IP Library Granted Patent US 9,112,402
Granted Patent B2
US 9,112,402 · App. 13/518,716 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Power conversion apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,112,402
App. No.
13/518,716
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a power conversion apparatus which allows a noise current or voltage to be suppressed at a low cost and in a small size, the noise current or voltage mixing into the power conversion apparatus by propagating through a control wiring connected to an external appliance. The power conversion apparatus includes a housing, connection terminals provided on the housing, a control-circuit unit provided inside the housing, a wiring for establishing the connection between the connection terminals and the control-circuit unit, a first noise-removing unit connected between the wiring and the ground potential of the housing, and a second noise-removing unit connected between the wiring and the ground potential of the housing, and also in parallel to the first noise-removing unit.

Claims (40)

1. A power conversion apparatus, comprising:

a housing;

connection terminals provided on said housing;

a control-circuit unit provided inside said housing;

a wiring for establishing connection between said connection terminals and said control-circuit unit;

a first noise-removing component connected between said wiring and ground potential of said housing; and

a second noise-removing component connected between said wiring and said ground potential of said housing, and also in parallel to said first noise-removing component;

wherein a distance is equal to one-fourth of wavelength of a noise at its maximum frequency, said noise being to be removed, said distance being a distance between a position on said wiring to which said first noise-removing component is connected and a position on said wiring to which said second noise-removing component is connected.

2. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a shield is so provided inside said housing as to surround at least a partial portion of said first noise-removing component, said second noise-removing component, and said wiring.

3. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a GND pattern is set up on a control-circuit board which surrounds said first noise-removing component, said second noise-removing component, said wiring, and said control-circuit unit, said GND pattern being separated into a plurality of GND patterns by a slit.

4. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

said GND pattern is separated into at least two GND patterns by said slit, said two GND patterns being a first GND pattern and a second GND pattern, said first GND pattern surrounding a partial portion of said first noise-removing component, said second noise-removing component, and said wiring, said second GND pattern surrounding said control-circuit unit.

5. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a wiring member is provided between a connector and said connection terminals, said connector being provided on said power conversion apparatus in order to establish connection between said power conversion apparatus and an external appliance.

6. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

said wiring member has a two-or-more-layer layer configuration which is constituted from two or more layers.

7. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

said wiring member is FPC.

8. A power conversion apparatus, comprising:

a housing;

a connection terminal provided on said housing;

a control-circuit unit provided inside said housing;

a wiring connected between said connection terminal and said control-circuit unit;

a first noise-removing component connected between said wiring and ground potential of said housing; and

a second noise-removing component connected between said wiring and said ground potential of said housing in parallel to said first noise-removing component;

a first connector; and

a second connector, wherein

said connection terminal is constituted from at least two connection terminals, said two connection terminals being a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal,

said first connection terminal and said second connection terminal being connected to each other by a signal wiring,

said first connection terminal being deployed at a position which is closer to the first connector than said second connection terminal,

said power conversion apparatus, further comprising:

a first GND pattern; and

a second GND pattern,

said first GND pattern being so provided as to surround a portion ranging from said first connector to said first connection terminal, said second GND pattern being so provided as to surround a portion ranging from said second connection terminal to said control-circuit unit.

9. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said control-circuit unit is any one of a microcomputer, a transceiver, or a comparator.

10. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said first noise-removing component and said second noise-removing component are capacitors.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2012
From: TAKAHASHI, MASAYOSHI; FUKUMASU, KEISUKE; TORIGOE, MAKOTO; SUEMATSU, TOMOHIKO; SHIGETA, SATORU
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028846/0374 →