Patent ID: 6884953
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: H01L,H02M,H05K

Abstract:
1. A switching circuit comprising: a plurality of switching elements; and a plurality of bus bars each serving as a conductor, the bus bars connecting the switching elements to one of a power source and a load, wherein: two or more of the plurality of bus bars are fixed to each other with an insulator interposed between adjacent ones of the two or more bus bars; and the two or more of the plurality of bus bars with the insulator interposed therebetween are secured to a substrate of the switching circuit, wherein the insulator extends over an overlapped portion of the bus bars to be fixed; and wherein the insulator has at least one protruding end portion that extends in a direction perpendicular to the substrate such that the at least one of the bus bars is positioned by the at least one protruding end portion with respect to the insulator.