Sma Solar Technology Ag

Lars Bethke

Christian Gehrke

Frank Papenfuss

Thomas Kuehn

Jens Dittmar

Frank Lampe

Bernd Gebert

Burkard Müller

Thorsten Hobein

Bernhard Sofaly

Oliver Kirsch

Christian Seel

A relay arrangement includes at least two series-connected relays, which are mechanically and electrically connected to a main printed circuit board via first terminals and second terminals, and at least one flat conductor for conducting current between the at least two series connected relays. The flat conductor is mechanically connected to the main printed circuit board and electrically and thermally connected to the first terminals of the relays, and the at least one flat conductor is configured to dissipate heat produced during operation of the relays.

Relay arrangement with improved heat dissipation and converter device having a relay arrangement of this kind

A seal for an International Protection (IP)-sealing and electromagnetic capability (EMC)-shielding connection between a first housing component and a second housing component of an electrical or electronic device is disclosed. The seal includes an elastomer-containing sealing body and a metallic support that is embedded to some extent in the sealing body. The sealing body and the metallic support are connected to one another in an adhesive and/or form-fitting manner and thus form a material bond, and the metallic support has a plurality of contact segments, which project out of the sealing body and are configured such that the contact segments make electrical contact in resilient fashion with a first boundary surface that is assigned to the first housing component, and a second boundary surface that is assigned to the second housing component, the seal being pressed in between said boundary surfaces in an installed state.

EMC-shielding seal and electrical or electronic device comprising a seal

Embodiments discussed herein include an inverter with a multi-part housing and internal cooling-air duct. In one example, the inverter can comprise a first housing part with direct current connections, a second housing part with alternating current connections, a third housing part for accommodating power-electronics components of a DC voltage converter, a fourth housing part for accommodating power-electronics components of an inverter bridge circuit, and a heat sink. The housing parts each have an essentially planar rear wall and are arranged in such a way that they enclose a cooling-air duct with an essentially rectangular cross section, wherein the first housing part is arranged opposite the second housing part and the third housing part is arranged opposite the fourth housing part. The heat sink has two essentially planar cooling faces opposite one another arranged in the cooling-air duct.

Inverter with a multi-part housing and an internal cooling-air duct

An inverter includes a DC/AC converter connectable to a DC power grid, at least one DC/DC converter arranged upstream of the DC/AC converter and providing a galvanic isolation, and a DC voltage link at the input of the at least one DC/DC converter and connectable to at least one DC power source. The inverter also includes at least one further DC voltage link which is galvanically isolated from the first DC voltage link by the DC/DC converter, on-board voltage rails supplying a controller and other auxiliary devices of the inverter with electric energy; and an on-board supply unit. The on-board supply unit is configured and adapted to feed the electric energy into the on-board voltage rails both out of the first DC voltage link and out of the at least one further DC voltage link.

Power inverter with multi-fed on-board power supply for supplying a controller

A method for limiting an output power of an inverter having an output bridge and an upstream boost converter includes determining a first measurement variable representative of a bridge temperature and a second measurement variable representative of an output power of the inverter. The method also includes determining a third measurement variable representative of a generator voltage at generator connections of the inverter or a fourth measurement variable representative of an output voltage at a power output of the inverter, and reducing the output power supplied to a power supply grid to a reduced power value. The reduced power value is determined based on the first measurement variable, the second measurement variable and at least one of the third and fourth measurement variables. A control device having such functionality is also disclosed.

Method for operating an inverter, and control device

During startup of a DC/DC converter having a high-frequency transformer whose primary winding is supplied with current from an input-side DC link via an inverter bridge having pulsed switches and whose secondary winding is used to charge an output-side DC link via a rectifier bridge. The switches of the inverter bridge are operated to load the output-side DC link, in a manner that deviates from a normal operation of the switches in order to limit the currents that flow in the DC/DC converter during startup of the DC/DC converter. Particularly, the switches of the inverter bridge are operated during startup of the DC/DC converter at a pulse width that is fixed during each of a limited number of stages of the startup, and have a duty cycle that is not more than 5 percent during each of the stages of the startup.

Starting up a DC/DC converter having a high-frequency transformer

An inverter () for supplying electric energy from a DC source to an AC grid includes a housing () in which electrical and electronic components () are accommodated. A cooling air channel () with cooling fins () arranged along its longitudinal axis runs across the back of the housing () in the middle. Sockets () for large electrical components () that are closed in on at least three sides by the metal outer walls (-) of the housing () are provide on both sides of the cooling air channel () in the housing ().

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Goettingen, Germany

Lars Bethke