Patent ID: 6188575
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A power pack for providing a source of electrical energy comprising:a plurality of power modules for providing a source of electrical energy;a plurality of spaced apart heat exchangers disposed in a heat transfer relationship with at least one of said plurality of power modules for providing at least one-sided cooling of each of said plurality of power modules;each of said heat exchangers being a solid elongated member having a rectangular cross-section;each of said heat exchangers having a cooling interface adapted to contact a fluid coolant for transferring to the fluid coolant heat to be generated by said plurality of power modules; anda frame enclosing said plurality of power modules comprising:a support plate supporting said plurality of power modules;a cover covering and configuring said plurality of power modules; andcircuitry mounted on a surface of said cover opposite said plurality of heat exchangers for controlling said plurality of heat exchangers for controlling the said plurality of power modules and for substantially limiting voltage overshoot;said cover having a thermal conduction medium for transferring heat being generated by said circuitry to heat exchangers, so that said plurality of power modules are carried and cooled by said heat exchangers which are enclosed in a frame having said circuitry for configuring said plurality of power modules and for limiting voltage overshoot of said plurality of power modules.