Patents Assigned to Semikron Elektronik GmbH
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Patent number: 11533822Abstract: A power electronics submodule for mounting on a cooling device, has first and second surface sections next to one another, a substrate with a housing and includes a connection element, conductively connected by a contact to a track of the substrate and a connection section, arranged parallel to the substrate, the substrate arranged on the first surface section, the housing has a housing section, with a first main surface, arranged on the second surface section, and a second main surface, situated opposite the first main surface. In a non-mounted state a first main surface of the connection section is a first distance from the second main surface of the housing section in the housing region of a fastening device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ingo Bogen, Alexander Wehner
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Publication number: 20220384394Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate and a first and second power semiconductor switch arranged between the first and second substrate. The first substrate has an electrically conductive first metal layer facing towards the power semiconductor switches, an electrically conductive second metal layer and an electrically non-conductive first insulation film arranged between the first and second metal layer. The second substrate has an electrically non-conductive second insulation film and a third metal layer arranged on the second insulation film. The first and second power semiconductor switch are electrically interconnected by the first and second substrate to form a half-bridge circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: MANUEL SCHADE, Alexander Wehner
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Publication number: 20220368240Abstract: A power semiconductor module has a substrate that has an electrically non-conductive insulating layer and a first metal layer on the insulating layer and forms conductor tracks, with power semiconductor components arranged on the first metal layer and electrically connected to the first metal layer and having a DC voltage connection device that has a first, second and third flat conductor connection element that are arranged on an end region of the power semiconductor module and that are electrically conductively connected to the first metal layer. During operation, the first and second flat conductor connection elements have a first electrical polarity and the third flat conductor connection element has a second electrical polarity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Johannes KLIER
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Publication number: 20220343091Abstract: A functional component and having a partial plastic housing element with a plastic housing wall, the plastic housing wall having a device identification region integrated into the plastic housing wall and thus realizing a constituent part of the plastic housing wall. The device identification region comprising identification elements integrated into the plastic housing wall, those identification elements that realize part of a surface of the plastic housing wall realizing device identification elements, the device identification region being realized individually for the device by the device identification elements, such that the device can be unambiguously identified by means of the device identification region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: MARTIN KRAUS
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Publication number: 20220301998Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a substrate, having power semiconductor components, further including a housing element, and having a DC voltage connection device having a flat lead connection device and a second flat lead connection element, wherein the flat lead connection device has a first flat lead connection element encased by a plastic element of the flat lead connection device and materially bonded to the plastic element, wherein a connection section of the first flat lead connection element projects from the plastic element, a connection section of the second flat lead connection element is arranged on the plastic element or is at least partly enclosed by the plastic element and bonded to the plastic element so that a section of the plastic element is between the first flat lead connection element and the connection section of the second flat lead connection element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manuel NODERER, Alexander WEHNER
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Patent number: 11387588Abstract: A power semiconductor module has a substrate, load and auxiliary connector elements, and a plastic body, which preferably is a housing or a housing frame and which has a channel. The channel being for the arrangement of a compensating portion of a press-fit contact element. The press-fit contact element has a press-fit portion, a compensating portion and a foot portion, the compensating portion being elastic in a longitudinal direction of the press-fit contact element and having at least two O-shaped sub-portions arranged in succession in the longitudinal direction and having a constriction arranged between two sub-portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ingo Bogen, Alexander Wehner
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Patent number: 11387219Abstract: A power semiconductor module has a first and second intermediate circuit rail, an AC potential rail and with a packaged first and second power semiconductor switch. The respective power semiconductor switch has a first and second load current terminal and a control terminal, wherein the first power semiconductor switch is between the first intermediate circuit rail and the AC potential rail and the second power semiconductor switch is between the second intermediate circuit rail and the AC potential rail. The first load terminal of the first power semiconductor switch is contacted to the first intermediate circuit rail and the second load terminal of the first power semiconductor switch is electrically conductively contacted to the AC potential rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Martin Kraus, Klaus Benkert
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Publication number: 20220181079Abstract: A power semiconductor device has a substrate on which power semiconductor switches are arranged and has a circuit board which includes conductive first plug-in connection contacts, a capacitor, a capacitor holding element that includes a reception device for receiving the capacitor, a temperature sensor for the capacitor, a temperature sensor holding element that has a plug-in region for conductive second plug-in connection contacts. There are temperature sensor connecting lines which electrically connect the temperature sensor and the second plug-in connection contacts to one another, at least one section of a temperature sensor connecting line being configured as a conductor track on the temperature sensor holding element, the second plug-in connection contacts forming an electrically conductive plug-in connection with the first plug-in connection contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Markus DIENSTBIER
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Publication number: 20220181234Abstract: A power electronics system has a switching device and a liquid cooling device. A switching device has a plate element, and power semiconductor devices are arranged on conductor tracks and connected by means of a connecting device, wherein the liquid cooling device has a first partial body having an inlet volume region and an outlet volume region and a second partial body. A cooling volume region is formed between the two partial bodies, wherein heat transfer bodies protrude into the cooling volume region from the second partial body. The second partial body is arranged in a recess of the first partial body and the two partial bodies are connected to each other and have a common plane surface which forms a first main surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Marco LEDERER, Christian ZEILER
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Patent number: 11323020Abstract: A circuit device has a power converter, which includes power semiconductor switches and a capacitor which is connected to a first and a second intermediate circuit conductor in an electrically conductive manner, and having a capacitor discharge device for the electrical discharging of the capacitor. The capacitor discharge device includes an actuation device, an electrical discharge resistor and a first semiconductor switch having a first and a second load current terminal, and having a control terminal. The first load current terminal of the first semiconductor switch is connected to the first intermediate circuit conductor via the discharge resistor, and the second load current terminal of the first semiconductor switch connects to the second intermediate circuit conductor.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Roland Bittner, Jochen Kraus, Robin Koschinski, Sebastian Hettrich
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Publication number: 20220102227Abstract: An electronic power unit has a substrate with a perpendicular direction and a flat insulating molded body has a metal layer on a first main face and conductor tracks on a second main face. The substrate is in a non-positive locking or materially-bonded manner on a base plate of the electronic power unit. A first fastening device is on the base plate in a non-positive locking manner on a cooling device or a housing section has a second fastening device provided to arrange the substrate in a non-positive locking manner on a cooling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Valeriano Cardi, Stefan Hopfe, Maurilio Giovannantonio Muscolino, Matteo Santoro, Werner Obermaier
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Publication number: 20220068768Abstract: A power electronic switching device has a substrate facing in a normal direction with a first and a second conductive track, and a power semiconductor component is arranged on the first conductive track by an electrically conductive connection. The power semiconductor component has a laterally surrounding edge and an edge region and a contact region on its first primary side facing away from the substrate, and with a three-dimensionally preformed insulation molding that has an overlap segment, a connection segment and an extension segment, wherein the overlap segment, starting from the edge partially overlaps the edge region of the power semiconductor component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: MICHAEL SCHATZ
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Patent number: 11259448Abstract: A power electronics system has a housing, a cooling device, a power semiconductor module and a capacitor device, wherein a cooling section of a capacitor connection device is in thermally conducting contact with a cooling surface of the cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Roland Bittner, Sandro Bulovic, Johannes Klier
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Publication number: 20220046798Abstract: A production method and a power electronic connecting device for a power semiconductor module, wherein the connecting device is designed as a flexible film stack of a first and a second electrically conductive film and an electrically insulating film arranged therebetween, wherein at least one of the electrically conductive films is structured in itself and thus forms a plurality of film conductor tracks, wherein a first one of these film conductor tracks has, in a first section, a first average thickness and, in a second section, a second average thickness which is at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, smaller than the first average thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Markus Düsel, Michael Schatz, Alexander Wehner, Ingo Bogen, Jürgen Steger
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Publication number: 20210391229Abstract: A power electronic circuit device has a substrate, with multiple conductive tracks, and a power semiconductor component on these conductive tracks has a connection device with a metal sheet which electrically connects a contact pad of the power semiconductor component to a contact pad of a further power semiconductor component or a conductive track, and has a pressure device. The connection device includes a contact section for connection to an assigned contact pad and a connecting section arranged between the two contact sections. The pressure device includes a two-dimensional resilient pressure element that comprises pressure element sections, and first pressure element sections press with a first pressure surface section onto a contact section and second pressure element section presses with a second pressure surface section press onto the connecting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Markus Düsel, Harald Kobolla, Manuel Noderer, Alexander Wehner
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Publication number: 20210336357Abstract: A power electronic arrangement has a power converter module including a switching device with a substrate with a first and a second DC voltage conductor track and a first and a second DC voltage terminal element connected in an electrically conducting manner with the correct polarity, and has a first and a second DC voltage connection element. The first DC voltage terminal element is connected to the first DC voltage connection element in an electrically conducting manner with the correct polarity by means of a first materially-bonded connection. The second DC voltage terminal element is connected to the second DC voltage connection element in an electrically conducting manner with the correct polarity by means of a second materially-bonded connection. The second DC voltage terminal element or the second DC voltage connection element has a continuous welding cavity in the region of the first connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Jürgen STEGER
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Publication number: 20210336370Abstract: A power semiconductor module has a substrate, load and auxiliary connector elements, and a plastic body, which preferably is a housing or a housing frame and which has a channel. The channel being for the arrangement of a compensating portion of a press-fit contact element. The press-fit contact element has a press-fit portion, a compensating portion and a foot portion, the compensating portion being elastic in a longitudinal direction of the press-fit contact element and having at least two O-shaped sub-portions arranged in succession in the longitudinal direction and having a constriction arranged between two sub-portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: INGO BOGEN, Alexander WEHNER
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Publication number: 20210336553Abstract: A power electronic arrangement has a plurality of single-phase power semiconductor modules and one multi-phase power semiconductor module, wherein each single-phase power semiconductor module has a first, at least frame-like housing, two first DC voltage terminal elements, a first AC voltage terminal element, first auxiliary terminal elements and a first switching device. The multi-phase power semiconductor module has a second, at least frame-like housing, two second DC voltage terminal elements, at least two second AC voltage terminal elements, second auxiliary terminal elements and a second switching device. The first and second DC voltage terminal elements each form a stack in a section of their length and on the terminal sections are designed identically. All the power semiconductor modules are arranged in a row in the direction of the normal vectors of the respective first longitudinal side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: JÜRGEN STEGER, Andreas MAUL
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Publication number: 20210336552Abstract: A power converter module has a switching device with a substrate with a first and a second DC voltage conductor track and a first and a second DC voltage terminal element connected in an electrically conducting manner with the correct polarity, and having a first and a second DC voltage connection element. The first DC voltage terminal element is connected to the first DC voltage connection element in an electrically conducting manner with the correct polarity by means of a first materially-bonded connection, wherein the second DC voltage terminal element is connected to the second DC voltage connection element in an electrically conducting manner with the correct polarity by means of a second materially-bonded connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO., KGInventors: Ingo BOGEN, Florian FINK, Jürgen STEGER, Harald KOBOLLA
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Patent number: D929462Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GmbH & CO. KGInventors: Thomas Frank, Stefan Weiss, Patrick Sturm, Thomas Ziegler