Patent ID: 8792244

Claim:
A power converter comprising: a stack made up of a plurality of semiconductor modules and a plurality of cooling paths, the semiconductor modules including main bodies in which semiconductor devices are mounted and power terminals which protrude from the main bodies, the cooling paths having a cooling medium flowing therethrough to cool the semiconductor modules; a plurality of bus bars coupled to the power terminals, the plurality of bus bars including a positive bus bar connecting with a positive electrode of a dc power supply, a negative bus bar connecting with a negative electrode of the dc power supply, and an ac bus bar connecting with an ac load; a capacitor including a pair of bus bar connector terminal connected to the positive bus bar and the negative bus bar, and a pair of input terminal connected to the dc power supply, the capacitor working to smooth dc voltage developed between the positive bus bar and the negative bus bar; and an input terminal block on which the input terminals are mounted, wherein the capacitor is disposed adjacent said stack in a stacking direction of said stack; and wherein the input terminal block is located near an end of the capacitor on a side opposite a side where the power terminals are provided in a protruding direction of the power terminals.