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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1996
Martti Harmoinen, Espoo, FI;
Thomas Stockmeier, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Asea Brown Boveri AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
In a high-power semiconductor module (10), in which a plurality of first submodules (13, 14, 16, 17) are arranged in an electrically insulated manner in a common housing (12) and on a common cold plate (11) and are interconnected with one another, the first submodules (13, 14, 16, 17) each �lacuna! individual controllable power semiconductor switches (13a), short-circuit-proof operation in conjunction with relatively high switching frequencies is made possible, with a relatively low current-carrying capacity and an increased withstand voltage, by virtue of the fact that the first submodules (13, 14, 16, 17) are connected in series within the module for the purpose of increasing the withstand voltage.