Robert Boschgmbh

Dana Keppeler

Alfred Goerlach

Richard Spitz

Holger Scholzen

Horst Braun

Peter Urbach

Thomas Bilsing

Holger Haussmann

In a semiconductor systemmade up of multiple sublayers, a sublayer over the largest part of a cross-sectional area BC in the interior of the semiconductor system borders immediately on the first sublayer, while bordering on a second sublayer only in a comparatively narrow edge region of the cross-sectional area. The semiconductor system is characterized by a low bulk resistance and a high breakdown voltage in the edge region. In addition, a method for manufacturing this semiconductor system is specified.

Semiconductor diode and method for the production thereof

The invention relates to an electrical machine, preferably an alternator ( ) for motor vehicles, comprising a rectifier assembly ( ) that is fixed to an end shield ( ) of the machine. Said rectifier assembly is cooled by a fan ( ) that operates in the end shield ( ), the diodes being positioned on a negative connecting plate ( ) and a positive connecting plate ( ) of the rectifier assembly ( ). The aim of the invention is to evacuate the dissipated heat from the rectifier assembly ( ) in an advantageous manner. To achieve this, the rectifier assembly is located in an opening in the front face ( ) of the end shield ( ) and is connected in an electrically and thermally conductive manner by one of its two connecting plates ( and ) to a cooling body ( ), which is connected to the exterior of the end shield ( ) and covers the opening ( ). The cooling air that is thus taken in by the fan ( ) first flows from the exterior across the cooling body ( ) in a radial manner towards the interior, entering the machine in the vicinity of the shaft through orifices ( ) in the end shield ( ) and from here, having reached the fan ( ), subsequently flows past the other connecting plate ( and ) in a radial manner towards the exterior.

Rectifier assembly having heat-dissipating structure for an alternator

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Immenstaad, Germany

Dana Keppeler