Patents Examined by Tszfung J Chan
  • Patent number: 11756718
    Abstract: A transformer respectively includes a first isolation barrier, a first inductive element, a second isolation barrier, and a second inductive element. The first isolation barrier and second isolation barrier each comprise multiple isolation layers. The transformer also includes magnetic material including a top magnetic portion disposed above the first isolation barrier. The transformer also includes a bottom magnetic portion disposed below the second inductive element; The transformer further includes an intermediary magnetic portion extending from the top magnetic portion to the bottom magnetic portion via a through-hole within the first isolation barrier, first inductive element, second isolation barrier, and second inductive element. The transformer yet further includes at least one lateral magnetic portion extending from the top magnetic portion to the bottom magnetic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhemin Zhang, Roberto Giampiero Massolini, Joyce Marie Mullenix
  • Patent number: 11735346
    Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes at least three coil conductors respectively patterned on different surfaces of a first main surface of a laminated body, a second main surface of the laminated body, and laminated interfaces of insulating base materials and that are arranged in a lamination direction. The at least three coil conductors include first and second coil conductors, and are connected in series between first and second external electrodes. A surface at which another coil conductor is provided is not interposed between two surfaces at which the first and second coil conductors are provided, respectively. Further, the first and second coil conductors are directly connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, without another coil conductor interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Ito, Kuniaki Yosui
  • Patent number: 11721474
    Abstract: A coil electronic component includes a support substrate, a coil pattern disposed on at least one surface of the support substrate, and a lead-out pattern disposed on at least one surface of the support substrate and connected to the coil pattern. An encapsulant encapsulates at least portions of the support substrate, the coil pattern, and the lead-out pattern, and at least one protrusion protrudes from one side surface of the coil pattern. External electrodes are disposed externally on the encapsulant and connected to the lead-out pattern. The lead-out pattern is configured to extend in a thickness direction of the support substrate and to cover a side surface of the support substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyuk Jung, Yu Jong Kim, Young Sun Kim, Dong Seob Lee
  • Patent number: 11721475
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body; a support substrate embedded in the body; and a coil portion disposed on the support substrate and embedded in the body, and including a lead-out pattern disposed on one surface of the support substrate, and an auxiliary lead-out pattern disposed on the other surface of the support substrate and corresponding to the lead-out pattern. The auxiliary lead-out pattern includes an external surface exposed from a surface of the body and an internal surface opposing the external surface, and the body includes an anchor portion disposed inside the auxiliary lead-out pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joung Gul Ryu, Ju Hwan Yang
  • Patent number: 11676761
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a spiral wiring wound on a plane; a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer located at positions sandwiching the spiral wiring from both sides in a normal direction relative to the plane on which the spiral wiring is wound; a vertical wiring extending from the spiral wiring in the normal direction to pass through the first magnetic layer; and an external terminal disposed on a surface of the first magnetic layer to connect an end surface of the vertical wiring. The first magnetic layer has magnetic permeability lower than that of the second magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Keisuke Kunimori, Akinori Hamada
  • Patent number: 11664151
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a body including laminated ferrite layers, a coil conductor including conductive layers laminated in the body, and a pair of outer electrodes disposed on a lower surface of the body. Each of the pair of outer electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding one of end portions of the coil conductor. Each of the outer electrodes includes an underlying electrode and a plating layer disposed on the underlying electrode. The underlying electrode is disposed at a distance from a side surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Imada
  • Patent number: 11631517
    Abstract: An 8-shaped inductive coil device that includes a first and a second spiral coils and a connection segment structure is provided. The first spiral coil includes first metal segments and crossing connection segments disposed at a first and a second metal layers respectively and includes first connection terminals. The second spiral coil includes second connection terminals. The connection segment structure electrically couples the first and the second connection terminals. The first and the second spiral coils are disposed along an imaginary line passing through a central region of each of ranges surrounded by the first and the second spiral coils. The connection segment structure and the crossing connection segments electrically couple the part of the first metal segments substantially vertical to the imaginary line, and the connection segment structure and the crossing connection segments are disposed substantially on the imaginary line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Yuh-Sheng Jean, Ta-Hsun Yeh
  • Patent number: 11616394
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a magnetic element, and a first circuit module. The magnetic element includes a magnetic core set and a winding assembled in the magnetic core set. The first circuit module is coupled to the first winding of the magnetic element. A vertical projection area of the first circuit module has an overlap portion with a vertical projection area of the winding of the magnetic core set on a first plane, and the first plane is a horizontal plane at which the winding is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Min Zhou, Ke Dai, Ming-Hui Dai, Zi-Ying Zhou
  • Patent number: 11605492
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a first coil part spirally wound in a plurality of turns, the first coil part including a first turn positioned at an innermost periphery and a second turn positioned on an outer peripheral side relative to the first turn; and a second coil part spirally wound in a plurality of turns, the second coil part including a third turn positioned at an innermost periphery and a fourth turn positioned on an outer peripheral side relative to the third turn. The first turn and the fourth turn are connected to each other, and the second turn and the third turn are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kaneko, Toshio Tomonari, Junpei Hayama, Tomohiro Moriki, Noritaka Chiyo
  • Patent number: 11600427
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body having a first surface and a second surface facing each other, and having a plurality of wall surfaces connecting the first surface to the second surface; an insulating substrate; a coil portion comprising a first lead-out pattern and a second lead-out pattern each covered with the body and disposed on the insulating substrate; a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed on the first surface of the body and spaced apart from each other; a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode respectively extending from the first and second lead-out patterns to the first and second external electrodes; and a first support portion and a second support portion respectively extending from the coil portion to be exposed to one of the plurality of wall surfaces, and respectively disposed to be spaced apart from the first and second lead-out patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Il Park, Jong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11594362
    Abstract: A core component is made of a sintered body of an inorganic powder, in which the core component includes a columnar winding portion around which a conductive wire is wound, the columnar winding portion having a first axial end and a second axial end and a flange portion integrally formed with the winding portion at both axial ends of the winding portion, in which the columnar winding portion includes, in a cross section orthogonal to an axial center, a first region having a curved outer peripheral surface having a first radius of curvature and a second region having a curved surface having a second radius of curvature, the second radius of curvature is smaller than the first radius of curvature and the first region and the second region are connected with each other via a first projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hitomi Ochiai, Masamichi Shingu, Yuki Kitagawa, Hideki Mori, Mitsuya Takayama
  • Patent number: 11581758
    Abstract: The present invention suppresses leakage magnetic field. A power transfer coil configured to transmit or receive power includes: an inner coil; a first outer coil formed so as to surround the inner coil such that a magnetic flux opposite in phase to a magnetic flux outside the inner coil is generated outside the first outer coil, the first outer coil having one end connected to a first terminal and the other end connected to one end of the inner coil; and a second outer coil formed so as to surround the inner coil such that a magnetic flux opposite in phase to the magnetic flux outside the inner coil is generated outside the second outer coil, the second outer coil having one end connected to a second terminal and the other end connected to the other end of the inner coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuei Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11581121
    Abstract: A common mode choke apparatus includes a first bus bar forming a first plurality of loops about a first segment of a ferrite core, the first bus bar having a plurality of first upper surfaces, and a second bus bar forming a second plurality of loops about a second segment of the ferrite core, the second bus bar having a plurality of second upper surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Armando Martinez, Kerwyn Dale Schimke
  • Patent number: 11581117
    Abstract: A coil-incorporated multilayer substrate includes base materials and a coil portion including conductor patterns that are wound a plurality of times on at least one of the base materials, and, in a predetermined direction along the surface of the base material of the coil portion, the width of outermost conductor patterns is larger than the widths of the conductor patterns between an innermost conductor pattern and an outermost conductor pattern, the width of the innermost conductor pattern is larger than the widths of the conductor patterns between the outermost conductor pattern and the innermost conductor pattern, and the width of the innermost conductor pattern is larger than the distance between the innermost conductor pattern and the conductor pattern adjacent to the innermost conductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yosui, Shingo Ito
  • Patent number: 11574765
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body having one surface and the other surface facing each other, and having one end surface and the other end surface facing each other in one direction; a supporting substrate embedded in the body; a coil portion disposed on the supporting substrate; a first lead-out portion connected to one end of the coil portion and exposed from the body; and a second lead-out portion connected to the other end of the coil portion and exposed from the body. The coil portion has a first pattern region facing the one surface and a second pattern region facing the other surface, each of the first and second pattern regions extends in the one direction, and a distance of the first pattern region in the one direction is shorter than a distance of the second pattern region in the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hyung Jung, Byeong Cheol Moon, Jae Hun Kim, Joung Gul Ryu
  • Patent number: 11569020
    Abstract: A laminated coil component 1 includes an element body 2, a coil 8 disposed in the element body 2, and a first external electrode 4 and a second external electrode 5, and at least a part of the coil 8 is disposed in a first region A1 and a second region A2 when seen in a facing direction of the pair of side surfaces 2e and 2f, and the coil 8 is not disposed in a third region A3 and a fourth region A4 when seen in the facing direction of the pair of side surfaces 2e and 2f.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Kato, Satoru Okamoto, Masahiro Kato, Makoto Yoshino, Kazuya Tobita, Yuto Shiga, Youichi Kazuta, Noriaki Hamachi
  • Patent number: 11562844
    Abstract: Disclosed are a core, a transformer, a power converting apparatus, and a photovoltaic module including the same. The core includes: a base; outer wall formed on the base; a first protruding member protruding on the base and disposed within the outer wall; and a second protruding member protruding on the base, disposed within the outer wall, and separated from the first protruding member, wherein a length of an edge of the second protruding member opposing the first protruding member is less than an outer circumference of the first protruding member. Accordingly, the second protruding member may be machined so easily that a leakage inductance can be easily controlled according to design specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Younjong Kang, Myonghwan Kim, Yunsu Bae, Juhwan Yun
  • Patent number: 11562853
    Abstract: A high voltage direct current energy transmission (HVDCT) air-core inductor includes at least one concentric winding layer having electric terminals are formed at its ends, and includes an electrostatic shield that has a layer of electrostatically dissipative material having a surface resistance ranging from 109 to 1014 ohm/square, wherein at least one end of the layer is provided with a collector electrode that extends essentially along the circumference of the end of the layer and that is to be connected to one of the terminals, and where the layer is designed as a spray coating on an outer surface of an exterior winding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Griebler, Steffen Lang, Stephan Rauchenzauner
  • Patent number: 11551844
    Abstract: A layered electronic component includes a multilayer body having a metallic magnetic material layer including metallic magnetic material particles and a coil being built in the multilayer body. The coil is formed of multiple conductor patterns spirally connected each other and stacked along an axis direction of the coil, and the multilayer body includes a nonmagnetic ferrite part arranged at least an inner area of the coil when viewed from a winding axis direction of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11545296
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that comprises a drum core including a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion, and first and second wires wound around the winding core portion so as to form a pair-wire for each turn. The first and second wires includes one or a plurality of sparsely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires spaced from each other, and one or a plurality of closely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires in close contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu