Single-phase converter module
OwnerStefan Hornung, Peter Urbach +1inventors
InventorsStefan Hornung, Peter Urbach, Barbara Will
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Abstract
A converter module is described having a positive terminal (2), a negative terminal (4), and a phase terminal (3), as well as a first semiconductor chip (9) and a second semiconductor chip (9), the terminals (2-4) and the semiconductor chips (9) being situated on top of one another in a stack. A particularly simple and cost-effective converter module may produced in that the positive terminal (2), the negative terminal (4), or the phase terminal (3) are made up of a contact plate (5), including a bar-shaped terminal lug (6) which is positioned asymmetrically on the contact plate (5), and an auxiliary element (7) is provided at its end which prevents the terminal (2-4) from tilting.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A converter module, comprising:
- a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a phase terminal, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip, the positive terminal, negative terminal, the phase terminal, the first semiconductor chip, and the second semiconductor chip being situated on top of one another in a stack;
- wherein at least one of the positive terminal, the negative terminal, and the phase terminal includes a contact plate, a bar-shaped terminal lug which is positioned asymmetrically on the contact plate, and an auxiliary element which prevents the at least one of the positive terminal, the negative terminal, and the phase terminal from tilting about a longitudinal axis of the terminal lug, the auxiliary element being able to be detached after the converter module is assembled.
A line of multiple single-phase converter modules, comprising:
- a plurality of converter modules, each of the converter modules including a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a phase terminal, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip, the positive terminal, negative terminal, the phase terminal, the first semiconductor chip, and the second semiconductor chip being situated on top of one another in a stack;
- wherein at least one of the positive terminal, the negative terminal, and the phase terminal includes a contact plate, a bar-shaped terminal lug which is positioned asymmetrically on the contact plate, and an auxiliary element which prevents the at least one of the positive terminal, the negative terminal, and the phase terminal from tilting about a longitudinal axis of the terminal lug, the auxiliary element being able to be detached after the converter module is assembled.
A method for manufacturing a converter module comprising:
- providing a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a phase terminal, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip, at least one of the positive terminal, the negative terminal, and the phase terminal having a contact plate, a bar-shaped terminal lug, and an auxiliary element, the terminal lug being positioned asymmetrically on the contact plate, the auxiliary element preventing the terminal from tilting about a logitudinal axis fo the bar-shaped terminal lug;
- stacking the positive terminal, the negative terminal, the phase terminal, the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip on top of one another in a joining device, the phase terminal being situated rotated by 180° relation about the terminal axis of the terminal lug;
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- encapsulating the stack in an injection molded housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.