Motor incorporating power converter, and air conditioner, water heater, and ventilation blower incorporating the motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9698656-B2
Application number	US-201114362972-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2011
Priority date	Dec 13, 2011
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

A motor incorporating a power converter that includes a printed board on which an inverter IC, which converts a voltage of an external power supply into a high-frequency voltage and supplies the high-frequency voltage to a stator, is mounted, wherein on a surface of the printed board opposed to the stator, a high-voltage direct-current input wire, which is a copper foil provided on a surface on a stator side, is disposed. One end of the high-voltage direct-current input wire is electrically connected to a high-voltage input line of the external power supply and the other end of the high-voltage direct-current input wire is electrically connected to a high-voltage electrode of the inverter IC.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor comprising:
a stator; and
a power converter that includes
a substrate on which a semiconductor module that converts a voltage of an external power supply into a high-frequency voltage and that supplies the high-frequency voltage to the stator is mounted, the semiconductor module being disposed on a surface of the substrate facing the stator, and
a high-voltage side wire disposed on the surface of the substrate facing the stator, the high-voltage side wire including a first end electrically connected to a high-voltage input line of the external power supply and a second end electrically connected to a high-voltage electrode of the semiconductor module, wherein

the substrate and the stator are mechanically connected by mold resin, and
a plurality of holes are formed through the mold resin on a side of a surface of the substrate that is opposite to the surface facing the stator so that the substrate is directly exposed from the hole to correctly keep the positional relationship between the stator and a printed board molded on the substrate, and
the high-voltage side wire is disposed on the surface of the substrate facing the stator so that the high-voltage side wire and the plurality of holes are disposed on opposite surfaces of the substrate and a distance between the plurality of holes and the high-voltage side wire is secured.

2. The motor incorporating the power converter according to claim 1 , wherein
the semiconductor module includes a semiconductor chip in which a plurality of semiconductor elements are formed, and
the semiconductor chip is electrically connected to an external electrode of the semiconductor module by a metal wire.

3. The motor according to claim 2 , wherein the semiconductor module includes a heat spreader that is arranged on the substrate and is arranged near the external electrode of the semiconductor module.

4. The motor according to claim 2 , wherein the semiconductor chip is configured from a wide bandgap semiconductor.

5. An air conditioner comprising:
an indoor unit that blows conditioned air into an installation room;
an indoor blower that is arranged in the indoor unit and sends the conditioned air from an outlet port of the indoor unit; and
an outdoor unit that is connected to the indoor unit by a refrigerant pipe and exchanges heat with outdoor air, wherein
the motor incorporating the power converter according to claim 1 is provided in the indoor blower.

6. An air conditioner comprising:
an indoor unit that blows conditioned air into an installation room;
an outdoor unit that is connected to the indoor unit by a refrigerant pipe and exchanges heat with outdoor air; and
an outdoor blower that is arranged in the outdoor unit and sends outdoor air into the outdoor unit, wherein
the motor incorporating the power converter according to claim 1 is provided in the outdoor blower.

7. A water heater, wherein the motor incorporating the power converter according to claim 1 is provided in a blower for heating water using a refrigerant.

8. A water heater, wherein the motor incorporating the power converter according to claim 1 is provided in a fluid pump for heating water using a refrigerant.

9. A ventilation blower that blows indoor air to an outside of a room, wherein the motor incorporating the power converter according to claim 1 is provided.

10. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the resin is a thermosetting mold resin, and
the hole is a die hole made by a die that holds the opposite surface of the substrate.

11. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the high-voltage side wire is entirely disposed on the surface of the substrate facing the stator.

12. The motor according to claim 3 , wherein the heat spreader is attached to the surface of the substrate facing the stator.

13. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate of the power converter has a semicircular shape that includes two arc-shaped peripheral edges.

Assignees

• Yamada Michio
• Oya Junichiro
• Aso Hiroki
• Ishii Hiroyuki
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Yamada Michio
• Oya Junichiro
• Aso Hiroki
• Ishii Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H10W90/756

  between a chip and a stacked lead frame, conducting package substrate or heat sink · CPC title

• H10W74/00

  Encapsulations, e.g. protective coatings · CPC title

• H02K11/0094

  Structural association with other electrical or electronic devices · CPC title

• H02K5/04

  Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof · CPC title

• H02K11/215

  Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements · CPC title