Abstract: A supporting component (10) for assembling an inductive element comprises a base on the top face of which a protrusion for accommodating the inductive element is embodied, wherein a recess is provided in said protrusion for receiving an electronic component and/or a ferrite element. Furthermore, an interference suppression coil device with a supporting component is provided, wherein the supporting component comprises a protrusion serving for accommodating an interference suppression coil. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of an inductive component to be assembled on a printed circuit board is provided.

Abstract: A magnetic coupling type isolator includes: a magnetic field generator for generating an external magnetic field by an input signal; a magnetoresistive element for detecting the external magnetic field and converting the detected magnetic field into an electric signal, the magnetoresistive element being electrically insulated from the magnetic field generator and positioned in a location capable of being magnetically coupled so as to be overlapped with the magnetic field generator as seen in a top plan view; first and second shield films overlapped with the magnetic field generator and the magnetoresistive element as seen in a top plan view; and a third shield film disposed to surround the magnetoresistive element.

Abstract: A laminated inductor includes a laminate having a plurality of insulating layers, a helical coil and first and second external electrodes on an underside of the laminate. The helical coil has coiled electrodes, each coiled up in one turn, and the first and second external electrodes are connected to respective, or corresponding, ends of the helical coil. Each of the coiled electrodes of the helical coil follow a path along the periphery of one of the insulating layers and include first end located in the path and second end located outside the path. The helical coil and the first external electrode are connected to each other by a lead via conductor formed in a space that is enclosed by parts of the coiled electrodes including the first and second ends.

Abstract: A multi-turn coil device comprising a flexible circuit board and a plurality of serially electrically coupled coils coupled to both sides of the flexible circuit board. The coils are formed such that when the circuit board is folded in an accordion manner, the coils are substantially aligned and have the same direction of current flow. The coils are serially coupled sequentially from front to back and back to front wherein the coupling of the coils is through a plated through hole in the flexible circuit board.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyamide film or fibrous material is employed for electrical insulation in individual conductors, groups of conductors, magnet wire, magnet wire coils, and layers in liquid filled electrical transformers. The material is stabilized with additives that produce improved moisture resistance, moisture stability, thermal stability, thermal conductivity, reduced insulation thickness, reduced shrinkage, and improved insulation elasticity for the insulation material thereby providing a longer useful life for the material.

Abstract: A magnetic assembly includes a magnetic core, a circuit board and multiple conductive elements. The circuit board includes multiple conductive regions. The conductive elements stride over the magnetic core. Each of the conductive elements includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a connecting part. The connecting part is arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal for connecting the first terminal with the second terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal of each conductive element are respectively connected to two adjacent conductive regions. The multiple conductive elements and the multiple conductive regions collectively define multiple loops. The multiple loops interact with the magnetic core to generate inductance.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component that can suppress the formation of projections and depressions on a surface, and an electronic component unit including the multilayer electronic component, are provided. In the multilayer electronic component, coil electrodes (8) having a shape of ring-shaped wiring with a part removed therefrom are electrically connected to each other to constitute a coil (L). Magnetic layers (4) are stacked together with the plurality of coil electrodes (8). The coil electrodes (8a, 8c, 8e) having a radius r1 and the coil electrodes (8b, 8d) having a radius r2 that is smaller than the radius r1 may be alternately arranged in a stacking direction.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of common mode filters and a structure of the same are revealed. A common mode choke layer is disposed over a composite substrate and a second magnetic material layer is coated on an upper surface of the common mode choke layer. The common mode choke layer is produced by a wafer-level electrode leading out method and having leading-out terminals on sides thereof. External electrodes are formed on sides of the common mode choke layer by partial cutting, sputtering, lithography and electroplating at wafer level and corresponding to the leading-out terminals. Thereby common mode filters produced are supported more stably. Moreover, the volume is minimized due to inductive coils and external electrodes connected by wafer level packaging. Thus the common mode filters are mass-produced, the cost is down and the defect rate is reduced.

Abstract: Various embodiments of means and methods for reducing the pick-up of electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) by coil transducers are described and shown that are configured to provide high voltage isolation and high voltage breakdown performance characteristics in small packages. In some embodiments, the lengths, heights, and horizontal distances between wires electrically connecting transmitter circuits and receiver circuits to coil transducers are minimized and optimized respecting one another.

Abstract: An integrated structure of common-mode inductors and differential-mode capacitors in an EMI filter realized using a flexible circuit board, including: a closed magnetic circuit formed by a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core, optionally including an air gap formed in a middle pillar of the magnetic cores, and with a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) wound on at least one pillar, the FPC formed by laminating alternating insulating and copper foil layers. The integrated structure of inductors and capacitors is advantageous in reducing the volume of the EMI filter and improving the power density of an electronic power transformer.

Abstract: A pulse transformer arrangement (100) is built from an uncut pulse transformer core (110) and at least one foil winding (120-A, 120-B) (each) comprising multiple insulated conducting strips arranged around the core and ending in foil winding terminals to form multiple independent primary windings. This new design principle has several advantages. Making the winding(s) of foil eliminates the need to cut the core, because of the ease of insertion of the foil winding(s) onto the core. The work to set up a plurality of primary windings is significantly reduced. In addition to the elimination of the costs for cutting the core, this also brings the further advantages of reduced DC reset current, reduced risk for electrical shorts and avoidance of excessive losses due to potential high frequency AC resistance problems.

Abstract: A toroidal core choke includes a toroidal core and an insulating part. The insulating part includes a separating device for separating winding spaces on the toroidal core. The separating device includes a divider and a spacer on an end of the divider. A width of the divider is less than a width of the spacer.

Abstract: A transformer with a conductive plate winding structure includes a hollow core pillar, a partition, a conductive plate winding structure, and an insulating layer. The partition is fixed at the hollow core pillar for partitioning the hollow core pillar into two winding areas. The conductive plate winding structure is sheathed to the hollow core pillar and disposed at one of the two winding areas, and comprised of a plurality of conductive plates, and each conductive plate includes a ring having an opening and two conductive terminals extended out from the opening of the ring. The insulating layer is clamped between any two adjacent conductive plates, such that the conductive plates are stacked to from a winding for increasing the rated normal current and enhancing the assembling convenience.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide improved thermal conductivity within, among other things, electromagnetic coils, coil assemblies, electric motors, and lithography devices. In one embodiment, a thermally conductive coil includes at least two adjacent coil layers. The coil layers include windings of wires formed from a conductor and an insulator that electrically insulates the windings within each coil layer. In some cases the insulator of the wires is at least partially absent along an outer surface of one or both coil layers to increase the thermal conductivity between the coil layers. In some embodiments, an insulation layer is provided between the coil layers to electrically insulate the coil layers. In some cases the insulation layer has a thermal conductivity greater than the thermal conductivity of the wire insulator.

Abstract: A winding arrangement for a planar transformer, e.g., for high frequency AC transformation, or for an inductor includes at least two conduction layers. Each conduction layer has an inner hole and conductor paths which are electrically insulated from each other and which lead from an outer circumference to an inner circumference of the conduction layer adjacent to the inner hole in a spiral form.

Abstract: This invention relates to magnetic inductance tomography, and in particular, to coils of a sensor/driver coil array for use in a magnetic inductance tomography apparatus, in which driver/sensor coils are used to measure the induced flux in a conductive, dielectric and permittivity body, such as the human body. The sensor/driver coil array comprises at least one layer of thin coils whose centers are arranged on a regular grid, with adjacent coils overlapped by a suitable distance to cancel inductive neighbor coupling between them.

Abstract: A semiconductor device interconnecting unit configured to input/output a high-frequency signal having a millimeter wave band to/from a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor or device interconnecting unit includes a part of a band pass filter configured to pass therethrough the high-frequency signal having a millimeter wave band by using an LC resonance circuit, and a remainder of the band pass filter, wherein the part and the remainder are separated from each other. The part is provided inside the semiconductor device, and the remainder is provided outside the semiconductor device. The part and the remainder include capacitors having variable capacitors added thereto, respectively. A pass band for the high-frequency signal having a millimeter wave band is changed by changing capacitance values of the variable capacitors.

Abstract: A transformer includes a flex or printed circuit board consisting of a substrate material having a desired permitivity, and at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding. Each winding is integrated with the flex or printed circuit board such that one or more respective transformer parasitic elements and the substrate permitivity between the primary and secondary windings together are tuned to a desired parallel resonant frequency.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a transformer core which can be mounted on a coil having both ends connected to a substrate or the like and can simplify the step for arranging an adhesive layer and suppress fluctuation of a magnetic gap. The transformer core (1) includes: a rectangular spacer (5, 20) having a region where a first convex portion (10, 21) is formed on the four sides of one of the surfaces as a unitary block and the first convex portion is not provided at least at a part of a pair of two opposing sides; and a sheet-shaped adhesive layer (6) bonded to a region where at least the first convex portion is not provided on the one of the surfaces of the spacer and connecting a soft ferrite core (4) to the spacer.

Abstract: A magnetic pole comprised of a core (301) and a winding (314) for magnetically levitated vehicles is described. According to the present invention, the winding (314) is comprised of at least two discs (315, 316) that consist of conductor strips wound in several layers around said core (301). The individual layers are electrically insulated by way of first insulation layers (303, 310, 321) radially against each other and against said core (301), while the individual discs (315, 316) are electrically insulated against each other axially by at least a second insulation layer (317).

Abstract: A flex circuit interface for inductively charging a power source includes a flex circuit having a primary-portion and at least one folding portion. A device contact and a battery contact are disposed on a folding-portion. A secondary coil is disposed on the flex circuit for receiving inductively transferred power. A secondary receiving circuit is also disposed on the flex circuit. The secondary receiving circuit is in communication with the secondary coil to receive power from the coil. The flex circuit includes a battery contact and at least one pass-through contact. The battery contact is in communication with the secondary circuit for delivering power to the battery.

Abstract: A transformer and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The transformer includes a coil assembly mounted to a leg of a core. The coil assembly includes a low voltage coil and an insulation spool disposed over the low voltage coil. The insulation spool is composed of an insulating material and includes a plurality of guide strips defining a plurality of series of aligned notches. A high voltage coil is mounted to the insulation spool and includes a plurality of disc windings disposed in the series of aligned notches, respectively. Each of the disc windings comprises alternating concentric conductor layers and insulating layers. The conductor layers each have a width to thickness ratio of greater than 20:1.

Abstract: A galvanic isolator having a split circuit element, a polymeric substrate, a transmitter and receiver is disclosed. The split circuit element has first and second portions, the first portion being disposed on a first surface of the substrate and the second portion being disposed a second surface of the substrate. The transmitter receives an input signal and couples a signal derived from the input signal to the first portion. The receiver is connected to the second portion of the circuit element and generates an output signal that is coupled to an external circuit. The galvanic isolator can be economically fabricated on conventional printed circuit board substrates and flexible circuit substrates.

Abstract: In a method to produce a curved coil, in particular a sub-coil of a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus, at least one conductor is wound corresponding to a predetermined pattern on a winding plate, and a winding plate composed of multiple plate elements that are moveable relative to one another is used that is formed into a curved shape after the winding of the conductor, in which curved shape the conductor is fixed while maintaining the curved shape.

Abstract: The present invention describes a winding for a transformer comprising first (60) and second (70) planar sections which are arranged parallel to each other. First (1, e.g., from 602 to 603)) and second (2, e.g., from 703 to 704)) current paths are arranged on the first and second planar sections. The first and second current paths are connected to each other by means of an interconnection (603/703). The first and second current (603/703) paths are respectively angled with respect to a direction along which the first and second planar sections are extending.

Abstract: A transformer includes an upper-voltage winding and a lower-voltage winding for potential separation. An insulation arrangement is disposed between the upper-voltage winding and the lower-voltage winding. The insulation arrangement includes a layer structure having an inner insulation, at least one semiconducting layer adjacent to the inner insulation, and an electrically conducting layer adjacent to the at least one semiconducting layer and having a defined potential applied thereto that is at least about equal to a lower voltage of the lower-voltage winding.

Abstract: An improved choke assembly for a power electronics device is provided. More specifically, a choke assembly with improved protection from environmental conditions such as dirt and water is provided. An improved choke assembly may include a double layer of protection around an inductor coil of a choke that seals the inductor coil from the outside environment. Another embodiment may include a choke with a projection that seals the cabinet from the cooling channel while allowing the choke leads to pass into the cabinet.

Abstract: An integrated structure of passive elements in an LLC resonance converter realized by flexible circuit boards includes a closed magnetic circuit formed by first and second magnetic cores, a tubular, double-sided, flexible circuit board, tubular magnetic-material layer and tubular, single-sided, flexible circuit board. The single-sided circuit board is coaxially sleeved in turn from inside outwards on a magnetic core column of the closed magnetic circuit. The tubular, double-sided, circuit board is a laminated plate material formed in turn of a first insulating layer, first copper foil, insulating medium layer, second copper foil and second insulating layer. The tubular, single-sided, circuit board is a laminated plate material formed in turn of a third insulating layer, third copper foil and fourth insulating layer. The integration of a resonance capacitor, resonance inductor, shunt inductor and transformer in a LLC resonance converter is realized by using these flexible circuit boards.

Abstract: A common-mode choke coil has induction immunity characteristics that are improved by a coil structure preventing a transmitter IC and a receiver IC from malfunctioning during an induction immunity test and which controls a decrease in ESD resistance and a decrease in self-resonance frequency. The common-mode choke coil includes a core, external electrodes, a pair of coils, and a top plate. The core includes a core section and a pair of flange sections. The pair of coils are wound around the core section of the core, and the ends of the coils are connected to the external electrodes, respectively. An underside and a side surface of the top plate are plated with a metal film, and bonded to the top surfaces of the flange sections preferably by an adhesive agent. The metal film is segmented into two separate portions so as to define two separate metal sections with a gap therebetween so that the metal sections are electrically disconnected.

Abstract: A toroidal power transformer is disclosed. The toroidal power transformer comprises a circular core composed of plurality of laminated electrically conductive materials, a plurality of multi-layered first windings radially wound around the circular core, said winding arranged with an angular spacing of 2? and a number of windings in each winding layer is less than a number of windings in each previous layer, a multi-layered second winding radially wound around the circular core covering a corresponding one of said plurality of first windings, wherein the layers of each of said second windings are arranged to form a substantially triangular cross-section; and an insulating layer between each of said first and second windings.

Abstract: Between adjacent windings of a bifilar coil made of an HTS strip conductor in a resistive superconductive current limiter device, a spacer is provided which is transparent for a coolant. The spacer includes an electrically insulating support tape for sufficiently massive spacer elements attached thereon. The spacer elements are spaced and made of a material having high thermal conductivity. The spaces between the spacer elements form cooling channels for the coolant.

Abstract: A toroidal power transformer is disclosed. The toroidal power transformer comprises a circular core composed of plurality of laminated electrically conductive materials, a plurality of multi-layered first windings radially wound around the circular core, said winding arranged with an angular spacing of 2? and a number of windings in each winding layer is less than a number of windings in each previous layer, a multi-layered second winding radially wound around the circular core covering a corresponding one of said plurality of first windings, wherein the layers of each of said second windings are arranged to form a substantially triangular cross-section; and an insulating layer between each of said first and section windings.

Abstract: A pair of flanges 16 are formed on both ends of a spool 14 of a bobbin 12, and an insulation layer 32 formed by heat curing an interlayer insulation prepreg tape 22 is formed on the external periphery of the spool 14. A primary coil 26 is wound on the external periphery of the insulation layer 32, and a secondary coil 28 is wound on the external periphery of the primary coil 26. Insulation layers 32 are provided respectively between the primary coil 26 and the secondary coil 28, and on the external periphery of the secondary coil 28. Insulation layers 34 formed by heat curing an inner wall insulation prepreg tape 24 are provided on mutually opposed faces 16A of the paired flanged 16, and such insulations layers 32 and 34 have a mutually linked structure.

Abstract: In an electronic device, insulating layers (24, 26 and 28) on metal conductors (23 and 27) situated inside the device are formed of insulating layers made of a novolac resin, and an insulating layer made of a polyimide resin is used as an insulating layer (30) covering these insulating layers and exposed on the surface of the device. Development can be prevented in the case where a portion of each of the insulating layers (24, 26 and 28) is opened to expose a metal conductor, and rework can also be easily carried out. The use of an insulating layer made of a polyimide resin as the insulating layer (30) exposed on the surface of the device provides excellent weather resistance and reliability.

Abstract: A laminated coil component includes a spiral coil including laminated ceramic films and coil conductors. Pad portions provided at ends of the coil conductors are connected to one another using via-hole conductors to provide an interlayer connection among the pad portions. Thus, a spiral coil is provided. The pad portions are thinner than the coil conductors, and accordingly, a concentration of stress on portions at which the pad portions and the via-hole conductors overlap one another is reduced.

Abstract: A device for electrical isolation is suitable for installation in the core hole of a toroidal core. The device includes a center section that has a rotational axis, and branches that extend outwards and that are deformable in the rotational direction about the rotational axis. Each branch has an insulating region that preferably extends in the radial direction and that is thicker than the branches.

Abstract: A transformer including a magnetic core is provided. The magnetic core includes multiple laminate stacks having at least one opening. The transformer also includes a winding comprising a conductive material around the magnetic core through the at least one opening and surrounded by an insulating layer having a dielectric constant that varies as a function of voltage.

Abstract: An electrical winding structure configured for use in assembling a plurality of electrical winding structures in an installed orientation wound about a central member includes: a unitary segmented strip. First portions of the unitary strip are oriented about a first axis. Second portions of the unitary strip are oriented about a second axis substantially perpendicular with the first axis. Each of the first portions and the second portions have a thickness, have a width greater than the thickness and have a length at least as great as the width. The first and second portions are oriented to effect arranging the electrical winding structure at predetermined loci during winding to clear the winding path to establish a predetermined plurality of strata in the installed orientation.

Abstract: A coil for a magnetic resonance device is provided. The coil includes a cylindrical coil insulating frame with at least one winding groove running around its circumference, at least one coil conductor wound into the winding groove around the coil insulating frame, and one electrically-insulating insulator lining the winding groove and insulating the coil insulating frame and the coil conductor from each other. The insulation includes a number of molded insulating segments that line the winding groove, supplementing each other to form a circular ring which matches the cross-sectional shape of the winding groove.

Abstract: An inductor comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first dielectric layer over the substrate, a magnetic layer over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer over the magnetic layer, and a conductor over the second dielectric layer.

Abstract: An insulating device includes two or more webs extending radially outwards and a plurality of elastic tongues connected to an end of at least one of the two or more webs. At least one of the two or more webs has an elastically deformable spring element. The insulating device is configured to fit into a core hole of a toroidal core.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of a three-phase transformer includes a first, a second, and a third winding leg, and a first, a second, and a third winding positioned around the respective first, second, and third winding legs. The first, second, and third windings each includes an electrical conductor wound into a plurality of overlapping layers each formed by a plurality of adjacent turns of the electrical conductor, and an insulating material without end fill positioned between each of the overlapping layers. The electrical conductor has a transition portion formed therein between a first and a second of the overlapping layers. The transition portion is at least one of bent to form an offset in the electrical conductor, and secured to at least one of the plurality of adjacent turns.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a thin-film coil assembly. The coil assembly includes a substrate, at least two layers of conductive material on top of the substrate, and one layer of insulating material between the two layers of conductive material, wherein the two layers of conductive material are in contact with two interconnects, respectively, which extends substantially vertical to the substrate.

Abstract: In a high-frequency coil device having small dispersion in coil inductance and suitable for use in GHz band and a method of manufacturing the high-frequency coil device, a spirally-shaped fine-pitch coil is embedded in the surface of a polyimide layer as a dielectric substrate so that the bottom surface and side surface of the coil is covered by the polyimide layer. The spirally-shaped coil has an Ni—Cu laminate structure in which an Ni plating layer and a Cu plating layer are laminated, and also the side surface thereof is made substantially vertical while the width thereof is uniform with high precision. The surface of the spirally-shaped coil, that is, the surface of the Ni plating layer serving as the upper layer is coated with an Au plating layer.

Abstract: A high density multi-layer microcoil includes a substrate, a multi-layer coil winding, a magnetic core and a dry film photoresist structure. The multi-layer coil winding and the magnetic core are supported by the dry film photoresist structure. The fabrication process is using photolithography process to form a dry film photoresist structure with a coil tunnel having coil elements perpendicular to the substrate and two outlets at ends of the tunnel; and injecting a conductive material with a low melting point into the tunnel and forming the coil winding.

Abstract: An induction heating coil having little high-frequency loss and producing little hast is easily manufactured by covering a conductor with a first insulating material to form a wire, then bundling and twisting such wires to form a stranded wire, covering the outer surface of the stranded wire with a second insulating material to form a coil wire, winding the coil wire a certain number of turns into a coil portion having a certain shape. The end portion of the coil portion and a connecting portion are heated with Joule heat while applying pressure to the end portion at the same time, so that the first and second insulating materials are fused and pressure-bonded to the conductor. Thus a terminal portion for the external connection of the coil portion is fixed while keeping the electrical connection with the conductor. Accordingly, an induction heating coil of low cost and stable quality can be easily manufactured.

Abstract: A winding structure of an inductor used in a power factor correction circuit is provided. The winding structure includes a ring-shaped core with a gap, a first coil and a second coil wound around the core. The negative end of the first coil and the positive end of the second coil is coupled to form a central tap.

Abstract: Open ends of a number of secondary windings are fixed by winding them around a film projection portion formed by cutting and raising insulating films provided between the layers of the secondary windings. This eliminates the requirement that a number of terminals on a bobbin corresponding to the secondary windings be fixed by winding them around the film projection portion, whereby the number of terminals provided on the bobbin can be reduced, and the bobbin can be made smaller in size.

Abstract: A small-diameter ignition coil includes a center core, a primary coil, a secondary coil, and a thin film tube. The primary and secondary coils are arranged on an outer circumferential side with respect to the center core. The thin film tube has a cylindrical shape. The thin film tube is arranged on an outer circumferential side with respect to one of the primary coil and the secondary coil that is arranged on an outer circumferential side with respect to the other of the primary coil and the secondary coil. The thin film tube is thermally resistive and electrically insulative. The thin film tube has wall thickness that is equal to or less than 0.35 mm. An electrically insulative resin is filled in a gap formed between the thin film tube and one of the primary coil and the secondary coil, which is radially adjacent to the thin film tube.

Abstract: A winding for a transformer or a coil having a ribbon electrical conductor and an insulating material layer composed of ribbon insulation material wound jointly to form turns around a winding core. The individual turns of the winding have a predetermined winding angle with respect to a winding axis of the winding core and are disposed such that they partially overlap one another. An insulating layer is inserted between two radially adjacent layers of the turns. Furthermore, a thickness of the insulating layer is locally matched to the voltage difference determined there. In addition, the thickness of the insulating layer is locally matched, the thickness being interchanged in sequence of the method A+B determined there, to the voltage difference between the two relevant radially adjacent layers at the relevant axial point.