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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hajime Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Toshikazu Takagi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 3/33569 (2013.01); H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); H02M 1/327 (2021.05);
Abstract

There is provided an electric-power conversion apparatus that can protect semiconductor switching devices in accordance with the ambient temperature. The electric-power conversion apparatus includes a comparator that generates an output based on a comparison between the output of a sensor and a threshold value, a reference voltage circuit that produces the threshold value, and a control circuit that is configured in such a way as to be able to stop operation of a main circuit, based on the output of the comparator; the reference voltage circuit is configured in such a way as to change the threshold value in accordance with an ambient temperature under which semiconductor switching devices are laid.


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