Electric power conversion device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10177675-B2
Application number	US-201615540587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to achieve reduction in height of an electric power conversion device while maintaining high performance of the electric power conversion device. An electric power conversion device according to the present invention includes: a first power semiconductor module, a second power semiconductor module, a third power semiconductor module, and an AC circuit body that transmits and detects U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase AC currents, and when a direction along an arrangement direction of the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module is defined as a first column, the third power semiconductor module and the AC circuit body are disposed along a second column being in a direction parallel to the first column, and the AC circuit body is disposed in a space that is in a direction orthogonal to the first column and faces the second power semiconductor module, and is in a direction parallel to the second column and faces the third power semiconductor module.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric power conversion device comprising:
three power semiconductor modules that output U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase AC currents, respectively; and
an AC circuit body that transmits and detects the AC currents, wherein
the three power semiconductor modules and the AC circuit body are disposed on respective four regions partitioned by two rows and two columns, wherein
the three power semiconductor modules are configured with a first power semiconductor module that outputs a U-phase AC current, a second power semiconductor module that outputs a V-phase AC current, and a third power semiconductor module that outputs a W-phase AC current,
the AC circuit body transmits and detects the U-phase AC current, the V-phase AC current, and the W-phase AC current, and
when a direction along an arrangement direction of the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module is defined as a first column,

the third power semiconductor module and the AC circuit body are disposed along a second column being in a direction parallel to the first column, and
the AC circuit body is disposed in a space that is in a direction orthogonal to the first column and faces the second power semiconductor module, and is in a direction parallel to the second column and faces the third power semiconductor module.

2. The electric power conversion device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a flow path forming body that forms flow paths through which a refrigerant flows, wherein
the flow path forming body forms a first accommodation portion for accommodating the first power semiconductor module such that the first power semiconductor module is sandwiched by the flow paths, a second accommodation portion for accommodating the second power semiconductor module such that the second power semiconductor module is sandwiched by the flow paths, and a third accommodation portion for accommodating the third power semiconductor module such that the third power semiconductor module is sandwiched by the flow paths.

3. The electric power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the AC circuit body is configured with a current sensor that detects at least two of the U-phase AC current, the V-phase AC current, and the W-phase AC current, and a terminal block that supports an AC bus bar for transmitting the U-phase AC current, the V-phase AC current, and the W-phase AC current.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Numakura Yuta
• Ishii Akira

Classifications

• H02M7/003 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections · CPC title

• H05K7/02

  Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure · CPC title

• H02M7/48

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode · CPC title

• H05K7/2089

  for power electronics, e.g. for inverters for controlling motor · CPC title

• H05K7/20845

  for automotive electronic casings (H05K7/2089 takes precedence) · CPC title