US 12,004,316 B2
Flexibly configurable converter units
Klaus Nieberlein, Nuremberg (DE); Falko Baumann, Ottensoos (DE); René Junghänel, Marloffstein (DE); Matthias Nährig, Bayern (DE); Jens Schmenger, Forchheim (DE); and Jennifer Lautner, Fürth (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/761,495
Filed by SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072075
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/052675, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19198070 (EP), filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369490 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 5/458 (2006.01); H02M 7/537 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1432 (2013.01) [H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 5/458 (2013.01); H02M 7/537 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A converter unit, comprising:
a main printed circuit board including first and second control connections receiving first and second control signals via conductor paths of the main printed circuit board; and
a functional module arranged on the main printed circuit board and at least mechanically connected to the main printed circuit board at least in a region of the first and second control connections, said functional module including first and second power connections, with an AC voltage supplied to the functional module via the first power connections being convertible into two DC voltage potentials for output via the second power connections, said functional module being designed to operate without using the first control signals and/or the second control signals.