar so as to bridge the bent portion of the busbar.

7. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of
claims 1 to 6, wherein
a positive-side terminal of the power conversion circuit is a terminal of the semiconductor module, and
the wire member is connected to the terminal of the semiconductor module.
8. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of
claims 1 to 7, wherein
a negative-side terminal of the power conversion circuit is a terminal of the semiconductor module, and
the wire member is connected to the terminal of the semiconductor module.
9. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of
claims 1 to 8, wherein the power conversion apparatus
converts DC power to AC power, or converts AC power to DC
power, and wherein
the power semiconductor element includes a positive-side switching element, and a negative-side switching element connected in series to the positive-side switching element,
the power conversion apparatus further comprises an AC-side connection wire member to connect the positive-side switching element and the negative-side switching element, and
the switching-current shunt component is also connected in parallel to the AC-side connection wire member
10. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of
claims 1 to 9, wherein
the power conversion circuit is a three-level power conversion circuit including a positive-side terminal, a

negative-side terminal, and an intermediate terminal, the capacitor includes an intermediate terminal, the power conversion apparatus comprises an
intermediate-point connection wire member to connect the > intermediate terminal of the power conversion circuit to
the intermediate terminal of the capacitor, and
the switching-current shunt component is also
connected in parallel to the intermediate-point connection
wire member. )
11. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 10,
wherein
the intermediate terminal of the power conversion circuit is a terminal of the semiconductor module, and i the intermediate-point connection wire member is connected to the terminal of the semiconductor module.
12. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the wire member to which the switching-current shunt component is connected in parallel is plural in number.
13. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein connection points between the switching-current shunt component and a wire through which the switching current flows include a connection point on a side of a terminal of the power semiconductor element, and a distance between the connection point on the side of the terminal of the power semiconductor element and the terminal is equal to or less than a distance between the terminal and a terminal of the power semiconductor element forming a pair with the terminal.

14. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein connection points between the switching-current shunt component and a wire through which the switching current flows include a connection point on a side of a terminal of the capacitor, and a distance between the connection point on the side of the terminal of the capacitor and the terminal is equal to or less than a distance between the terminal and a terminal of the capacitor forming a pair with the terminal.
15. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein
a first switching-current shunt component through which a first switching current flows, and a second switching-current shunt component through which a second switching current flows, are provided as the switching-current shunt component, and
a direction of flow of the first switching current that flows through the first switching-current shunt component, and a direction of flow of the second switching current that flows through the second switching-current shunt component, are opposite to each other.
16. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of
claims 1 to 15, wherein a distance between the first
switching-current shunt component and the second switching-
current shunt component is equal to or less than a shorter
one of: a distance between two connection points between
the first switching-current shunt component and a wire
through which a switching current flows; and a distance
between two connection points between the second switching-
current shunt component and a wire through which a
switching current flows.

17. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the switching-current shunt component is a diode.
18. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the switching-current shunt component is an inductor and a capacitor that are connected in series.
19. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 18, wherein an oscillation frequency of the switching current is included within a half bandwidth of an LC resonance frequency determined by the inductor and the capacitor.
2 0. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 18 or 19, wherein the inductor is constituted by a parasitic inductance of a wire of a switching-current shunt component
21. The power conversion apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein the power semiconductor element is a wide bandgap semiconductor element.
22. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the wide bandgap semiconductor element is a semiconductor element formed of silicon carbide, a gallium nitride-based material, or diamond.
23. A power semiconductor module comprising:
a power semiconductor element to perform a switching operation;
a wire member that is connected to the power semiconductor element; and

a switching-current shunt component that is connected in parallel to the wire member, wherein
two connection points at which the switching-current shunt component is connected to the wire member have substantially a same potential in a state in which the power semiconductor element does not perform the switching operation.

Documents

Application Documents

# Name Date
1 Translated Copy of Priority Document [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
2 PROOF OF RIGHT [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
3 Priority Document [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
4 Power of Attorney [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
5 Form 5 [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
6 Form 3 [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
7 Form 18 [05-06-2017(online)].pdf_30.pdf 2017-06-05
8 Form 18 [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
9 Form 1 [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
10 Drawing [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
11 Description(Complete) [05-06-2017(online)].pdf_29.pdf 2017-06-05
12 Description(Complete) [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
13 CLAIMS UNDER RULE 1 (PROVISIO) OF RULE 20 [05-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-05
14 201747019589.pdf 2017-06-07
15 Correspondence by Agent_Form1_08-06-2017.pdf 2017-06-08
16 Other Document [14-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-14
17 Marked Copy [14-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-14
18 Form 13 [14-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-14
19 Description(Complete) [14-06-2017(online)].pdf_113.pdf 2017-06-14
20 Description(Complete) [14-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-14
21 201747019589-FORM 3 [10-08-2017(online)].pdf 2017-08-10
22 201747019589-FORM 3 [29-06-2018(online)].pdf 2018-06-29
23 201747019589-FER.pdf 2019-05-27
24 201747019589-OTHERS [05-11-2019(online)].pdf 2019-11-05
25 201747019589-FORM 3 [05-11-2019(online)].pdf 2019-11-05
26 201747019589-FER_SER_REPLY [05-11-2019(online)].pdf 2019-11-05
27 201747019589-DRAWING [05-11-2019(online)].pdf 2019-11-05
28 201747019589-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [05-11-2019(online)].pdf 2019-11-05
29 201747019589-CLAIMS [05-11-2019(online)].pdf 2019-11-05
30 201747019589-ABSTRACT [05-11-2019(online)].pdf 2019-11-05
31 201747019589-FORM 3 [28-05-2021(online)].pdf 2021-05-28
32 201747019589-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-06-06-2022).pdf 2022-04-18
33 201747019589-FORM-26 [06-06-2022(online)].pdf 2022-06-06
34 201747019589-Correspondence to notify the Controller [06-06-2022(online)].pdf 2022-06-06
35 201747019589-Written submissions and relevant documents [20-06-2022(online)].pdf 2022-06-20
36 201747019589-Retyped Pages under Rule 14(1) [20-06-2022(online)].pdf 2022-06-20
37 201747019589-Information under section 8(2) [20-06-2022(online)].pdf 2022-06-20
38 201747019589-2. Marked Copy under Rule 14(2) [20-06-2022(online)].pdf 2022-06-20
39 201747019589-PatentCertificate30-08-2022.pdf 2022-08-30
40 201747019589-IntimationOfGrant30-08-2022.pdf 2022-08-30

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