Abstract: A director plate retainer of a fluid injector includes an outer wall which is annular in shape and which extends from an outer wall first end to an outer wall second end and which is centered about an axis. The director plate retainer also includes a lateral wall which is annular in shape and which extends toward the axis from a radially outer extent, which is proximal to the outer wall, to a radially inner extent, which is distal from the outer wall. The director plate retainer also includes an inner wall which is annular in shape and which extends from an inner wall first end, which is proximal to the lateral wall, to an inner wall second end, which is distal from the lateral wall, the inner wall extending along the axis in a direction that is opposite from the outer wall.

Abstract: A system may include a capacitor for an electronic device of an electric vehicle; a main bus bar; and a capacitor bus bar configured to connect the capacitor to the main bus bar, wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a first portion that is perpendicular to the main bus bar, and wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a second portion that extends from the first portion, that is perpendicular to the first portion, and that is planar with the main bus bar.

Abstract: A system for an electric vehicle may include a housing, a cover configured to couple to the housing, the cover including an opening; a capacitor disposed within the housing, wherein the capacitor is mounted directly to the cover; and a heatsink disposed within or adjacent to the opening of the cover, wherein the heatsink is thermally connected to the capacitor.

Abstract: A system may include a capacitor for an electronic device of an electric vehicle; a main bus bar; and a capacitor bus bar configured to connect the capacitor to the main bus bar, wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a first portion that is perpendicular to the main bus bar, and wherein the capacitor bus bar includes a second portion that extends from the first portion, that is perpendicular to the first portion, and that is planar with the main bus bar.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power to AC power, wherein the inverter includes: a power module including: a first substrate, a second substrate including a source plane and a gate plane separated from the source plane by a full trench, the source plane including a step trench, and the gate plane including an electrical connection through the second substrate to a gate input connection of the power module, a semiconductor die disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the step trench formed in a portion of the source plane corresponding to an edge of the semiconductor die, and the semiconductor die including a gate connected to the gate plane, and a sinter element disposed between the semiconductor die and the second substrate to connect the semiconductor die to the second substrate; a battery; and a motor.

Abstract: A method for underfilling an electronic circuit assembly may include mounting one or more structures to a substrate, mounting one or more spacers to the substrate at one or more positions, respectively, to form one or more passages between the one or more spacers and the one or more structures, dispensing underfill to the one or more passages, and curing the underfill to secure the one or more structures to the substrate. The one or more structures may include one or more dies.

Abstract: A fuel tank isolation valve is provided having a main valve body including a fuel tank port and a canister port, a main bore, and an actuator selectively operable to allow or inhibit vented fuel vapors to move from the first port to the second port along a first path. The body can define an airflow bypass orifice that allows vapors to move from the first port, through the main bore, to the second port along a second path, while the actuator is in the closed mode inhibiting vapors from moving along the first path. This flow through the orifice can equalize pressure in a fuel tank and the canister during a purging operation on the canister. The valve can include a fitting that directly couples the valve to the canister without any intermediate hoses, in a cantilevered manner. A related method of use is provided.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a power module including: a first substrate including a first conductive layer; a second substrate including a second conductive layer; a power switch between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a flex layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the flex layer electrically connected to the power switch.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a galvanic interface configured to separate a high voltage area from a low voltage area, the galvanic interface including a command channel and a message channel; a low voltage controller in the low voltage area, the low voltage controller configured to receive a PWM signal from a PWM controller; and a high voltage controller in the high voltage area, the high voltage controller configured to receive a control signal from the low voltage controller using the command channel of the galvanic interface, and send a switch state signal to the low voltage controller using the command channel of the galvanic interface, wherein the low voltage controller is configured to control the control signal based on the PWM signal and the switch state signal.

Abstract: A system comprises an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a galvanic isolator separating a high voltage area from a low voltage area; a low voltage phase controller in the low voltage area, the low voltage phase controller configured to receive a clock reference signal; and a high voltage phase controller in the high voltage area, the high voltage phase controller configured to align a clock reference signal of the high voltage phase controller with the clock reference signal of the low voltage phase controller.

Abstract: A method for mounting a fin system in a power module includes: sintering a fin system to a first base substrate, the fin system comprising a plurality of fins attached to and extending away from a base plate; sintering a first power switch component to the first base substrate; sintering a second power switch component to a second base substrate; and soldering a heat dissipation element to the second base substrate.

Abstract: A system includes an inverter including: a first galvanic isolator separating a low voltage area from a high voltage area, the first galvanic isolator having a first galvanic isolator output path; a second galvanic isolator having a second galvanic isolator output path; an amplifier connected to the first galvanic isolator via the first galvanic isolator output path, and connected to the second galvanic isolator via the second galvanic isolator output path, the amplifier having a first amplifier output path and a second amplifier output path; a comparator connected to the amplifier via the first amplifier output path and the second amplifier output path, the comparator having a first comparator output path and a second comparator output path; and a pulse reshape and envelope detector connected to the comparator via the first comparator output path and the second comparator output path.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a power module including: a first phase switch including one or more first phase power switches on a first side of a substrate; and a second phase switch including one or more second phase power switches on a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side.

Abstract: A power module includes: a first substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface; a semiconductor die coupled to the inner surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface, the semiconductor die being coupled to the inner surface of the second substrate; and a first electrically conductive spacer coupled to inner surface of the first substrate and to the inner surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: A system comprises: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a power switch including a drain terminal, a source terminal, and a gate terminal; and one or more controllers configured to detect a voltage from the gate terminal to the source terminal of the power switch as a gate-to-source voltage, and control a gate control signal to the gate terminal based on the detected gate-to-source voltage.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: an upper phase multi-chip module including: a low-voltage upper phase controller; a high-voltage upper phase A controller; an upper phase A galvanic isolator connecting the low-voltage upper phase controller to the high-voltage upper phase A controller; a high-voltage upper phase B controller; an upper phase B galvanic isolator connecting the low-voltage upper phase controller to the high-voltage upper phase B controller; a high-voltage upper phase C controller; and an upper phase C galvanic isolator connecting the low-voltage upper phase controller to the high-voltage upper phase C controller.

Abstract: A system comprises: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a point-of-use controller configured to: detect a fault; determine a fault type of the detected fault from among n fault types; determine a fault response group to which the determined fault type belongs from among m fault response groups; encode the determined fault response group; and transmit the encoded fault response group via a communication interface; and a phase controller configured to: receive the encoded fault response group from the point-of-use controller via the communication interface; determine the fault response group; decode the determined fault response group; and output the decoded fault response group.

Abstract: A system includes an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a galvanic interface configured to separate a high voltage area from a low voltage area; a low voltage message manager in the low voltage area; a high voltage message manager in the high voltage area, and configured to communicate with the low voltage message manager; and a point-of-use message manager in the high voltage area, and configured to communicate with the high voltage message manager.

Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a power switch including a drain terminal, a source terminal, and a gate terminal; and one or more controllers configured to: receive one or more signals related to an operation of the power switch, update one or more state definitions based on the received one or more signals, and control a gate control signal to the gate terminal based on the updated one or more state definitions.

Abstract: A power module includes: a fin housing including a fluid passage; a power switch having an exterior surface; and a fin system comprising a plurality of fins attached to a base plate, the plurality of fins extending from the base plate and away from the exterior surface of the power switch, the fin system being in thermal connection with the exterior surface of the power switch and disposed within the fluid passage.