US 12,341,431 B2
Power module with alternately arranged switching units
Da Jin, Taoyuan (TW); Dongjie Gu, Taoyuan (TW); Mingyun Yang, Taoyuan (TW); and Xueliang Chang, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to Delta Electronics, Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by Delta Electronics, Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,552.
Claims priority of application No. 202011164463.3 (CN), filed on Oct. 27, 2020; and application No. 202011463191.7 (CN), filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131469 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/5395 (2006.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 3/335 (2013.01) [H02M 1/0048 (2021.05); H02M 7/5395 (2013.01); H05K 1/162 (2013.01); H05K 1/165 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power converter module, comprising:
a multilayer printed circuit board, wherein the multilayer printed circuit board has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and the second surface are opposite;
a switching device comprising two switching circuit combinations, wherein the switching device is disposed on the first surface of the multilayer printed circuit board, each of the two switching circuit combinations comprises at least two switching circuits connected in parallel, each of the at least two switching circuits comprises a switching unit, and the two switching circuit combinations comprise a first switching circuit combination and a second switching circuit combination;
a controlling device configured for outputting a first control signal and a second control signal to control the switching circuits of the first switching circuit combination and the switching circuits of the second switching circuit combination respectively, wherein the first control signal and the second control signal are out of phase with each other; and
a capacitor device electrically connected in parallel with an input terminal of the power converter module, wherein the capacitor device comprises a plurality of capacitors and is disposed on the first surface of the multilayer printed circuit board;
wherein on a direction, one of the switching unites of the second switching circuit combination is disposed between two of the switching units of the first switching circuit combination, and one of the switching units of the first switching circuit combination is disposed between two of the switching units of the second switching circuit combination, each of the plurality of capacitors of the capacitor device is neighboring to two adjacent switching units.