Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, a conductor, and a plated electrode layer. The element body includes a first outer surface provided with a first recess. The conductor includes a first conductor portion. The first conductor portion is disposed in the first recess and includes a first face opposed to a bottom face of the first recess and a second face opposed to the first face. The plated electrode layer includes a first plating portion covering the second face. The second face includes a first slope inclined with respect to the first outer surface in such a way as to be recessed toward the bottom face side of the first recess from the first outer surface.

Abstract: A device comprises a magnetic core comprising a first leg and a second leg formed by a first magnetic component and a second magnetic component, wherein a first gap and a second gap are placed between the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component and are in the first leg and the second leg, respectively, a first winding wound around the first leg in a counter-clockwise direction and a second winding wound around the second leg in a clockwise direction.

Abstract: A coil device includes a core body having a coil core part and a core bottom face, The coil device further includes a coil part forming spiral conductive pathway around the coil core part. A metal electrode is formed at the core bottom face, and the wire ends which are the conductive pathway of the coil part are formed at the metal electrode, and a part of the surface of the metal electrode is covered by a conductive resin electrode.

Abstract: An air cooling system, method, apparatus and kit applied to lower transformer operating temperatures, such as governed by a tank or container of oil, allowing transformer components to run more efficiently at a lower temperature level, e.g., down from the hot level operating temperatures typical in stressed conventional devices. By lowering the operational levels to within or below the nominal operational temperature ranges for the equipment, and recovering heat generated during operation, several advantages are obtained.

Abstract: A power module and a power device having the power module are disclosed. The power device includes a main board. The power module is inserted in the main board and includes a PCB, a magnetic element, a primary winding circuit and at least one secondary winding circuit. The magnetic element is provided on the PCB and includes a core structure, a primary winding and at least one secondary winding. The core structure has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and a third side and a fourth side opposite to each other. The primary winding circuit is provided on the PCB and positioned in the vicinity of the first or second side of the core structure. The secondary winding circuit is provided on the PCB and positioned in the vicinity of the third or fourth side of the core structure.

Abstract: A coil component includes: an internal coil including a coil body and first and second lead portions; and first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the internal coil. At least one of the first and second lead portions may include first and second lead wires and at least one extension wire connected to at least one of the first and second lead wires and directly connected to the external electrode.

Abstract: A low profile high current composite transformer is disclosed. Some embodiments of the transformer include a first conductive winding having a first start lead, a first finish lead, a first plurality of winding turns, and a first hollow core; a second conductive winding having a second start lead, a second finish lead, a second plurality of turns, and a second hollow core; and a soft magnetic composite compressed surrounding the first and second windings. The soft magnetic composite with distributed gap provides for a near linear saturation curve.

Abstract: A ferrite core comprising a yoke body having a length dimension, a width dimension and a height dimension, which are oriented perpendicular to one another, the length dimension being larger than the height dimension and/or the width dimension. A lateral surface of the yoke body has provided therein a positioning structure and an alignment structure, which differs from the positioning structure, the positioning and alignment structures being spaced apart along the length dimension by 5% to 75% of the length dimension.

Abstract: A coil component includes: a first coil layer; and a second coil layer disposed on the first coil layer, wherein the first coil layer includes a first insulating layer and a first coil conductor embedded in the first insulating layer, the second coil layer includes a second insulating layer and a second coil conductor embedded in the second insulating layer, the first and second coil conductors are electrically connected to each other by a through-conductor formed in the first insulating layer, and cavities vertically penetrating through the first and second coil layers are provided in core regions of the first and second coil layers, respectively.

Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, an end of a lower coil layer and an end of a connecting part are directly overlapped, and the end of the lower coil layer includes a contact edge positioned on a side of the connecting part and being in contact with the connecting part and a non-contact edge positioned on a side opposite to the connecting part and not being in contact with the connecting part. Then, the contact edge and the non-contact edge are not overlapped when viewed from a laminated direction. Consequently, a propagation distance of a crack becomes longer as compared with the case where an end face is parallel to the laminated direction, effectively suppressing advance of the crack. Suppressed advance of a crack in this manner makes the multilayer coil component provide a high component strength as a whole.

Abstract: A core structure includes a first magnetic cover, a second magnetic cover, and at least two winding columns and at least one common side column provided between the first magnetic cover and the second magnetic cover and opposite to each other. The side wall of the common side column towards the at least two winding columns is provided with at least one first protrusion which extends towards the gap formed between the two adjacent winding columns.

Abstract: A planar transformer layer is provided. The planar transformer comprises distinct electrical connections and thermal connections. An assembly of layers for a planar transformer is also provided. An electronic energy conversion equipment item for a satellite provided with at least one planar transformer is also provided.

Abstract: Mounting kit for a throttle with a toroidal core, wherein an insulating element which passes through the opening in the toroidal core is provided. The mounting kit includes a first half shell and a second half shell for accommodating the toroidal core, a baseplate, and a latching means and/or guide means to connect the first half shell, the second half shell, the insulating element and the baseplate to one another.

Abstract: A unique transformer includes a first yoke formed of laminations oriented parallel to a first plane; a second yoke formed of laminations oriented parallel to the first plane; and a center leg formed of laminations oriented parallel to a second plane oriented at a non-zero angle relative to the first plane. The center leg includes a first end. The first yoke and the second yoke are in contact with the center leg at the first end. The transformer includes a coil disposed about the center leg, and a butt joint between the center leg and at least one of the first yoke and the second yoke.

Abstract: A resonant power converter for operation in the radio frequency range, preferably in the VHF, comprises at least one PCB-embedded transformer. The transformer is configured for radio frequency operation and comprises a printed circuit board defining a horizontal plane, the printed circuit board comprising at least two horizontal conductive layers separated by an isolating layer, a first embedded solenoid forming a primary winding of the transformer and a second embedded solenoid being arranged parallel to the first solenoid and forming a secondary winding of the transformer, wherein the first and second embedded solenoids are formed in the conductive layers of the printed circuit board, wherein each full turn of an embedded solenoid has a horizontal top portion formed in an upper conductive layer, a horizontal bottom portion formed in a lower conductive layer, and two vertical side portions formed by vias extending between the upper and the lower conducting layers.

Abstract: A transformer configured to receive a primary incoming voltage and provide at least two secondary output voltages. The transformer includes at least one secondary output assembly which includes at least two secondary voltage stabs, the number of voltage stabs being the same as the number of secondary output voltages, connected and configured to provide access to a respective secondary output voltage. The chosen secondary output voltage is connected by coupling a tap change link between a lug landing and either of the at least two secondary voltage stabs. Another of the secondary output voltages is provided by connecting coupling the tap change link between the lug landing and the other of the at least two secondary voltage stabs.

Abstract: A thin film type inductor includes first, second and third exposed portions exposed to a first end surface of a body and fourth, fifth and sixth exposed portions exposed to a second end surface of the body opposing the first end surface of the body among external surfaces of the body. The first, second and third exposed portions are formed to be exposed symmetrically to the fourth, fifth and sixth exposed portions opposing the first, second and third exposed portions, respectively.

Abstract: A transformer for switched-mode power supplies includes a magnetizable core having a winding axis, at least one primary winding, which is formed by a primary winding conductor which at least partly surrounds the winding axis of the core, and at least one secondary winding, which is formed by a secondary winding conductor. The secondary winding conductor surrounds the primary winding conductor. The secondary winding is formed in one layer, and a cross section of the secondary winding conductor is rectangular, in particular square.

Abstract: A printed circuit board and a method for the production thereof. The printed circuit board can include a shaped part made of an electrically conducting material and can be used to manage the currents and heat volumes that occur in the field of power electronics.

Abstract: A transformer includes a substrate having an input and an output, the input being connectable to one section of a medical electrical device, the output being connectable to another section of the medical electrical device. An input ground system and an output ground system, which is electrically isolated from the input ground system, provide continuous return paths for an input signal and an output signal, respectively. The transformer includes a primary winding electrically connected to the input, a secondary winding electrically connected to the output, and a core transferring data from the primary winding to the secondary winding using magnetic field coupling. A middle portion of the primary winding and a middle portion of the secondary winding wrap around the core and are twisted together. Other portions of the primary winding are twisted with one another, while other portions of the secondary winding are twisted with one another.