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Daniel Kearney

Bruno Agostini

Thomas Gradinger

Fabian Mohn

Didier Cottet

Slavo Kicin

Juergen Schuderer

Felix Traub

Francesco Agostini

Daniele Torresin

Mathieu Habert

Uwe Drofenik

Juha Tuomola

Qimin Dong

Jürgen Schuderer

Lukasz Matysiak

Galen E Burdeshaw

Mikko Nupponen

Christoph Schrödl

Gernot Riedel

Kalle Suomela

Till Huesgen

Jarmo Sukanen

Lukasz Malinowski

Krzysztof Kasza

Giti Karimi-Moghaddam

Gabriel Ortiz

Liliana Duarte

An electronics package includes an electrically conducting support layer; at least one electrically conducting outer layer; at least two power electronics components arranged on different sides of the support layer and electrically interconnected with the support layer and with the at least one outer layer; and isolation material, in which the support layer and the at least two power electronics components are embedded, the support layer and the at least one outer layer are laminated together with the isolation material; and a cooling channel for conducting a cooling fluid through the electronics package, the cooling channel runs between the at least two power electronics components through the support layer.

Cooled electronics package with stacked power electronics components

A pressure plate for a friction coupling such as a clutch or brake system includes one or more pockets with a phase change material disposed therein. The phase change material operates to absorb and release heat when the friction coupling cycles between activation and deactivation so as to minimize a maximum temperature of the pressure plate.

Pressure plate with phase change material

A power electronics module comprises a first liquid cooler comprising a cooling channel for receiving a cooling liquid, wherein the first liquid cooler comprises a metal body providing a first terminal of the power electronics module; a second liquid cooler comprising a cooling channel for receiving a cooling liquid, wherein the second liquid cooler comprises a metal body providing a second terminal of the power electronics module; a plurality of semiconductor chips arranged between the first liquid cooler and the second liquid cooler, such that a first electrode of each semiconductor chip is bonded to the first liquid cooler, such that the first electrode is in electrical contact with the first liquid cooler, and an opposite second electrode of each semiconductor chip is in electrical contact with the second liquid cooler; and an insulating encapsulation, formed by molding the first liquid cooler, the second liquid cooler and the plurality of semiconductor chips into an insulation material, such that the first liquid cooler, the second liquid cooler and the plurality of semiconductor chips are at least partially embedded onto the insulation material.

Power electronics module with first and second coolers

The present invention relates to a power semiconductor module, comprising at least two power semiconductor devices, wherein the at least two power semiconductor devices comprise at least one power semiconductor transistor and at least one power semiconductor diode, wherein at least a first substrate is provided for carrying the power semiconductor transistor in a first plane, the first plane lying parallel to the plane of the substrate, wherein the power semiconductor diode is provided in a second plane, wherein the first plane is positioned between the substrate and the second plane in a direction normal to the first plane and wherein the first plane is spaced apart from the second plane in a direction normal to the first plane. The first plane is spaced apart from the second plane in a direction normal to the first plane, whereby the first substrate is based on a direct bonded copper substrate and the first substrate is a direct-bonded copper substrate for carrying the transistor, on which first substrate a layer of a printed circuit board is provided for carrying the diode. Alternatively, the first substrate is a direct-bonded copper substrate for carrying the transistor, on which first substrate a foil is provided for carrying the diode, wherein the foil comprises an electrically insulating main body and an electrically conductive structure provided thereon for carrying the diode. Such a power semiconductor module provides a low stray inductance and/or may be built easily.

Power semiconductor module

The present disclosure relates to a power semiconductor module comprising a printed circuit board (PCB), and to method of cooling such a power semiconductor module. The module comprises a power semiconductor device and an island of thermally conducting foam embedded into the printed circuit board. The power semiconductor device and the island of thermally conducting foam are positioned on top of each other, and the island is arranged to form a path for a flowing coolant cooling the power semiconductor device.

Power semiconductor module and method for cooling power semiconductor module

An electronic device including a sealed enclosure, the electronic components arranged inside the sealed enclosure and including high-loss high-temperature components, a main heat sink including ribs, wherein the high-loss high-temperature components are attached to the main heat sink and the ribs of the main heat sink are arranged outside the enclosure, a cavity formed inside the enclosure and divided into a plurality of channel-like sections, the channel-like sections configured for providing air flow guidance inside the enclosure and being interconnected at their ends, wherein at least one channel-like section contains the electronic components and at least one other channel-like section contains an air-to-air heat exchanger extending from inside the sealed enclosure to outside of the sealed enclosure, wherein the electronic components inside the at least one channel like section are adapted to be cooled by air flow inside the sealed enclosure.

Electronic device with waterproof enclosure

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Zurich, Switzerland

Daniel Kearney