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US 12,341,412 · App. 18/259,634 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Direct-current power supply, refrigeration cycler, air conditioner, and refrigerator

Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Satoru Ichiki (Tokyo, JP); Masaki Muramatsu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02M1/0025H02M1/0006H02M3/1584H02M1/084
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Patent No.
US 12,341,412
App. No.
18/259,634
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A direct-current power supply includes: a plurality of semiconductor devices each of which is a multiphase converter incorporating a plurality of semiconductor switching elements and a drive circuit to drive the plurality of semiconductor switching elements; a plurality of first parasitic inductances, each of which connects a reference potential terminal of the drive circuit and output N terminals of the semiconductor switching elements, in the plurality of semiconductor devices; a smoothing capacitor; and an inverter.

Claims (27)

1. A direct-current power supply, comprising:

a plurality of semiconductor devices each of which is a multiphase converter incorporating a plurality of semiconductor switching elements and a drive circuit configured to drive the plurality of semiconductor switching elements;

a plurality of first parasitic inductances, each of which connects a reference potential terminal of the drive circuit and an output N terminal of the semiconductor switching elements, in the plurality of semiconductor devices;

a smoothing capacitor;

an inverter; and

a P-side bus configured to connect an anode of the smoothing capacitor and the inverter, wherein

the plurality of the semiconductor devices include respective output P terminals connected to each other through a third jumper line, and

the output P terminal of one of the semiconductor devices is connected to the P-side bus through a fourth jumper line.

2. The direct-current power supply according to claim 1 , wherein

in each of the plurality of semiconductor devices, the reference potential terminal of the drive circuit and the output N terminal of the semiconductor switching elements are connected to each other through a first jumper line, and

each of the first parasitic inductances is generated by the first jumper line.

3. The direct-current power supply according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the plurality of semiconductor switching elements is a wide band gap semiconductor.

4. A refrigeration cycler, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 1 .

5. An air conditioner, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 1 .

6. A refrigerator, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 1 .

7. The direct-current power supply according to claim 2 , wherein

at least one of the plurality of semiconductor switching elements is a wide band gap semiconductor.

8. A refrigeration cycler, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 2 .

9. A refrigeration cycler, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 3 .

10. A refrigeration cycler, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 7 .

11. An air conditioner, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 2 .

12. An air conditioner, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 3 .

13. An air conditioner, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 7 .

14. A refrigerator, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 2 .

15. A refrigerator, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 3 .

16. A refrigerator, comprising the direct-current power supply according to claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2023
From: YAMADA, KAZUHIRO; ICHIKI, SATORU; MURAMATSU, MASAKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240072631A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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