Abstract: An electronic converter assembly including a liquid cooled heat sink member having a sink length dimension, at least one mounting surface and first and second oppositely facing lateral surfaces, the mounting surface and first and second lateral surfaces forming first and second lateral edges, respectively, the sink member also forming at least one internal channel that extends substantially along the entire sink length, an inlet and an outlet that open into opposite ends of the channel, a plurality of power switching devices mounted side by side to the mounting surface thereby forming a single device row that extends substantially along the sink length, each device including intra-converter terminals that are substantially within a single connection plane, a plurality of capacitors, each capacitor including capacitor connection terminals, the capacitors linked for support to and adjacent the sink member with the capacitor terminals juxtaposed substantially within the connection plane and a linkage assembly in

Abstract: A method and apparatus for use with a power conversion configuration including a pulse width modulated (PWM) converter, a PWM inverter and master and slave carrier signal generators wherein the master and slave carrier signal generators receive master and slave PWM frequency signals and generate master and slave carrier signals as a function thereof, PWM signals for controlling the converter and the inverter derived by comparing converter and inverter modulating waveforms to converter and inverter carrier signals, respectively, the method comprising the steps of identifying a phase difference between the master and slave carrier signals, using the phase difference to modify subsequent slave carrier signals to substantially conform the slave carrier signal frequency and phase to the master carrier signal frequency and phase and using the master carrier signal and the modified slave carrier signal to generate control signals for the converter and the inverter.

Abstract: An electronic converter assembly including a liquid cooled heat sink member having a sink length dimension, at least one mounting surface and first and second oppositely facing lateral surfaces, the mounting surface and first and second lateral surfaces forming first and second lateral edges, respectively, the sink member also forming at least one internal channel that extends substantially along the entire sink length, an inlet and an outlet that open into opposite ends of the channel, a plurality of power switching devices mounted side by side to the mounting surface thereby forming a single device row that extends substantially along the sink length, each device including intra-converter terminals that are substantially within a single connection plane, a plurality of capacitors, each capacitor including capacitor connection terminals, the capacitors linked for support to and adjacent the sink member with the capacitor terminals juxtaposed substantially within the connection plane and a linkage assembly in

Abstract: A heat sink apparatus for use with a liquid refrigerant that tends to generate gas during the cooling process wherein at least some of the gas tends to accumulate on the internal surfaces of heat sink liquid channels forming gaseous pockets that in turn cause surface hot spots, the apparatus for minimizing the surface host spots and comprising a first sink member having first and second substantially oppositely facing surfaces, the second surface for receiving at least one heat generating component, a second sink member having at least a first surface, the first surface of the second sink member secured to the first surface of the first sink member, the first surface of one of the sink members forming a cavity extending between first and second cavity ends and including a cavity surface, the first side of the other of the sink members including a cover surface that substantially covers the cavity and substantially oppositely faces the cavity surface so as to form a channel, at least one of the cavity surface