POWER CONVERTER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power converter in which a wiring inductance is reduced to eliminate a limit on the number of circuit elements to be connected in series, when connecting at least two circuit elements in series. SOLUTION: In the power converter provided with a series circuit having at least two circuit elements S1 to S4 aligned and connected in series, the circuit elements S1 to S4 each form at least a first and second electrode terminals 5, 6 on one face side, and the series circuit connects the second electrode terminal, one of the two adjacent circuit elements, to the first electrode terminal, the other of the circuit elements, with inter-element connection conductors 11, 13. Of the circuit elements at the opposite ends having no adjacent circuit element, a first external connection conductor 12 is connected to the first electrode terminal having no connection partner, and a second external connection conductor 14 is connected to the second electrode terminal having no connection partner, and the inter-element connection conductors have inductance canceling sections 10a, 10b canceling inductance formed with regard to the adjacent other connection conductors. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT