Patent Publication Number: US-10790730-B2

Title: Power conversion device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-202663, filed Oct. 19, 2017, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a power conversion device. 
     Description of Related Art 
     Hitherto, a control unit including two three-phase connectors that connect two three-phase AC motor and two inverter circuits has become known (see, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. 2016-140198). For example, in a control unit  100  shown in  FIG. 8 , a first three-phase connector  101  and a second three-phase connector  102  are disposed side by side in a first direction D 1 . In the first three-phase connector  101 , three-phase connection terminals  101 U,  101 V, and  101 W are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . In the second three-phase connector  102 , three-phase connection terminals  102 U,  102 V, and  102 W are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . 
     For example, in the control unit  100  shown in  FIG. 9 , two inverter circuits (first inverter circuit  105  and the second inverter circuit  106 ) are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1  (see, for example Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. 2015-079819). Three upper-arm circuit element portions  105 UH,  105 VH, and  105 WH corresponding to three phases in the first inverter circuit  105  and three upper-arm circuit element portions  106 UH,  106 VH, and  106 WH corresponding to three phases in the second inverter circuit  106  are disposed in a row in the first direction D 1 . Three lower-arm circuit element portions  105 UL,  105 VL, and  105 WL corresponding to three phases in the first inverter circuit  105  and three lower-arm circuit element portions  106 UL,  106 VL, and  106 WL corresponding to three phases in the second inverter circuit  106  are disposed in a row in the first direction D 1 . In each phase of the first inverter circuit  105  and the second inverter circuit  106 , the upper-arm circuit element portions and the lower-arm circuit element portions are disposed opposite to each other in a second direction D 2  orthogonal to the first direction D 1 . 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     According to the control unit  100  in the related art shown in  FIG. 8 , in a case where the control unit  100  is mounted in a motor case  115  or the like having two motors (only one motor  110  is shown in  FIG. 8 ) received therein, there may be a concern of space efficiency lowering. For example, in a case where the first direction D 1  in which two three-phase connectors  101  and  102  are lined up and the direction of a shaft center O 1  of the rotary shaft of two motors  110  are arranged so as to be orthogonal to each other, there is the possibility of an increase in a space required for avoiding interference between each of the three-phase connectors  101  and  102  and each motor  110  or the motor case  115 . That is, each of the three-phase connectors  101  and  102  is larger in width in the first direction D 1  parallel to the orthogonal direction of the shaft center O 1  than a thickness in a direction parallel to the direction of the shaft center O 1  of the motor  110 . Therefore, it is difficult to dispose each of the three-phase connectors  101  and  102  in a space occurring between a mounting surface  115   a  of the control unit  100  in the motor case  115  and the outer circumferential portion of each motor  110 . 
     On the other hand, in a case where the first direction D 1  in which two three-phase connectors  101  and  102  are lined up and the direction of the shaft center O 1  of two motors are made parallel to each other, the length of the entirety of the two three-phase connectors  101  and  102  in the first direction D 1  becomes larger than the thickness of the two motors in the direction of the shaft center O 1 , and thus there may be a concern of the two three-phase connectors  101  and  102  protruding from the thickness of the two motors. 
     In the above-described problem, for example, even in a case where the two three-phase connectors  101  and  102  are disposed shifted aside in the second direction D 2  orthogonal to the first direction D 1  without being lined up in the first direction D 1 , there may be a concern of not being able to improve space efficiency. 
     An aspect of the present invention is contrived in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a power conversion device which makes it possible to improve space efficiency when mounted in other instruments. 
     In order to solve the above problem and achieve such an object, the present invention adopts the following aspects. 
     (1) According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power conversion device including: a first power conversion circuit and a second power conversion circuit that deliver power to and from a first motor and a second motor, respectively, of which shaft centers are disposed along a first direction; a plurality of first connection terminals that connect the first power conversion circuit and the first motor; and a plurality of second connection terminals that connect the second power conversion circuit and the second motor, wherein the first power conversion circuit and the second power conversion circuit are configured such that, when seen in radial directions of the first motor and the second motor, at least a portion of the first power conversion circuit and the second power conversion circuit is disposed at a position overlapping at least any of the first motor and the second motor, when seen in the radial directions of the first motor and the second motor, the plurality of first connection terminals are disposed side by side along the first direction on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the shaft center, and when seen in the radial directions of the first motor and the second motor, the plurality of second connection terminals are disposed side by side along the first direction on the other side in the second direction orthogonal to the shaft center. 
     (2) In the above (1), the first power conversion circuit may include a plurality of first element arrays in which element arrays composed of a high side arm element and a low side arm element delivering power to and from the first motor are lined up in the first direction according to a plurality of phases of the first motor, the second power conversion circuit may include a plurality of second element arrays in which element arrays composed of high side arm elements and low side arm elements delivering power to and from the second motor are lined up in the first direction according to a plurality of phases of the second motor, the plurality of first element arrays and the plurality of second element arrays may be disposed at positions facing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, input and output terminals of the plurality of first element arrays may be extracted to a side opposite to the plurality of second element arrays in the second direction, and input and output terminals of the plurality of second element arrays may be extracted to a side opposite to the plurality of first element arrays in the second direction. 
     (3) In the above (1) or (2), the power conversion device may further include: a capacitor connected to positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals of the plurality of first element arrays and the plurality of second element arrays; a positive electrode bus bar which extends in the first direction between the plurality of first element arrays and the plurality of second element arrays and to which the positive electrode terminals of the plurality of first element arrays and the plurality of second element arrays are connected; and a negative electrode bus bar which extends in the first direction between the plurality of first element arrays and the plurality of second element arrays and to which the negative electrode terminals of the plurality of first element arrays and the plurality of second element arrays are connected. 
     (4) In any one of the above (1) to (3), the power conversion device may further include a voltage converter which is electrically connected to at least any of the plurality of first element arrays and the plurality of second element arrays, first elements of high side arm elements and low side arm elements configuring the voltage converter may be disposed side by side next to the plurality of first element arrays in the first direction, and second elements of high side arm elements and low side arm elements configuring the voltage converter may be disposed side by side next to the plurality of second element arrays in the first direction. 
     According to the above (1), at least a portion of the first power conversion circuit and the second power conversion circuit overlaps at least any of the first motor and the second motor when seen in the radial direction of each motor, and thus it is possible to suppress an increase in the entire size of the power conversion device and the first and second motors. 
     In addition, a plurality of first connection terminals and a plurality of second connection terminals are disposed side by side along the first direction, on one side and the other side in the second direction orthogonal to the shaft center of each motor. Thereby, for example, as compared with a case where the plurality of first connection terminals and the plurality of second connection terminals are disposed side by side parallel to a direction or the like intersecting the shaft center of each motor, it is possible to improve space efficiency. 
     In a case of the above (2), a plurality of first element arrays disposed side by side in a row and a plurality of second element arrays disposed side by side in a row are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction. Therefore, while suppressing an increase in the length of connection to each input and output terminal, at least portions of each input and output terminal can be disposed so as to overlap each other when seen from the second direction. 
     Therefore, in a case where the power conversion device is mounted in the motor case or the like having the first motor and the second motor received therein, it is possible to suppress an increase in a space required for avoiding interference between the power conversion device and each motor or the motor case, and to suppress an increase in the entire size of the power conversion device and each motor. 
     In a case of the above (3), while preventing the positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar from lengthening, it is possible to communize the positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar in a plurality of first element arrays, a plurality of second element arrays, and the capacitor. Thereby, while suppressing an increase in the size of the power conversion device, it is possible to suppress an increase in the inductance of the positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar. 
     In a case of the above (4), even in a case where the voltage converter is included, it is possible to suppress an increase in the entire size of the power conversion device and the first and second motors. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of a power conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a portion of a vehicle in which the power conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention is mounted. 
         FIG. 3  is a side view schematically illustrating a configuration seen from a second direction after exploding a power module and a first or second three-phase connector of the power conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is an exploded perspective view schematically illustrating a configuration of a portion of the vehicle in which the power conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention is mounted. 
         FIG. 5  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration when the power conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention is seen from a third direction. 
         FIG. 6  is a side view schematically illustrating a configuration when the power conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention is seen from the rotary shaft direction of a power unit. 
         FIG. 7  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration when a control unit according to a comparative example of the embodiment of the present invention is seen from the third direction. 
         FIG. 8  is a side view schematically illustrating a control unit and a motor case according to the related art from a shaft center direction. 
         FIG. 9  is a perspective view of the control unit according to the related art. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Hereinafter, an embodiment of a power conversion device of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     The power conversion device according to the present embodiment controls power deliver between a motor and a battery. For example, the power conversion device is mounted in an electromotive vehicle. The electromotive vehicle is an electric automobile, a hybrid vehicle, a fuel cell vehicle, or the like. The electric automobile is driven using a battery as a motive power source. The hybrid vehicle is driven using a battery and an internal-combustion engine as a motive power source. The fuel cell vehicle is driven using a fuel cell as a driving source. 
     &lt;Vehicle&gt; 
       FIG. 1  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration of a power conversion device  1  according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a portion of a vehicle  10  in which the power conversion device  1  according to the embodiment of the present invention is mounted. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the vehicle  10  includes a battery  11  (BATT), a first motor  12  (MOT) for traveling driving, and a second motor  13  (GEN) for power generation, in addition to the power conversion device  1 . 
     The battery  11  includes a battery case and a plurality of battery modules received within the battery case. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series to each other. The battery  11  includes a positive electrode terminal PB and a negative electrode terminal NB which are connected to a direct-current connector  1   a  of the power conversion device  1 . The positive electrode terminal PB and the negative electrode terminal NB are connected to a positive electrode end and a negative electrode end of the plurality of battery modules connected in series to each other within the battery case. 
     The first motor  12  generates a rotary driving force (power-running operation) using power which is supplied from the battery  11 . The second motor  13  generates generating power using a rotary driving force which is input to a rotary shaft. Here, the second motor  13  is configured to have the rotary dynamic force of an internal-combustion engine transmitted thereto. For example, each of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  is a three-phase AC brushless DC motor. Three phases are a U-phase, a V-phase, and a W-phase. Each of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  is an inner rotor type. Each of the motors  12  and  13  includes a rotor having a field permanent magnet and a stator having a three-phase stator winding for generating a rotating magnetic field that rotates the rotor. The three-phase stator winding of the first motor  12  is connected to a first three-phase connector  1   b  of the power conversion device  1 . The three-phase stator winding of the second motor  13  is connected to a second three-phase connector  1   c  of the power conversion device  1 . 
     &lt;Power Conversion Device&gt; 
     The power conversion device  1  includes a power module  21 , a reactor  22 , a capacitor unit  23 , a resistor  24 , a first current sensor  25 , a second current sensor  26 , a third current sensor  27 , an electronic control unit  28  (MOT GEN ECU), and a gate drive unit  29  (G/D VCU ECU). 
     The power module  21  includes a first power conversion circuit portion  31 , a second power conversion circuit portion  32 , and a third power conversion circuit portion  33 . The first power conversion circuit portion  31  is connected to the three-phase stator winding of the first motor  12  by the first three-phase connector  1   b . The first power conversion circuit portion  31  converts direct-current power which is input from the battery  11  through the third power conversion circuit portion  33  into three-phase AC power. The second power conversion circuit portion  32  is connected to the three-phase stator winding of the second motor  13  by the second three-phase connector  1   c . The second power conversion circuit portion  32  converts three-phase AC power which is input from the second motor  13  into direct-current power. The direct-current power converted by the second power conversion circuit portion  32  can be supplied to at least one of the battery  11  and the first power conversion circuit portion  31 . 
     Each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  includes a bridge circuit formed by a plurality of switching elements which are bridge-connected to each other. For example, the switching element is a transistor such as an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) or a metal oxide semi-conductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). For example, in the bridge circuit, high side arm and low side arm U-phase transistors UH and UL forming a pair, high side arm and low side arm V-phase transistors VH and VL forming a pair, and high side arm and low side arm W-phase transistors WH and WL forming a pair are bridge-connected to each other. In the present embodiment, in each of the U, V, and W-phases, high side arm and low side arm transistors (for example, U-phase high side arm transistor UH and U-phase low side arm transistor UL) are disposed next to each other in a first direction D 1 . 
     Each of the transistors UH, VH, and WH of a high side arm configures a high side arm by its collector being connected to a positive electrode terminal PI. In each phase, each positive electrode terminal PI of a high side arm is connected to a positive electrode bus bar  50   p.    
     Each of the transistors UL, VL, and WL of a low side arm configures a low side arm by its emitter being connected to a negative electrode terminal NI. In each phase, each negative electrode terminal NI of a low side arm is connected to a negative electrode bus bar  50   n.    
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the emitter of each of the transistors UH, VH, and WH of a high side arm in each phase is connected to the collector of each of the transistors UL, VL, and WL of a low side arm at a connection point TI. 
     The connection point TI of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  in each phase is connected to a first input and output terminal Q 1  by a first bus bar  51 . The first input and output terminal Q 1  is connected to the first three-phase connector  1   b . The connection point TI of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  in each phase is connected to the stator winding of the first motor  12  in each phase through the first bus bar  51 , the first input and output terminal Q 1 , and the first three-phase connector  1   b.    
     The connection point TI of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in each phase is connected to a second input and output terminal Q 2  by a second bus bar  52 . The second input and output terminal Q 2  is connected to the second three-phase connector  1   c . The connection point TI of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in each phase is connected to the stator winding of the second motor  13  in each phase through the second bus bar  52 , the second input and output terminal Q 2 , and the second three-phase connector  1   c . As shown in  FIG. 2 , the bridge circuit includes a diode which is connected between the collector and the emitter of each of the transistors UH, UL, VH, VL, WH, and WL so as to have a forward direction from the emitter toward the collector. 
     Each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  switches between the on-state (electrical conduction)/off-state (cutoff) of a transistor pair in each phase, on the basis of a gate signal that is a switching command which is input from the gate drive unit  29  to the gate of each of the transistors UH, VH, WH, UL, VL, and WL. The first power conversion circuit portion  31  converts direct-current power which is input from the battery  11  through the third power conversion circuit portion  33  into three-phase AC power, and sequentially commutates electrical conduction to the three-phase stator winding of the first motor  12 , to thereby allow for electrical conduction of an AC U-phase current, a V-phase current, and a W-phase current to the three-phase stator winding. The second power conversion circuit portion  32  converts three-phase AC power which is output from the three-phase stator winding of the second motor  13  into direct-current power by on (electrical conduction)/off (cutoff) driving of a transistor pair in each phase synchronized with the rotation of the second motor  13 . 
     The third power conversion circuit portion  33  is a voltage control unit (VCU). The third power conversion circuit portion  33  includes switching elements of a high side arm and a low side arm forming a pair. For example, the third power conversion circuit portion  33  includes a first transistor S 1  of a high side arm and a second transistor S 2  of a low side arm. The first transistor S 1  configures a high side arm by its collector being connected to a positive electrode terminal PV. The positive electrode terminal PV of a high side arm is connected to the positive electrode bus bar  50   p . The second transistor S 2  configures a low side arm by its emitter being connected to a negative electrode terminal NV. The negative electrode terminal NV of a low side arm is connected to the negative electrode bus bar  50   n . The emitter of the first transistor S 1  of a high side arm is connected to the collector of the second transistor S 2  of a low side arm. The third power conversion circuit portion  33  includes a diode which is connected between the collector and the emitter of each of the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2  so as to have a forward direction from the emitter toward the collector. 
     A connection point between the first transistor S 1  of a high side arm and the second transistor S 2  of a low side arm is connected to the reactor  22  by a third bus bar  53 . Both ends of the reactor  22  are connected to the connection point between the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2 , and the positive electrode terminal PB of the battery  11 . The reactor  22  includes a coil and a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the coil. The temperature sensor is connected to the electronic control unit  28  by a signal line. 
     The third power conversion circuit portion  33  switches between the on-state (electrical conduction)/off-state (cutoff) of a transistor pair on the basis of a gate signal that is a switching command which is input from the gate drive unit  29  to the gate of each of the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2 . 
     The third power conversion circuit portion  33  alternately switches between, during a boost in voltage, a first state where the second transistor S 2  is set to be in an on-state (electrical conduction) and the first transistor S 1  is set to be in an off-state (cutoff), and a second state where the second transistor S 2  is set to be in an off-state (cutoff) and the first transistor S 1  is set to be in an on-state (electrical conduction). In the first state, sequentially, a current flows to the positive electrode terminal PB of the battery  11 , the reactor  22 , the second transistor S 2 , and the negative electrode terminal NB of the battery  11 , the reactor  22  is DC excited, and magnetic energy is accumulated. In the second state, an electromotive voltage (induced voltage) is generated between both ends of the reactor  22  so as to prevent a change in magnetic flux due to a current flowing to the reactor  22  being cut off. An induced voltage caused by the magnetic energy accumulated in the reactor  22  is superimposed on a battery voltage, and thus a boost voltage higher than a voltage between the terminals of the battery  11  is applied between the positive electrode terminal PV and the negative electrode terminal NV of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . 
     The third power conversion circuit portion  33  alternately switches between the second state and the first state during regeneration. In the second state, sequentially, a current flows to the positive electrode terminal PV of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 , the first transistor S 1 , the reactor  22 , and the positive electrode terminal PB of the battery  11 , the reactor  22  is DC excited, and magnetic energy is accumulated. In the first state, an electromotive voltage (induced voltage) is generated between both ends of the reactor  22  so as to prevent a change in magnetic flux due to a current flowing to reactor  22  being cut off. An induced voltage caused by the magnetic energy accumulated in the reactor  22  is stepped down, and thus a stepped down voltage lower than a voltage between the positive electrode terminal PV and the negative electrode terminal NV of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  is applied between the positive electrode terminal PB and the negative electrode terminal NB of the battery  11 . 
     The capacitor unit  23  includes a first smoothing capacitor  41 , a second smoothing capacitor  42 , and a noise filter  43 . 
     The first smoothing capacitor  41  is connected between the positive electrode terminal PB and the negative electrode terminal NB of the battery  11 . The first smoothing capacitor  41  smoothes a voltage fluctuation which is generated with the on/off switching operations of the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2  during the regeneration of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . 
     The second smoothing capacitor  42  is connected between the positive electrode terminal PI and the negative electrode terminal NI of each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , and between the positive electrode terminal PV and the negative electrode terminal NV of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . The second smoothing capacitor  42  is connected to a plurality of positive electrode terminal PI and negative electrode terminals NI, and the positive electrode terminal PV and the negative electrode terminal NV through the positive electrode bus bar  50   p  and the negative electrode bus bar  50   n . The second smoothing capacitor  42  smoothes a voltage fluctuation which is generated with the on/off switching operation of each of the transistors UH, UL, VH, VL, WH, and WL of each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 . The second smoothing capacitor  42  smoothes a voltage fluctuation which is generated with the on/off switching operations of the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2  during a boost in voltage of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . 
     The noise filter  43  is connected between the positive electrode terminal PI and the negative electrode terminal NI of each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , and between the positive electrode terminal PV and the negative electrode terminal NV of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . The noise filter  43  includes two capacitors which are connected in series to each other. A connection point between the two capacitors is connected to the body ground or the like of the vehicle  10 . 
     The resistor  24  is connected between the positive electrode terminal PI and the negative electrode terminal NI of each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , and between the positive electrode terminal PV and the negative electrode terminal NV of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . 
     The first current sensor  25  is disposed at the first bus bar  51  that connects the connection point TI of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  in each phase and the first input and output terminal Q 1 , and detects a current of each of the U-phase, the V-phase, and the W-phase. The second current sensor  26  is disposed at the second bus bar  52  that connects the connection point TI of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in each phase and the second input and output terminal Q 2 , and detects a current of each of the U-phase, the V-phase, and the W-phase. The third current sensor  27  is disposed at the third bus bar  53  that connects the connection point between the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2  and the reactor  22 , and detects a current flowing to the reactor  22 . 
     Each of the first current sensor  25 , the second current sensor  26 , and the third current sensor  27  is connected to the electronic control unit  28  by a signal line. 
     The electronic control unit  28  controls an operation of each of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13 . For example, the electronic control unit  28  is a software functional unit that functions by a predetermined program being executed by a processor such as a central processing unit (CPU). The software functional unit is an electronic control unit (ECU) including a processor such as a CPU, a read only memory (ROM) that stores a program, a random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores data, and an electronic circuit such as a timer. Meanwhile, at least a portion of the electronic control unit  28  may be an integrated circuit such as a large scale integration (LSI). For example, the electronic control unit  28  executes feedback control or the like of a current using a current detection value of the first current sensor  25  and a current target value according to a torque command value for the first motor  12 , and generates a control signal which is input to the gate drive unit  29 . For example, the electronic control unit  28  executes feedback control or the like of a current using a current detection value of the second current sensor  26  and a current target value according to a regeneration command value for the second motor  13 , and generates a control signal which is input to the gate drive unit  29 . The control signal is a signal indicating a timing at which on (electrical conduction)/off (cutoff) driving is performed on each of the transistors UH, VH, WH, UL, VL, and WL of each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 . For example, the control signal is a pulse-width modulated signal or the like. 
     The gate drive unit  29  generates a gate signal for performing actual on (electrical conduction)/off (cutoff) driving on each of the transistors UH, VH, WH, UL, VL, and WL of each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , on the basis of the control signal which is received from the electronic control unit  28 . For example, the gate drive unit  29  executes the amplification, level shift and the like of the control signal, and generates a gate signal. 
     The gate drive unit  29  generates a gate signal for performing on (electrical conduction)/off (cutoff) driving on each of the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2  of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . For example, the gate drive unit  29  generates a gate signal having a duty ratio according to a boost voltage command during a boost in voltage of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  or a step down voltage command during the regeneration of the third power conversion circuit portion  33 . The duty ratio is a ratio between the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , in each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  of the power module  21 , a high side arm switching element and a low side arm switching element corresponding to each of the three phases form element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , PW 1 , PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2 . In each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  and three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  corresponding to the three phases are respectively disposed side by side in the first direction DE For example, in the first power conversion circuit portion  31 , the element array PU 1  of the high side arm and low side arm U-phase transistors UH and UL, the element array PV 1  of the high side arm and low side arm V-phase transistors VH and VL, and the element array PW 1  of the high side arm and low side arm W-phase transistors WH and WL are sequentially disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . For example, in the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , the element array PU 2  of the high side arm and low side arm U-phase transistors UH and UL, the element array PV 2  of the high side arm and low side arm V-phase transistors VH and VL, and the element array PW 2  of the high side arm and low side arm W-phase transistors WH and WL are sequentially disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . 
     In each of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , a high side arm switching element and a low side arm switching element in the element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , PW 1 , PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  corresponding to each of the three phases are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . In each of the high side arm and low side arm U-phase transistors UH and UL, the high side arm and low side arm V-phase transistors VH and VL, and the high side arm and low side arm W-phase transistors WH and WL, the transistor of a high side arm and the transistor of a low side arm are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . 
     Three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  corresponding to the three phases of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  corresponding to the three phases of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are disposed at positions facing each other in a second direction D 2  orthogonal to the first direction D 1  for each phase. The element array PU 1  of the high side arm and low side arm U-phase transistors UH and UL of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the element array PU 2  of the high side arm and low side arm U-phase transistors UH and UL of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2 . 
     The element array PV 1  of the high side arm and low side arm V-phase transistors VH and VL of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the element array PV 2  of the high side arm and low side arm V-phase transistors VH and VL of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2 . The element array PW 1  of the high side arm and low side arm W-phase transistors WH and WL of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the element array PW 2  of the high side arm and low side arm W-phase transistors WH and WL of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2 . The positive electrode bus bar  50   p  and the negative electrode bus bar  50   n  extending in the first direction D 1  are disposed between three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  corresponding to the three phases of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  corresponding to the three phases of the second power conversion circuit portion  32 . 
     Element arrays PS composed of switching elements of a high side arm and a low side arm of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  are disposed side by side next to the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in the first direction D 1 . The first transistors S 1  of a high side arm of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  are disposed side by side next to the three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in the first direction D 1 . The second transistors S 2  of a low side arm of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  are disposed side by side next to the three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  in the first direction D 1 . In the third power conversion circuit portion  33 , the first transistor S 1  of a high side arm and the second transistor S 2  of a low side arm forming a pair are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2  across the positive electrode bus bar  50   p  and the negative electrode bus bar  50   n.    
       FIG. 3  is a side view schematically illustrating a configuration seen from the second direction D 2  after exploding the power module  21  and the first or second three-phase connector  1   b  or  1   c  of the power conversion device  1  according to the embodiment of the present invention. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 and 3 , the first input and output terminal Q 1  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  in each phase is extracted from the high side arm switching element side of each of the element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  in the first direction D 1  to the side opposite to the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in the second direction D 2  by the first bus bar  51 . Three first input and output terminal Q 1  corresponding to the three phases of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  are connected to the first three-phase connector  1   b  on the outside of the three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  (the side opposite to the second power conversion circuit portion  32  with respect to the first power conversion circuit portion  31 ) in the second direction D 2 . The first three-phase connector  1   b  includes three first connection terminals QS 1  which are connected to the three first input and output terminals Q 1  corresponding to the three phases of the first power conversion circuit portion  31 . The three first connection terminals QS 1  are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . 
     The second input and output terminal Q 2  of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in each phase is extracted from the high side arm switching element side of each of the element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  in the first direction D 1  to the side opposite to the first power conversion circuit portion  31  in the second direction D 2  by the second bus bar  52 . Three second input and output terminals Q 2  corresponding to the three phases of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  is connected to the second three-phase connector  1   c  on the outside of the three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  (the side opposite to the first power conversion circuit portion  31  with respect to the second power conversion circuit portion  32 ) in the second direction D 2 . 
     The second three-phase connector  1   c  includes three second connection terminals QS 2  which are connected to the three second input and output terminals Q 2  corresponding to the three phases of the second power conversion circuit portion  32 . The three second connection terminals QS 2  are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . 
     The first three-phase connector  1   b  and the second three-phase connector  1   c  are disposed at positions facing each other across a plurality of element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , PW 1 , PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in the second direction D 2 . 
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       FIG. 4  is an exploded perspective view schematically illustrating a configuration of a portion of the vehicle  10  in which the power conversion device  1  according to the embodiment of the present invention is mounted.  FIG. 5  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration when the power conversion device  1  according to the embodiment of the present invention is seen from a third direction D 3 .  FIG. 6  is a side view schematically illustrating a configuration when the power conversion device  1  according to the embodiment of the present invention is seen from the rotary shaft direction of a power unit  71 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 4 and 5 , the power unit  71  which is mounted in the vehicle  10  includes the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  which are received in a motor case  72 , and a transmission  74  which is received in a transmission case  73 . Respective rotary shafts  12   a  and  13   a  of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  mutually become coaxial, and are disposed parallel to the first direction D 1 . A shaft center O 1  of the first motor  12  and a shaft center O 2  of the second motor  13  are disposed coaxially along the first direction D 1 . The motor case  72  and the transmission case  73  are connected to each other side by side in the first direction D 1 . The respective rotary shafts  12   a  and  13   a  of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  are connected to the transmission  74  through the transmission case  73 . 
     The motor case  72  includes a mount table  75  having a mounting surface  75 A for mounting the power conversion device  1 . The first motor  12  and the second motor  13  which are received in the motor case  72 , and the power module  21  of the power conversion device  1  are disposed so that at least mutual portions overlap each other in plan view in a predetermined radial direction of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13 . For example, the predetermined radial direction is a direction which is substantially parallel to the third direction D 3  orthogonal to the first direction D 1  and the second direction D 2 . The first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are configured such that at least a portion thereof is disposed at a position overlapping at least any of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  when seen in the predetermined radial direction of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13 . For example, at least a portion of a plurality of element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and a plurality of element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  is disposed at a position overlapping at least any of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  when seen from the third direction D 3 . 
     The mount table  75  includes first and second case-side connector mounting portions  76   a  and  76   b  to which the first and second three-phase connectors  1   b  and  1   c  connected to the power conversion device  1  are mounted. The first and second case-side connector mounting portions  76   a  and  76   b  are disposed at positions opposite to the second direction D 2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 6 , the first and second case-side connector mounting portions  76   a  and  76   b  of the mount table  75  have the first and second three-phase connectors  1   b  and  1   c  disposed in a space occurring between the mounting surface  75 A and the outer circumferential portion of each of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13 . 
     Hereinafter, a comparative example of the above-described embodiment will be described. 
       FIG. 7  is a plan view schematically illustrating a configuration when a control unit  100  according to a comparative example of the embodiment of the present invention is seen from the third direction D 3 . 
     The control unit  100  of the comparative example shown in  FIG. 7  includes two three-phase connectors (first three-phase connector  101  and second three-phase connector  102 ) and two inverter circuits (first inverter circuit  105  and the second inverter circuit  106 ). The first inverter circuit  105  includes three upper-arm circuit element portions  105 UH,  105 VH, and  105 WH corresponding to three phases, and three lower-arm circuit element portions  105 UL,  105 VL, and  105 WL corresponding to three phases. The second inverter circuit  106  includes three upper-arm circuit element portions  106 UH,  106 VH, and  106 WH corresponding to three phases, and three lower-arm circuit element portions  106 UL,  106 VL, and  106 WL corresponding to three phases. 
     The first inverter circuit  105  and the second inverter circuit  106  are disposed side by side in the first direction D 1 . The three upper-arm circuit element portions  105 UH,  105 VH, and  105 WH of the first inverter circuit  105  and the three upper-arm circuit element portions  106 UH,  106 VH, and  106 WH of the second inverter circuit  106  are disposed in a row in the first direction D 1 . The three lower-arm circuit element portions  105 UL,  105 VL, and  105 WL of the first inverter circuit  105  and the three lower-arm circuit element portions  106 UL,  106 VL, and  106 WL of the second inverter circuit  106  are disposed in a row in the first direction D 1 . In each phase of each of the first inverter circuit  105  and the second inverter circuit  106 , the upper-arm circuit element portion and the lower-arm circuit element portion are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2  orthogonal to the first direction D 1 . 
     The first three-phase connector  101  is connected to the first inverter circuit  105 . The first three-phase connector  101  is disposed on the outside of the three lower-arm circuit element portions  105 UL,  105 VL, and  105 WL (the side opposite to the upper-arm circuit element portions  105 UH,  105 VH, and  105 WH with respect to the lower-arm circuit element portions  105 UL,  105 VL, and  105 WL) in the second direction D 2 . 
     The second three-phase connector  102  is connected to the second inverter circuit  106 . The second three-phase connector  102  is disposed on the outside of the three upper-arm circuit element portions  106 UH,  106 VH, and  106 WH (the side opposite to the lower-arm circuit element portions  106 UL,  106 VL, and  106 WL with respect to the upper-arm circuit element portions  106 UH,  106 VH, and  106 WH) in the second direction D 2 . 
     A mainly different point between the control unit  100  of this comparative example and the power conversion device  1  of the embodiment is that the array direction of the first inverter circuit  105  and the second inverter circuit  106  in the comparative example and the array direction of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in the embodiment are different from each other. 
     According to this comparative example, the first three-phase connector  101  is disposed on one side in the second direction D 2 , and the second three-phase connector  102  is disposed on the other side in the second direction D 2 . However, the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  of the embodiment are lined up in the second direction D 2 , whereas the first inverter circuit  105  and the second inverter circuit  106  of the comparative example are lined up in the first direction D 1 . Thereby, the first and second three-phase connectors  1   b  and  1   c  of the embodiment are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2 , whereas the first and second three-phase connectors  101  and  102  of the comparative example are disposed so as to be offset in the first direction D 1 . In this comparative example, for example, in order to cause the first and second three-phase connectors  101  and  102  to be disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2 , there is a problem in that a bus bar, a cable or the like for connecting each of the inverter circuits  105  and  106  and each of the three-phase connectors  101  and  102  is required to be extended. 
     As described above, according to the power conversion device  1  of the present embodiment, at least a portion of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  overlaps at least any of the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  when seen in the radial direction of each of the motors  12  and  13 . Therefore, for example, as compared with a case where the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , and the first motor  12  and the second motor  13  do not overlap each other, it is possible to suppress an increase in the entire size of the power conversion device  1 , and the first motor  12  and the second motor  13 . 
     In the present embodiment, the three first connection terminals QS 1  and the three second connection terminals QS 2  are disposed side by side parallel to the respective shaft centers O 1  and O 2  of the motors  12  and  13 , on one side and the other side in the second direction D 2  orthogonal to the respective shaft centers O 1  and O 2  of the motors  12  and  13 . Therefore, for example, as compared with a case where the three first connection terminals QS 1  and the three second connection terminals QS 2  are disposed side by side in another direction such as a direction intersecting the respective shaft centers O 1  and O 2  of the motors  12  and  13 , it is possible to improve space efficiency. In addition, for example, as compared with a case where the three first connection terminals QS 1  and the three second connection terminals QS 2  are disposed side by side in a row parallel to the respective shaft centers O 1  and O 2  of the motors  12  and  13 , on only one side, the other side or the like in the second direction D 2 , it is possible to improve space efficiency. 
     Further, the first and second three-phase connectors  1   b  and  1   c  connected to the respective input and output terminals Q 1  and Q 2  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  can be efficiently disposed in a space occurring between the mounting surface  75 A of the motor case  72  and the outer circumferential portion of each of the motors  12  and  13 . Thereby, it is possible to suppress an increase in the entire size of the power conversion device  1 , and the first and second motors  12  and  13 . 
     In the present embodiment, each of the element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and each of the element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are disposed opposite to each other in the second direction D 2 . Therefore, while suppressing an increase in the length of each of the bus bars  51  and  52  connected to each of the input and output terminals Q 1  and Q 2 , at least portions of the respective input and output terminals Q 1  and Q 2  can be disposed so as to overlap each other when seen from the second direction D 2 . Therefore, in a case where the power conversion device  1  is mounted on the mount table  75  of the motor case  72 , it is possible to suppress a decrease in space efficiency. It is possible to prevent a space required for avoiding interference between the power conversion device  1  and each of the motors  12  and  13  or the motor case  72  from increasing, and to suppress an increase in the entire size of the power conversion device  1  and each of the motors  12  and  13 . 
     In the present embodiment, while preventing the positive electrode bus bar  50   p  and the negative electrode bus bar  50   n  from lengthening, it is possible to communize the positive electrode bus bar  50   p  and the negative electrode bus bar  50   n  in a plurality of element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , PW 1 , PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 . Thereby, while suppressing an increase in the size of the power conversion device  1 , it is possible to suppress an increase in the inductance of the positive electrode bus bar  50   p  and the negative electrode bus bar  50   n.    
     In the present embodiment, the three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are respectively disposed side by side parallel to the respective shaft centers O 1  and O 2  of the motors  12  and  13 . Therefore, for example, as compared with a case where these element arrays are disposed side by side in another direction, it is possible to improve space efficiency. 
     In the present embodiment, the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2  of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  functioning as a voltage converter are disposed next to the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32 . Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in the entire size of the power conversion device  1  and the first and second motors  12  and  13 . 
     Hereinafter, a modification example of the embodiment will be described. 
     In the above-described embodiment, in the three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the second power conversion circuit portion  32 , the relative positions of the first transistor S 1  and the second transistor S 2  of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  may be reversed. 
     For example, the first transistors S 1  of a high side arm of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  may be disposed side by side next to the three element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  in the first direction D 1 . The second transistors S 2  of a low side arm of the third power conversion circuit portion  33  may be disposed side by side next to the three element arrays PU 2 , PV 2 , and PW 2  of the second power conversion circuit portion  32  in the first direction D 1 . 
     Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the respective input and output terminals Q 1  and Q 2  of the first power conversion circuit portion  31  and the second power conversion circuit portion  32  are assumed to be extracted from the high side arm switching element side of each of the element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1 , PU 2 , PV 2 , PW 2  in the first direction D 1 , but there is no limitation thereto. 
     Each of the input and output terminals Q 1  and Q 2  may be extracted from the low side arm switching element side of each of the element arrays PU 1 , PV 1 , and PW 1 , PU 2 , PV 2 , PW 2  in the first direction D 1 , and may be extracted from between the high side arm switching element and the low side arm switching element. 
     Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the power conversion device  1  is assumed to be mounted in the vehicle  10 , but may be mounted in other instruments without being limited thereto. 
     The embodiments of the present invention have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Indeed, these embodiments described herein may be embodied in a variety of other forms; furthermore, various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form of the embodiments described herein may be made without departing from the spirit of the inventions. The appended claims and their equivalents are intended to cover such forms or modifications as would fall within the scope and spirit of the invention.