IP Library Granted Patent US 10,404,156
Granted Patent B2
US 10,404,156 · App. 16/211,346 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Power converter

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,404,156
App. No.
16/211,346
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a power converter which can suppress a surge voltage and reduce noise flowing from an input of a power changer. The power converter includes an inverter circuit 140 , a capacitor 514 for smoothing DC power, a capacitor 515 for removing noise, and conductors 564 p and 564 n . The conductors 564 p and 564 n are connected to the capacitors 514 and 515 when power side terminals 562 p and 562 n are connected to an inverter circuit 140 , and power source side terminals 561 p and 561 n are connected to a battery 136 . In the conductors 564 p and 564 n , a parasitic inductance L 1 between capacitor terminals 563 p and 563 n and capacitor terminals 560 p and 560 n is larger than a parasitic inductance L 2 between capacitor terminals 563 p and 563 n and the power side terminals 562 p and 562 n.

Claims (32)

1. A power converter comprising:

a power conversion circuit including a plurality of semiconductor switching elements;

a first capacitor configured to smooth DC power input to the power conversion circuit;

a second capacitor configured to release common mode noise to a ground; and

a conductor that electrically connects the power conversion circuit, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor,

wherein the conductor includes a first connecting portion connected to the first capacitor, a second connecting portion connected to the second capacitor, and a third connecting portion connected to the power conversion circuit, and

the conductor is formed such that a wiring distance between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is longer than a wiring distance between the first connecting portion and the third connecting portion.

2. The power converter according to claim 1 ,

wherein the conductor has a laminated structure, in which a positive electrode conductor member and a negative electrode conductor member are laminated via an insulating member between the third connecting portion and the first connecting portion, and

the conductor has a non-laminated structure in which the positive electrode conductor member and the negative electrode conductor member are not laminated at least at a part of between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.

3. The power converter according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first capacitor has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having six side surfaces,

the conductor is extended along a plurality of the side surfaces, and

a length of the laminated structure portion is shorter than a length of the non-laminated structure portion in a length along the plurality of side surfaces of the conductor.

4. The power converter according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the conductor, a conductor cross-sectional area between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area between the third connecting portion and the first connecting portion.

5. A power converter comprising:

a power conversion circuit including a plurality of semiconductor switching elements;

a first capacitor configured to smooth DC power input to the power conversion circuit;

a second capacitor configured to release common mode noise to a ground; and

a conductor that electrically connects the power conversion circuit, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor,

wherein the conductor includes a first connecting portion connected to the first capacitor, a second connecting portion connected to the second capacitor, and a third connecting portion connected to the power conversion circuit, and

a first length of the conductor from the first connecting portion to the second connecting portion is longer than a second length of the conductor from the first connecting portion to the third connecting portion.

6. The power converter according to claim 5 ,

wherein the conductor has a laminated structure, in which a positive electrode conductor member and a negative electrode conductor member are laminated via an insulating member between the third connecting portion and the first connecting portion, and

the conductor has a non-laminated structure in which the positive electrode conductor member and the negative electrode conductor member are not laminated at least at a part of between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.

7. The power converter according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first capacitor has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having six side surfaces,

the conductor is extended along a plurality of the side surfaces, and

a length of the laminated structure portion is shorter than a length of the non-laminated structure portion in a length along the plurality of side surfaces of the conductor.

8. The power converter according to claim 5 ,

wherein, in the conductor, a conductor cross-sectional area between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area between the third connecting portion and the first connecting portion.

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 Dec 6, 2018
From: NISHIZAWA, YOUHEI; SASAKI, KANAME; OKUBO, YUTAKA; FUJITA, YUKI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047688/0836 →