Patent ID: 6559532
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H01L,H02M

Abstract:
A matrix converter comprising:nine switches, each comprising a bidirectionally switchable power semiconductor component; each of said power semiconductor components having two opposite principal sides at which respective emitter contacts are disposed, respectively serving as an input and an output for the power semiconductor component, and each of said power semiconductor components having a gate contact for applying an electrical potential for switching the power semiconductor component; said power semiconductor components being disposed in three rows, each row containing three of said power semiconductor components, so that the respective opposite principal sides of the power semiconductor components are respectively aligned in two surfaces spaced a distance from each other; a first set of three power leads disposed next to each other adjacent a first of said surfaces and a second set of three power leads disposed next to each other adjacent a second of said surfaces, said second set of power leads proceeding transversely relative to said first set of power leads; each of said power semiconductor components having a first of said emitter contacts electrically connected to a power lead in said first set and a second of said emitter contacts electrically connected to a power lead in said second set; and thirty-six electrical interconnects, electrically insulated from each other and electrically insulated from said power leads, eighteen of said electrical interconnects being respectively electrically connected to said gate contacts, and another eighteen of said electrical interconnects forming auxiliary emitter terminals and being electrically connected respectively to said emitter contacts on each principal side of said power semiconductor components.