Power conversion device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022337167-A1
Application number	US-202117556329-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Apr 15, 2021
Publication date	Oct 20, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The power conversion device includes a semiconductor module having a connection terminal, a cooler, a control board, a capacitor module, a cover, a case, and a connection busbar. The semiconductor module, the cooler, the control board, and the capacitor module are arranged in an overlapped manner as seen in the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the cooler. The capacitor module has a capacitor cell, a capacitor case, resin, and a capacitor busbar. The capacitor busbar has an inner extending portion, an opening-side extending portion, and an outer extending portion. The connection busbar extends from the connection terminal of the semiconductor module to an outer surface of the outer extending portion and has a part extending in parallel to the extending direction of the outer extending portion. The connection busbar has a capacitor connection portion at an end thereof on the outer extending portion side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A power conversion device comprising:
a semiconductor module having a body portion which has a semiconductor element therein and is formed in a plate shape, and a connection terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor element and protruding from the body portion; a cooler having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a side surface, the top surface being thermally connected to one surface of the semiconductor module; a control board for controlling operation of the semiconductor module; a capacitor module placed on the bottom surface side of the cooler or the top surface side of the cooler, and electrically connected to the semiconductor module; a cover which stores the semiconductor module and the control board, and stores the capacitor module when the capacitor module is placed on the top surface side, the cover being fixed to the top surface of the cooler; a case which stores the capacitor module when the capacitor module is placed on the bottom surface side, the case being fixed to the bottom surface of the cooler; and a connection busbar connecting the connection terminal of the semiconductor module and the capacitor module, wherein the semiconductor module, the cooler, the control board, and the capacitor module are arranged in an overlapped manner as seen in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the cooler, the capacitor module has a capacitor cell, a bottomed tubular capacitor case which stores the capacitor cell and opens on the cooler side, resin sealing the capacitor cell inside the capacitor case, and a capacitor busbar electrically connected to the capacitor cell and exposed to outside from the resin, the capacitor busbar has an inner extending portion extending to an opening side along an inner surface of a side wall of the capacitor case, an opening-side extending portion extending from an opening-side end of the inner extending portion to an outer side along an opening-side end surface of the side wall, and an outer extending portion extending from an outer end of the opening-side extending portion to a bottom wall side along an outer surface of the side wall, and the connection busbar extends from the connection terminal of the semiconductor module to an outer surface of the outer extending portion and has a part extending in parallel to an extending direction of the outer extending portion, and the connection busbar has a capacitor connection portion connected to the outer extending portion, at an end of the connection busbar on the outer extending portion side.

2 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the connection terminal of the semiconductor module and the connection busbar are integrally formed.

3 . The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein
at least parts of the connection terminal and the connection busbar are covered by resin.

4 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the semiconductor module has a plurality of the connection terminals, and the connection busbar has
terminal connection portions respectively connected to the plurality of connection terminals,
a conductor plate mutually connecting a plurality of the terminal connection portions,
an extending connection portion connected to the conductor plate and extending in parallel to the extending direction of the outer extending portion, and
the capacitor connection portion provided at an end of the extending connection portion on the outer extending portion side.

5 . The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein
the semiconductor module has a plurality of the connection terminals for high potential and a plurality of the connection terminals for low potential, the capacitor busbar has the outer extending portion for high potential and the outer extending portion for low potential, the connection busbar has
the terminal connection portions for high potential respectively connected to the plurality of connection terminals for high potential,
the terminal connection portions for low potential respectively connected to the plurality of connection terminals for low potential,
the conductor plate for high potential mutually connecting a plurality of the terminal connection portions for high potential,
the conductor plate for low potential mutually connecting a plurality of the terminal connection portions for low potential,
the extending connection portion for high potential connected to the conductor plate for high potential and extending in parallel to the extending direction of the outer extending portion for high potential,
the extending connection portion for low potential connected to the conductor plate for low potential and extending in parallel to the extending direction of the outer extending portion for low potential,
the capacitor connection portion for high potential provided at the end of the extending connection portion for high potential on the outer extending portion side for high potential, and
the capacitor connection portion for low potential provided at the end of the extending connection portion for low potential on the outer extending portion side for low potential, and
the conductor plate for high potential and the conductor plate for low potential are arranged in parallel to each other with an interval therebetween.

6 . The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein
the connection terminals of the semiconductor module extend in a normal direction of the top surface of the cooler from another surface of the body portion of the semiconductor module.

7 . The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein
at least a part of the extending connection portion, and the conductor plate, are covered by resin.

8 . The power conversion device according to claim 7 , wherein
the connection busbar is fixed to the cooler at a part of the resin.

9 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cooler has a through hole penetrating between the top surface and the bottom surface, and the connection busbar is placed so as to penetrate through the through hole.

10 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the side surface of the cooler is exposed to outside.

11 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the capacitor case is formed in a bottomed rectangular tubular shape, and the body portion of the semiconductor module is formed in a rectangular plate shape, and a length of one or both of a long side and a short side of the bottom wall of the capacitor case is respectively smaller than a length of one or both of a long side and a short side of the body portion of the semiconductor module.

12 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the semiconductor modules, wherein
the plurality of semiconductor modules are placed so as be arranged in the same direction at the top surface of the cooler, and one surface of each of the plurality of semiconductor modules is thermally connected to the top surface of the cooler.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Mizuno Yoshifumi
• Hirayama Yoshitsugu
• Inoue Hirofumi

Classifications

• H05K7/14329

  specially adapted for the configuration of power bus bars · CPC title

• H02M7/003 Primary

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

• H05K7/1427

  Housings · CPC title

• H05K7/20218

  using a liquid coolant without phase change in electronic enclosures (in cabinets of standardized dimensions H05K7/20536; in server cabinets H05K7/20709; in vehicle electronic casings H05K7/20845; in power control electronics H05K7/2089; in displays H05K7/20954) · CPC title

• H05K7/20927

  Liquid coolant without phase change · CPC title