Patent ID: 9102242
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60K,B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A power control system for an a-c motor having input a-c terminals, said power control system comprising: an inverter circuit having a-c and d-c terminals and a control circuit for said inverter circuit; said a-c motor being fixed to a first surface of a heat sink; said inverter circuit being mounted on a second surface opposite of said first surface of said heat sink and having its a-c terminals connected to said input a-c terminals of said a-c motor by short power conductors; said control circuit including a microcontroller for controlling said inverter circuit by controlling a plurality of gate driver ICs connected to said inverter circuit, said control circuit being mounted in a housing remote from and thermally insulated from said inverter circuit and said heat sink, and coupled to said inverter circuit by a low power interface link.