POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCHING MODULE WITH A CURRENT FAILURE PATH TO BE CREATED THROUGH ISOLATION REMOVAL

The invention relates to a power electronic switching module, comprising at least one power semiconductor (20), a first switching contact (30), which can be or is electrically connected to the power semiconductor (20), and a second switching contact (10), which can be or is electrically connected to the power semiconductor (20), wherein the first switching contact (30) and the second switching contact (10) are force-loaded towards each other, at least in one region, and are spaced apart from each other by means of an electrical insulation (40), wherein the insulation (40) is arranged and designed such that, in response to a fault current being supplied to the power semiconductor (20), the insulation (40) can be removed from where it spaces apart the first and second switching contacts (10, 30) from each other when there is no current supply. In the event of a fault, the first and second switching contacts (10, 30) are therefore no longer spaced apart by the insulation (40) and can make electrically conductive contact with each other because of being force-loaded towards each other and can form an alternative fault current path.