Power converter arrangement attenuation element for electrical ringing

Abstract

A power converter arrangement including a semiconductor switch system including at least one controllable switch, a capacitor unit including at least one capacitor having a capacitance value, the capacitor unit being operatively connected to the semiconductor switch system, a conductor arrangement including of at least one conductor adapted to conduct an electric current between the capacitor unit and the semiconductor switch system, wherein the at least one conductor having a resistance and an inductance, and wherein a resonant circuit is formed by the resistance, the inductance and the capacitance, and wherein the power converter arrangement includes at least one attenuating element for attenuating an electrical ringing in the resonant circuit, wherein the at least one attenuating element is conductively isolated from the resonant circuit, and wherein the at least one attenuating element includes ferromagnetic material, and wherein the at least one attenuating element is magnetically coupled to the at least one conductor such that variations in the electric current intensity of the at least one conductor induces eddy currents within the at least one attenuating element.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.