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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodor Salzmann, Spardorf, DE;
Johann Wokusch, Forchheim, DE;
Tomas Greif, Röttenbach, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Müller, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 5/45 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 5/45 ;
Abstract
An air-cooled power converter with gate turn-off power semiconductors, is described in which the cooling capacity is such that the temperature of the gate turn-off power semiconductor does not exceed a critical temperature limit, the power converter having optimized heat sinks, at least some of which are thermally connected in parallel, and the power converter is designed to operate at a continuous load of 1 to 20 megawatts, preferably of 2 to 10 megawatts.