IP Library Granted Patent US 12706530
Granted Patent B2
US 12706530 · App. 18/702,542 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Power conversion device

Inventors: Takeshi Tokuyama (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Seo (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Araki (Tokyo, JP); Shigehisa Aoyagi (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
H02M3/003H02M1/346H02M7/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12706530
App. No.
18/702,542
Filed
Apr 18, 2024
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2838
USPC
363/13
Abstract

A power conversion device includes a substrate on which DC wiring and AC wiring are formed, and a plurality of circuit bodies that are electrically connected in parallel and have a first terminal and a second terminal each connected to the DC wiring or the AC wiring. The first terminals and the second terminals are adjacent to each other in the circuit bodies and protrude in a same direction, and the plurality of circuit bodies are disposed such that the first terminals and the second terminals are alternately arranged side by side on the substrate.

Claims (20)

1 . A power conversion device comprising:

a substrate on which DC wiring and AC wiring are formed;

a plurality of circuit bodies that are electrically connected in parallel and each have a first terminal and a second terminal each connected to the DC wiring or the AC wiring;

a first circuit body group including the plurality of circuit bodies electrically connected in parallel and constituting an upper arm; and

a second circuit body group including the plurality of circuit bodies electrically connected in parallel and constituting a lower arm, wherein the first circuit body group and the second circuit body group are arranged opposite to each other on the substrate with the DC wiring and the AC wiring interposed between the first circuit body group and the second circuit body group, and

wherein the first terminals and the second terminals are adjacent to each other in the circuit bodies and protrude in a same direction, and the plurality of circuit bodies are disposed such that the first terminals and the second terminals are alternately arranged side by side on the substrate.

2 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of circuit bodies are disposed such that a direction in which the first terminals and the second terminals are arranged is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the DC wiring.

3 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of circuit bodies are disposed such that a direction in which the first terminals and the second terminals are arranged is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the DC wiring.

4 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a plurality of smoothing capacitors each having a long side and a short side and electrically connected to the DC wiring,

wherein the plurality of smoothing capacitors are arranged side by side such that the long sides are orthogonal or parallel to a longitudinal direction of the DC wiring.

5 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a snubber capacitor disposed between the first circuit body group and the second circuit body group,

wherein the snubber capacitor is connected to the DC wiring.

6 . A boost converter comprising:

the power conversion device according to claim 1 ;

a smoothing capacitor electrically connected to the DC wiring; and

a smoothing reactor electrically connected to the AC wiring.