SWITCHING AMPLIFIER APPARATUS
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JP2000092856A

    公开(公告)日:2000-03-31

    申请号:JP24683699

    申请日:1999-09-01

    Applicant: GEN ELECTRIC

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a switching amplifier apparatus for generating optional continuous waveform which is suitable for driving a gradient coil of a magneto- resonance imaging(MRI) apparatus. SOLUTION: A partial voltage back regulator (66) controls a high voltage bus for a total bridge circuit (52) in order to reduce total switching loss and distribute such switching loss. When a high output voltage is required and when low voltage devices (60, 62) of back regulator are switched to the PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) system and a low output voltage is required, a high voltage device of bridge is switched to the PWM system. The optimum performance for a predetermined magneto-resonance image sequence can be attained by regulating an input bus voltage with the variable input power supply (55) which may be operated in the high power factor mode.

    METHODS FOR MAKING MILLICHANNEL SUBSTRATE, AND COOLING DEVICE AND APPARATUS USING THE SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:CA2695746A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-09

    申请号:CA2695746

    申请日:2010-03-04

    Applicant: GEN ELECTRIC

    Abstract: A substrate (12) for power electronics (100) mounted thereon, comprises a middle ceramic layer (120) having a lower surface (124) and an upper surface (123), an upper metal layer (121) attached to the upper surface (124) of the middle ceramic layer (120), and a lower metal layer (122) attached to the lower surface (124) of the middle ceramic layer (120). The lower metal layer (122) has a plurality of millichannels (125, 126) configured to deliver a coolant for cooling the power electronics (100), wherein the millichannels (125, 126) are formed on the lower metal layer (122) prior to attachment to the lower surface (124) of the middle ceramic layer (120). Methods for making a cooling device and an apparatus (10) are also presented.

    HEAT SINK WITH MICROCHANNEL COOLING FOR POWER DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:CA2589183A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-04

    申请号:CA2589183

    申请日:2005-11-14

    Applicant: GEN ELECTRIC

    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling at least one heated surface includes a base plate defining a number of inlet and outlet manifolds. The inlet manifolds are configured to receive a coolant, and the outlet manifolds exhaust the coolant. The inlet and outlet manifolds are interleaved. The apparatus also includes at least one substrate having inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface is coupled to the base plate and defines a number of microchannels that receive the coolant from the inlet manifolds and deliver the coolant to the outlet manifolds. The microchannels are oriented substantially perpendicular to the inlet and outlet manifolds. The outer surface is in thermal contact with the heated surface. The apparatus also includes an inlet plenum that supplies the coolant to the inlet manifolds, and an outlet plenum that exhausts the coolant from the outlet manifolds. The inlet plenum and outlet plenum are oriented in a plane of the base plate.

    Fluid cooled heatsink, consisting of an electrical conductor and a ceramic substrate, having near identical coefficients of thermal expansion.

    公开(公告)号:GB2470991A

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-15

    申请号:GB201008668

    申请日:2010-05-25

    Applicant: GEN ELECTRIC

    Abstract: A heatsink assembly 10 for cooling a heated device 50 includes an electrically isolating layer 64 such as a ceramic substrate having a plurality of cooling fluid channels 26 integrated therein. The electrically isolating layer 64 includes a topside surface 66 and a bottomside surface 68. A layer of electrically conducting material 62 is bonded or brazed either to the topside or the bottomside surfaces 66, 68 of the electrically isolating layer 64. The electrically conducting material 62 and the electrically isolating layer 64 have substantially identical coefficients of thermal expansion. Preferably the fluid cooling consists of inlet and outlet plena (20, fig 2), inlet and outlet manifolds (16,18, fig 2) connected to the plena, and cooling fluid channels 26, of micro-channel to milli-channel dimensions in the electrically isolating layer 64 . The electrically isolating layer 64 preferably consists of a ceramic such as AIN, BeO, Si3N4and A12O3. The cooling channels in the electrically isolating layer may be arranged to be continuous or in the form of discreet arrays as shown in fig 5.

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