High performance power module

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9640617
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13893998

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The present disclosure relates to a power module that has a housing with an interior chamber and a plurality of switch modules interconnected to facilitate switching power to a load. Each of the plurality of switch modules comprises at least one transistor and at least one diode mounted within the interior chamber and both the at least one transistor and the at least one diode are majority carrier devices, are formed of a wide bandgap material system, or both. The switching modules may be arranged in virtually any fashion depending on the application. For example, the switching modules may be arranged in a six-pack, full H-bridge, half H-bridge, single switch or the like.

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  • CREE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Callanan, Robert J Raleigh, US 8 123
Das, Mrinal K Durham, US 23 291
Lin, Henry Chapel Hill, US 101 1301
Palmour, John Williams Cary, US 36 1212

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