US 12,261,489 B2
Packaging of wide bandgap power electronic power stages
Brij N. Singh, West Fargo, ND (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/958,093.
Application 17/958,093 is a division of application No. 17/072,988, filed on Oct. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,489,417.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,501, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027562 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 11/33 (2016.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01); H01R 12/52 (2011.01); H02G 5/10 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 11/33 (2016.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); H01L 23/4735 (2013.01); H01R 12/523 (2013.01); H02G 5/10 (2013.01); H02K 7/006 (2013.01); H05K 1/144 (2013.01); H05K 7/20272 (2013.01); H05K 7/20927 (2013.01); H02K 2211/03 (2013.01); H05K 1/0233 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a power switching assembly having a rear face;
a capacitor bank having a top side and a front face; and
a bus bar having first and second subregions and including positive and negative voltage bus sheets, the first subregion positioned above the capacitor bank with an approximately congruent surface area to that of the top side of the capacitor bank, the second subregion curving along the front face of the capacitor bank and extending into a cavity between the capacitor bank and the rear face of the power switching assembly, the positive and negative voltage bus sheets coated with a dielectric thermal interface material (TIM) to improve at least one of thermal conductivity of the bus bar or electrical insulation of the bus bar, the dielectric TIM including a high thermal conductivity.