Abstract: The electrical unit has a printed circuit board (10) supporting the circuit, which includes a power component (11) which generates heat. In order to dissipate this heat from the power component, the power component rests on a heat conductive layer (13) which in turn is applied to the upper side (12) of the printed circuit board. This heat conductive layer further has a portion of the lid (18, 19) of the housing resting on it, which serves as a cooling area. Alternatively, the cooling area can be a free-standing cooling element. The heat transfer thus takes place via the heat conductive layer (13) to the cooling element (18, 19) so that the latter may be applied and formed independently of type and form of the power component.

Abstract: In order to provide protection against disruptive radiation and achieve good conduction of heat, a housing for control devices which has multiple parts is provided with a printed circuit board carrying power components and control elements with a peripherally extending lining of electrically and thermally conducting material. The printed circuit board is clamped between the housing halves in the region of the linings. The power components are contacted by the lining so as to be thermally conducting, while control elements which give off intensive disruptive radiation or are sensitive to such radiation are enclosed within connecting pieces projecting from the walls of the housing parts.

Abstract: The housing for an electronic circuit is box-shaped, and on each of its longitudinal sides in its interior has a shoulder (44, 45), and above each of those a ridge (47, 48) and -- extending along a longitudinal side. A cooling frame (11) is pushed into the grooves (52, 53) formed between shoulder and ridge, with a printed circuit board (10) being fixed to the underside of the cooling frame. In its interior, the cooling frame has cooling tabs (15, 16, 17) which stand perpendicular to the surface of the printed circuit board and on which power components (20) are fixed.

Abstract: A housing for an electronic circuit, especially for a control electronic device of a motor vehicle, has a printed circuit board adapted to carry an electronic circuit, a plug strip, a front plate, a cooling frame mounted on the board and having at least one cooling portion, power elements connected with the cooling portion in a heat conductive manner. The front plate is provided with cooling ribs and the cooling frame is provided with at least one cooling leg facing toward the plug strip so that the plug strip is located between the front plate with the cooling ribs and the cooling leg of the cooling frame. The front plate and the cooling frame are connected through a heat conducting web on the front plate in a heat conducting manner.

Abstract: The housing for an electronic circuit provided with a connection plug, particularly for control electronics of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, includes a frame, to which a printed circuit board having the electronic circuit is fastened, and a heat sink, the power components of the electronic circuit being positionally adjacent the heat sink so as to be able to transfer heat to the heat sink during operation of the electronic circuit board. The frame is constructed as an injection molded plastic frame (2) with a heat sink (14) including at least one built-in heat conducting crosspiece (13) having one end (15) and another end (17). The one end (15) has a component assembly surface (16) located in the housing interior and the other end (17) is constructed as a heat removing element (18) extending from the frame (2) toward the exterior (FIGS. 1 and 2). The power components are located next to the component assembly surface (16).

Abstract: In bus systems, the subscriber stations transmitter/receiver of which each are connected to a bus line via a transmitter/receiver in a low impedance state, the problem exists that in the event of a disturbance of a transmitter or a short circuit at a transmitter, the bus line is coupled to a constant potential and thereby blocked. In order to prevent this, electronic switches which are switched into conduction only during transmission and have otherwise high impedance are connected between the outputs of the transmitters and the bus line.