IP Library Granted Patent US 9,570,972
Granted Patent B2
US 9,570,972 · App. 14/364,363 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

CR snubber circuit

Inventors: Mitsuhiko Kanda (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Shizuri Tamura (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Akira Hatai (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yasuhiro Sekimoto (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yuji Nojiri (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yoshitomo Hayashi (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02M1/34H02H9/045H02H7/122H02M1/32H02M2001/346H02M2001/348
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Patent No.
US 9,570,972
App. No.
14/364,363
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CR snubber circuit capable of increasing a reduction effect of the effective inductance component and suppressing a ringing component generated at the time of switching the switching element is obtained. A first current path formed on one surface of the substrate and a second current path formed on the other surface, which is the opposite side of the one surface of the substrate, are opposed to each other with the substrate being sandwiched therebetween, and the capacitor 5 and the resistor 6 are arranged such that current flows in opposite directions in the first current path and the second current path, and a band elimination filter is formed by the capacitor 5 , the resistor 6 , and an effective inductance component obtained by coupling an inductance component included in the first current path and an inductance component included in the second current path.

Claims (13)

1. A CR snubber circuit that is formed on a substrate and that includes a capacitor and a resistor that are connected in series between DC terminals that apply DC voltage to a power semiconductor module that is formed with inclusion of a switching element, wherein

a first current path formed on one surface of the substrate and a second current path formed on another surface, which is an opposite side of the one surface of the substrate, are opposed to each other with the substrate being sandwiched therebetween, the capacitor and the resistor are arranged such that current flows in opposite directions in the first current path and the second current path, and a band elimination filter is formed by the capacitor, the resistor, and an effective inductance component obtained by coupling an inductance component included in the first current path and an inductance component included in the second current path.

2. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resistor is capable of being mounted at a plurality of positions on the substrate.

3. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resistor is mounted singularly or a plurality of the resistors are mounted in parallel or in series.

4. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is capable of being mounted at a plurality of positions on the substrate.

5. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is mounted singularly or a plurality of the capacitors are mounted in parallel or in series.

6. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the resistors are connected in series, and the resistors are arranged to be opposed to each other with the substrate being sandwiched therebetween.

7. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the capacitors are connected in series, and the capacitors are arranged to be opposed to each other with the substrate being sandwiched therebetween.

8. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is configured by a discrete part.

9. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is formed using a substrate pattern on the substrate.

10. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a pattern fuse is formed using a substrate pattern on the substrate.

11. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the capacitors connected in series is a film capacitor.

12. The CR snubber circuit according to claim 11 , wherein a capacitance of a capacitor other than the film capacitor is smaller than a capacitance of the film capacitor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2014
From: KANDA, MITSUHIKO; TAMURA, SHIZURI; HATAI, AKIRA; SEKIMOTO, YASUHIRO; NOJIRI, YUJI; HAYASHI, YOSHITOMO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033075/0827 →
Continuity (1)
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