Stacked electric vehicle inverter cells

A method, comprising:

• providing a first inverter cell and a second inverter cell along a plane in an inverter module of an electric vehicle, each of the first inverter cell and the second inverter cell having:
• at least one transistor device;
• at least one capacitor;
• a cold plate having a first side that is placed in contact with or proximate to the at least one transistor device and a second side opposite of the first side that is in placed in contact with or proximate to the at least one capacitor, the cold plate having a first coolant channel through the cold plate, the first coolant channel having a coolant inlet at a third side of the cold plate and a coolant outlet on a fourth side of the cold plate opposite to the third side;
• and
• one or more traverse channels located proximate to a corresponding one of the at least one transistor device to allow the coolant fluid to flow in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first continuous channel;
• connecting, using a connector, the coolant outlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell to the coolant inlet of the cold plate of the second inverter cell in series, to form a continuous channel on the plane that extends from the first coolant inlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell into the first coolant channel of the cold plate of the second inverter cell, the connector having:
• a first end that mates with the coolant outlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell,
• a second end that mates with the coolant inlet of the cold plate of the second inverter cell;
• the first end, the second end, the first cooling channel and the coolant outlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell, the coolant inlet and the first cooling channel of the cold plate of the second inverter cell aligned along an axis defined by the continuous channel on the plane;
• and
• receiving, via the coolant inlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell, a coolant fluid into the continuous channel to cool the first inverter cell and the second inverter cell.

An electric vehicle, comprising:

• a first inverter cell and a second inverter cell disposed along a plane, each of the first inverter cell and the second inverter cell comprising:
• at least one transistor device;
• at least one capacitor;
• a cold plate having a first side that is placed in contact with or proximate to the at least one transistor device and a second side opposite of the first side that is placed in contact or proximate to the at least one capacitor, the cold plate having a first coolant channel through the cold plate, the first coolant channel having a coolant inlet at a third side of the cold plate and a coolant outlet on a fourth side of the cold plate opposite to the third side;
• and
• one or more traverse channels located proximate to a corresponding one of the at least one transistor device to allow the coolant fluid to flow in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first continuous channel;
• a connector to connect the coolant outlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell to the coolant inlet of the cold plate of the second inverter cell in series, to form a first continuous channel on the plane that extends from the first coolant inlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell into the first coolant channel of the cold plate of the second inverter cell, the connector having:
• a first end that mates with the coolant outlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell
• a second end that mates with the coolant inlet of the cold plate of the second inverter cell;
• the first end, the second end, the first cooling channel and the coolant outlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell, the coolant inlet and the first cooling channel of the cold plate of the second inverter cell aligned along an axis defined by the first continuous channel on the plane;
• and
• the coolant inlet of the cold plate of the first inverter cell to receive a coolant fluid into the first continuous channel, to cool the first inverter cell and the second inverter cell.