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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/487 (2007.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H02M 7/487 (2013.01); H05K 1/0231 (2013.01); H05K 1/144 (2013.01); H05K 7/209 (2013.01); H05K 2201/042 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10015 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10272 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a three-level active neutral-point clamped (ANPC) converter system is provided. The system includes first and second Direct Current (DC)-bus structures that include at least one of a number of DC-bus capacitors on printed circuit boards (PCBs). The PCBs are laminated together with an air gap (e.g., one or more millimeters) in between for a thermal dissipation and an insulation creepage. The three DC-bus terminals include PCBs, and are electrically connected to the three-level power converter, which are typically mounted on a heatsink or a cold plate.