POWER ELECTRONICS MODULE

A power electronics module includes a printed circuit board populated with numerous components of the power electronics module. Power semiconductors and DC and AC connecting elements are either placed adjacently to one another on an organic insulator, and each thermally and mechanically connected to a heat sink through the organic insulator, or the DC and AC connecting elements are placed between the power semiconductors and the heat sink and are thermally and mechanically connected to the heat sink and to the power semiconductors.