An inverter for an electric vehicle drive has a bridge configuration using power transistors packaged in actively cooled power modules. Control electrodes in the power modules carrying gate signals to drive the transistors contain inductive coils to increase a common source inductance in order to reduce power losses. Each inverter power module comprises a pair of transistor dies with output electrodes defining a power loop. The control electrodes with inductive coils carrying respective gate signals are arranged to be magnetically coupled with the power loop. For active cooling, a heat conductive plate underlies the dies. A magnetic interrupter is disposed at the heat conductive plate. A localized eddy current preventer is interposed at the heat conductive plate in alignment with the inductive coils to avoid eddy currents that could otherwise reduce the coupling of the inductive coils with the power loop.
Power module for inverter switching devices having gate coils shielded from eddy currents
2020-04-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H01L Halbleiterbauelemente , SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES / H02M APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS , Anlagen zur Umformung von Wechselstrom in Wechselstrom, von Wechselstrom in Gleichstrom oder umgekehrt, oder von Gleichstrom in Gleichstrom und zur Verwendung in Netzen oder ähnlichen Stromversorgungssystemen / H05K PRINTED CIRCUITS , Gedruckte Schaltungen |
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