IP Library Granted Patent US 8,901,602
Granted Patent B2
US 8,901,602 · App. 13/042,999 · Granted Dec 2, 2014

Power semiconductor device and power conversion system using the device

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Patent No.
US 8,901,602
App. No.
13/042,999
Granted
Dec 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some aspects of the invention, a power semiconductor module is applied to a multi-level converter circuit with three or more levels of voltage waveform. A first IGBT, a diode whose cathode is connected to the emitter of the first IGBT, and a second IGBT having reverse blocking voltage whose emitter is connected to the emitter of the first IGBT, are housed in one package, and each of the collector of the first IGBT, the collector of the second IGBT, the connection point of the emitter of the first IGBT and the emitter of the second IGBT, and the anode of the diode, is an external terminal.

Claims (4)

1. A power semiconductor module applied to a multi-level converter circuit with three or more levels of voltage waveform, wherein

a first IGBT, a diode whose cathode is connected to the emitter of the first IGBT, and a second IGBT having reverse blocking voltage whose emitter is connected to the emitter of the first IGBT, are housed in one package, and each of the collector of the first IGBT, the collector of the second IGBT, the connection point of the emitter of the first IGBT and the emitter of the second IGBT, and the anode of the diode, is an external terminal.

2. The power semiconductor module according to claim 1 , wherein

the collector of the first IGBT is a terminal P connected to the positive electrode of a direct current power source, the collector of the second IGBT is a terminal M connected to an intermediate point of the direct current power source, the connection point of the emitter of the first IGBT and the emitter of the second IGBT is an output terminal U, the anode of the diode is a terminal N connected to the negative electrode of the direct current power source, and the terminal array is disposed in a linear form in the order of the terminal P, the terminal M, the terminal N, and the terminal U.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026891/0655 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2011
From: TAKIZAWA, SATOKI; YATSU, MAKOTO
To: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026291/0756 →