Abstract: A DC link capacitor includes a lower busbar, an upper busbar, a cooling structure, and a plurality of structurally identical capacitor elements which are arranged between the lower busbar and the upper busbar and in electrical contact with the lower busbar and the upper busbar. The capacitor elements are spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction and are in thermally conductive contact with the cooling structure. The cooling structure includes thermally conductive element connected in a materially bonded manner to one of the lower busbar and the upper busbar. An active or passive cooling means is connected to an outer surface of one of the lower busbar and the upper busbar.

Abstract: An active discharge circuit for a vehicle discharge device; for discharging a vehicle intermediate circuit, includes a connector for connection to an intermediate circuit element of the vehicle intermediate circuit; a circuit arrangement parallel-connected to the connector and having at discharge element and at switching element, the switching element being designed to electrically contact the discharge element to the connector in a closed switching state and not to electrically contact the discharge element to the connector in an open switching state; and a discrete discharge circuit being designed to adjust the switching states in the switching element by pulse width modulation during discharging of the at least one intermediate circuit element.

Abstract: A control circuit for a control unit, which is located in a vehicle and is configured to be switched between an energy-saving state that has a limited range of functions and a normal operational state depending on an output voltage received from the control circuit (10), includes a field-effector transistor. The field-effect transistor is configured to receive a supply voltage. The field-effect transistor is further configured to switch between control states based on a control voltage applied at a gate terminal. The control states are an on-state and an off-state. The field-effect transistor is further configured to provide the output voltage based on the control state of the field-effect transistor.

Abstract: An electrical circuit arrangement includes an inverter, a driver circuit and a protective circuit. The inverter includes a plurality of inverter switching elements each having a drive connection. The drive connection of at least one inverter switching element is connected to the driver circuit via a first switching element of the protective circuit (6). A drive connection of the first switching element is connected to a circuit node, which is connected to a first potential via a resistor and to a second potential via a second switching element.

Abstract: An active discharge circuit for a vehicle discharge device for discharging a vehicle intermediate circuit, includes a connector for connection to an intermediate circuit element of the vehicle intermediate circuit; a circuit arrangement parallel-connected to the connector and having a discharge element and a switching element, the switching element being designed to electrically contact the discharge element to the connector in a closed switching state and not to electrically contact the discharge element to the connector in an open switching state; and a discrete discharge circuit being designed to adjust the switching states in the switching element by pulse width modulation during discharging of the at least one intermediate circuit element.

Abstract: A DC link capacitor comprises a lower busbar, an upper busbar, a cooling structure, and a plurality of structurally identical capacitor elements which are arranged between the lower busbar and the upper busbar and in electrical contact with the lower busbar and the upper busbar. The capacitor elements are spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction and are in thermally conductive contact with the cooling structure. The cooling structure includes thermally conductive element connected in a materially bonded manner to one of the lower busbar and the upper busbar. An active or passive cooling means is connected to an outer surface of one of the lower busbar and the upper busbar.

Abstract: An electrical circuit arrangement includes an inverter, a driver circuit and a protective circuit. The inverter includes a plurality of inverter switching elements each having a drive connection. The drive connection of at least one inverter switching element is connected to the driver circuit via a first switching element of the protective circuit (6). A drive connection of the first switching element is connected to a circuit node, which is connected to a first potential via a resistor and to a second potential via a second switching element.

Abstract: A control circuit for a control unit, which is located in a vehicle and is configured to be switched between an energy-saving state that has a limited range of functions and a normal operational state depending on an output voltage received from the control circuit (10), includes a field-effector transistor. The field-effect transistor is configured to receive a supply voltage. The field-effect transistor is further configured to switch between control states based on a control voltage applied at a gate terminal. The control states are an on-state and an off-state. The field-effect transistor is further configured to provide the output voltage based on the control state of the field-effect transistor.