Patent ID: 9490721
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H02M,H05K,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A power converter that directly converts polyphase AC power to AC power, the power converter comprising: a converter circuit including a plurality of first switching elements that are connected to each phase of the polyphase AC power to enable switching for turning on current-carrying bidirectionally and a plurality of second switching elements that are connected to each phase to enable switching for turning on current-carrying bidirectionally; and a plurality of condensers connected to the converter circuit, wherein at least one of the condensers is disposed between phases of the polyphase AC power applied to the first switching elements and between phases of the polyphase AC power applied to the second switching elements; and wherein a spatial arrangement is provided by: an arrangement in which terminals of the plurality of first switching elements are physically and geometrically arranged in a line and terminals of the plurality of second switching elements are physically and geometrically arranged in a line; and an arrangement in which some of the plurality of condensers are physically and geometrically arranged to be angled relative to the lines that the terminals form.