Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

Aes Global Holdings Pte Ltd.

Courtney L Crandell

Jon Danielson

Steven Lawless

Michael Shover

A connection clamp assembly and an electrical system including a connection clamp assembly are disclosed. The connection clamp assembly includes a rigid clamp portion with one or more protrusions configured to mechanically secure one or more electrical leads of an electronic device to one or more electrical connection points on a printed circuit board assembly forming an electrical connection. One or more fasteners pass through the rigid clamp portion and are configured to couple the connection clamp assembly to the printed circuit board assembly. A lid elastic element is received by the rigid clamp portion and is configured to elastically press on the electronic device, mechanically and thermally coupling the electronic device to the printed circuit board assembly.

Mechanical and electrical connection clamp

A variable capacitor bank includes a conductive housing and a port extending through the housing. An electrical bus is disposed within the conductive housing and coupled to the port. The variable capacitor bank further includes capacitor modules disposed within the housing. Each capacitor module includes a module input electrically coupled to the electrical bus and a switched capacitor branch electrically coupled to the module input, the switched capacitor branch including a capacitor and a switch element in series with the capacitor. In certain implementations, one or more of the capacitor modules may include at least one second switched capacitor branch. The capacitor modules may further include an unswitched, or 'floor', capacitor that provides a minimum or otherwise known capacitance of the capacitor module. Each capacitor module may further be grounded by being electrically coupled to the conductive housing.

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Courtney L Crandell