Patent classifications
H05K5/067
System and method for fluid cooling of electronic devices installed in a sealed enclosure
A system and method for cooling electronic devices disposed with a volume of a fluid-tight sealed enclosure. Thermally conductive fluids that fill one or more volumes of said sealed enclosure may be circulated away from said sealed enclosure to an external heat exchange mechanism. The volume of the sealed container contains one or more single phase or multi-phase thermally conductive fluids and may contain solid or sealed hollow structures that conform to or occupy space between said electronic devices. Pressure balancing mechanisms are included to maintain suitable pressure of gaseous fluid in a volume of the sealed container.
Feedthrough connector for hermetically sealed electronic devices
Disclosed herein is one embodiment of an apparatus that includes a housing that defines an interior cavity. The housing also includes a spring aperture. The apparatus further includes a spring coupled to the housing over the spring aperture, with the spring having a deflection portion and a feedthrough aperture. The apparatus also has an electrical connector coupled to the spring and extending through the feedthrough aperture and the spring aperture. The electrical connector may have a plurality of electrical traces extending from a location external to the housing to a location within the interior cavity of the housing.
SUBSEA CONVERTER MODULE
A subsea converter module is provided. A subsea enclosure is configured to provide a fluid tight sealing of the inside of the subsea enclosure to the outside of the subsea enclosure. At least one converter unit for providing frequency conversion of AC electrical power is disposed in the subsea enclosure. The subsea enclosure includes a mounting portion for mounting the subsea converter module to a base module of a subsea converter. The subsea enclosure includes an end wall that provides separation towards the base module when the subsea converter module is mounted to the base module.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLUID COOLING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES INSTALLED IN A SEALED ENCLOSURE
A system and method for cooling electronic devices disposed with a volume of a fluid-tight sealed enclosure. Thermally conductive fluids that fill one or more volumes of said sealed enclosure may be circulated away from said sealed enclosure to an external heat exchange mechanism. The volume of the sealed container contains one or more single phase or multi-phase thermally conductive fluids and may contain solid or sealed hollow structures that conform to or occupy space between said electronic devices. Pressure balancing mechanisms are included to maintain suitable pressure of gaseous fluid in a volume of the sealed container.
PRESSURE COMPENSATOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE
A pressure compensator for compensating volume variations of a medium. The pressure compensator has a first compensator part and a second compensator part. The first compensator part encloses a first volume and the second compensator part encloses a second volume. The first and second volumes are in flow communication. The first compensator part includes a first bellows portion and the second compensator part includes a second bellows portion. A moveable element, to which the first bellows portion and the second bellows portion are mechanically coupled such that movement of the moveably element along a predetermined axis results in the compression of one of the bellows portions and in the expansion of the other of the bellows portions.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING A SWITCHING INSTALLATION FOR POWER TRANSMISSION INSTALLATIONS
A method and a system (9) for testing a switching installation (30) for power transmission installations are provided. The switching installation (30) comprises a switch (2) which either connects a first side (6) of the switch (2) to a second side (7) of the switch (2) or disconnects it therefrom, and comprises two earthing switches (10, 11). Each of the two earthing switches (10, 11) is provided to either connect the first side (6) or the second side (7) to earth (1) or to disconnect it from earth (1). To test the switching installation (30), a current is generated through the switch (2) and a magnitude of the current through the switch (2) is determined. In this respect, the two earthing switches (10, 11) are closed while the current is generated and while the magnitude of the current is determined.
Electrical apparatus having one or more sensors on power-conducting and/or power-switching elements around which a fluid flows
An electrical apparatus, including a first housing having a fluid-filled or fluid-perfused wet space and a dry space that are separated from one another by a wall, wherein the wall includes an opening, one or more power-conducting and/or power-switching elements arranged in the wet space, and a control electronics for the one or more power-switching elements arranged in the dry space. The electrical apparatus includes a second housing extending from the opening into the wet space, wherein the second housing reaches up to or encloses a power-conducting element, and a sensor arranged in the second housing, the sensor being configured to measure a variable that depends on an electrical power flowing through the power-conducting element. The second housing seals the opening in the wall in a fluid-tight manner. Measured values or signals of the sensor conducted by lines are passed through the opening into the dry space.
PRESSURE COMPENSATOR FAILURE DETECTION
A method of detecting a failure in a pressure compensation system, in which a group of pressure compensators compensate volume changes of a liquid in a chamber of a subsea device, is provided. The group of pressure compensators includes at least a first pressure compensator and one or more further pressure compensators. The pressure compensators in the group are biased so that the pressure inside the pressure compensators is larger than a pressure prevailing in a medium surrounding the subsea device. Based on the detection of drift in a displacement measured for at least one pressure compensator, it is determined whether the first pressure compensator has failed or whether one of the further pressure compensators has failed, thus determining the location of the failed pressure compensator.
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF COOLING THEREOF
An electronic device for a high power, high voltage pulsed power supply for plasma processing for biasing a substrate in a plasma process, the electronic device including a plurality of electrical components configured to generate heat when the device is in use and a container. At least a part of the plurality of electrical components are placed in the container. The electronic device further includes an electrically insulating heat transfer liquid, filled within the container and having direct contact to the plurality of electrical components and configured to transport heat away from the plurality of electrical components. The electrically insulating heat transfer liquid is enclosed in a hermetical closed volume, the hermetical closed volume being arranged at least partly inside the container and kept in a predetermined regulated pressure range.