Patents Examined by Tuyên T. Nguyên
  • Patent number: 11830659
    Abstract: A shielding structure is disclosed. The shielding structure includes a patterned shielding layer and a ring structure. The patterned shielding layer is extended along a plane and located between an inductor structure and a substrate. The ring structure is coupled to and stacked on the patterned shielding layer along a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to the plane. The ring structure surrounds the patterned shielding layer. The ring structure includes at least one opening and a ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Yi-Syue Han
  • Patent number: 11823831
    Abstract: A substrate that includes at least one dielectric layer and an inductive coupler formed in the at least one dielectric layer. The inductive coupler includes a first inductor and a second inductor. The first inductor is formed in the at least one dielectric layer. The first inductor is configured to be coupled to a transmitter filter and an antenna. The second inductor is formed in the at least one dielectric layer. The second inductor is configured to be coupled to the transmitter filter and ground. The second inductor is configured to provide a path to ground for a rejected signal having a rejected frequency. The second inductor is configured such that the rejected signal traveling through the second inductor causes the first inductor to generate an induced signal that counteracts a leakage signal traveling through the transmission filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rui Tang, Chenqian Gan, Zhongning Liu
  • Patent number: 11817239
    Abstract: A vertical inductor structure includes a first laminate substrate forming a first portion of the vertical inductor structure and a second laminate substrate forming a second portion. Each laminate substrate includes a plurality of first traces embedded in a layer of the laminate substrate, a plurality of first vertical columns, and a plurality of second vertical columns. Each first vertical columns is coupled to a first end of a respective first trace, and each second vertical column is coupled to a second end of a respective first trace. The second laminate substrate is mounted on the first laminate substrate such that each first vertical column of the first laminate substrate is coupled to a respective first vertical column of the second laminate substrate, and each second vertical column of the first laminate substrate is coupled to a respective second vertical column of the second laminate substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daniel Daeik Kim, Bonhoon Koo, Babak Nejati
  • Patent number: 11817248
    Abstract: A surface mount inductor includes a coil buried in a composite material including a magnetic powder; outer terminals connected to the coil; and a molded body having a metal surface that intersects a winding axis of the coil and including the composite material. A surface mount inductor manufacturing method includes arranging, inside a mold, a metal plate having a shape covering part of a surface of a molded body; arranging a coil and a composite material including a magnetic powder or a preliminary molded body composed of the composite material inside the mold in which the metal plate has been arranged; and forming a molded body in which the coil is buried and that has the metal plate arranged on part of a surface of the molded body by molding the metal plate, the composite material, and the coil inside the mold to be integrated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Isobe, Masaki Kitajima
  • Patent number: 11798728
    Abstract: A coil device includes a first conductor on a first layer and arranged in a first spiral shape, a second conductor on a second layer and arranged in a second spiral shape, a transition that connects the first conductor and the second conductor in series, a first terminal connected to an end of the first conductor, and a second terminal connected to an end of the second conductor. The first terminal and the second terminal are outside of the first conductor and the second conductor when viewed in plan. The first conductor and the second conductor each include a plurality of in-plane traces connected in parallel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DSBJ PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Soheil Saadat
  • Patent number: 11798731
    Abstract: A dual coil inductor assembly includes an inner coil assembly including an inner coil and first and second terminals, and an outer coil assembly including an outer coil and third and fourth terminals. The inner coil includes an inner metal foil, and an inner electrical insulator sheet spirally co-wound with the inner metal foil. The outer coil includes an outer metal foil, and an outer electrical insulator sheet spirally co-wound with the outer metal foil. The inner coil is disposed within an outer coil air core of the outer coil so that the outer coil circumferentially surrounds the inner coil. The first and second terminals are electrically connected to the inner metal foil at respective first and second locations spaced apart along the inner metal foil. The third and fourth terminals are electrically connected to the outer metal foil at respective third and fourth locations spaced apart along the outer metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: RAYCAP, S.A.
    Inventors: Megaklis Marathias, Elias Fermelis, Kostas Bakatsias, George Peppas, Achilleas Noutsos, Zafiris G. Politis
  • Patent number: 11776741
    Abstract: A rotary transformer for transferring electrical current between a stationary location and a rotating location utilizes paired electrically conducting sintered disks, one stationary and one rotating, wherein the rotating sintered disk rotates on the stationary one and are lubricated with a boundary layer conductor that is a triacylglyceride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CR FLIGHT L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jonathan Emigh, Randell J. Wishart, Jason Emigh, Ray Porter
  • Patent number: 11776733
    Abstract: A reactor including a magnetic core and a coil having a wound part, the magnetic core having an inner core part disposed inside the wound part and an outer core part disposed outside the wound part, is provided with a bolt coupling the inner core part and the outer core part, the bolt being constituted by a composite material formed by dispersing a soft magnetic powder in a resin and including a shaft part passing through the outer core part, the shaft part including a tip reaching the inner core part, and the inner core part and the outer core part respectively being an integrated member having an undivided structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11776731
    Abstract: Downsized and weight reduced reactor is provided. An annular core 3 includes a first leg 31 and a second leg 32 to which a coil 2 is mounted and which generates magnetic flux, and a pair of yokes 33 which form a closed magnetic path together with the legs. Recess portions 35a is formed at four corners of the annular core 3, and a part of the end surfaces 31a and 32a of the legs which is a magnetic flux generating part or an end surface of the magnetic flux generating part is exposed from the recess portion 35a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hamada, Asami Tsushima
  • Patent number: 11769625
    Abstract: A transformer apparatus reducing magnetic field interference includes an iron core, a first side coil unit, a second side coil unit, a first current transmission line, a second current transmission line and a third current transmission line. Both the first side coil unit and the second side coil unit are wound around the iron core. The first side coil unit is connected to the first current transmission line and the second current transmission line. The second current transmission line is connected to the third current transmission line. The first current transmission line includes a first current conduction segment and a first insulation layer. The first insulation layer coats the first current conduction segment. The third current transmission line includes a second current conduction segment and a second insulation layer. The second insulation layer coats the second current conduction segment. The second insulation layer touches the first insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: P-DUKE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lien-Hsing Chen, Cheng-Te Tsai, Sheng-Ken Huang
  • Patent number: 11763979
    Abstract: A coil component 1 includes a base body 10 having a mounting surface 10b, a coil conductor 25 wound around a coil axis X through a plurality of layers in the base body 10, where the coil conductor 25 has a first end 25a and a second end 25b, external electrodes 21 and 22 provided on the mounting surface 10b, a lead-out conductor 26 connecting the first end 25a of the coil conductor 25 and the external electrode 21, and a lead-out conductor 27 connecting the second end 25b of the coil conductor 25 and the external electrode 22. At least a portion of the lead-out conductor 26 is positioned within a first region R1 inside the coil conductor 25 in a radial direction when seen in a direction of the coil axis X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Arai, Naoya Terauchi, Tomoo Kashiwa
  • Patent number: 11756717
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a laminate including a magnetic portion and an insulator, the insulator having a higher insulation quality than the magnetic portion; a first external electrode; a second external electrode; and a coil conductor provided in the laminate, wherein the coil conductor includes a plurality of conductor patterns each extending along a planar direction perpendicular to the coil axis, the plurality of conductor patterns being separated from each other in the direction of the coil axis, the plurality of conductor patterns include a first conductor pattern and a second conductor pattern, the first conductor pattern contacting with the first external electrode, the second conductor pattern contacting with the second external electrode, and in the planar direction, the insulator is provided between the first conductor pattern and the second external electrode and between the second conductor pattern and the first external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Miyasou
  • Patent number: 11756985
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a planar inductor including a substrate, a first magnetic layer, a conductive coil, and a second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer can be disposed on at least a portion of the substrate. The conductive coil can be disposed on a first portion of the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer can be disposed on a second portion of the first magnetic layer and on at least a portion of the conductive coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Markondeya Raj Pulugurtha, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Himani Sharma, Keiji Takemura, Rao R. Tummala, Teng Sun
  • Patent number: 11749452
    Abstract: A leakage transformer is provided. The leakage transformer includes a first plate, a second plate, a plurality of winding pillars, a primary winding, a secondary winding and a plurality of magnetic shunt elements. Each magnetic shunt element is disposed between the two corresponding winding pillars, and there is a gap between every two neighboring magnetic shunt elements. Alternatively, the magnetic shunt element is disposed on the first plate and aligned with the corresponding winding pillar, and there is a gap between the magnetic shunt element and the second plate. A leakage inductance of the leakage transformer is determined by the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (THAILAND) PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jakrapong Wongsasulux, Chaiwichit Suraprechakul
  • Patent number: 11749439
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil includes: a magnetic core; and a pair of coils wound on a winding portion of the magnetic core, wherein the pair of coils include a first pole coil and a second pole coil which are each wound on the winding portion in a spiral shape by N turns, and wherein the first pole coil and the second pole coil are arranged on the winding portion so that one or more turns of the N turns are adjacent to each other, and each include a parallel running portion and a non-parallel running portion, the first pole coil and the second pole coil overlapping each other in the parallel running portion, and separating from each other in the non-parallel running portion in at least one turn of the adjacent first pole coil and second pole coil as viewed from the length direction of the winding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Retsu Sugawara, Kazutoshi Awane, Yudai Yoneoka
  • Patent number: 11749454
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises: first windings, second windings, a magnetic core, and multiple tap nodes. The first windings are primary windings of a multi-tapped autotransformer. The second windings are secondary windings of the multi-tapped autotransformer. The first windings and the second windings are wrapped around the magnetic core, the second windings disposed in a series connection between the first windings. The multiple tap nodes providing coupling of the first windings and the second windings to a power supply circuit such as a switched-capacitor converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Roberto Rizzolatti, Christian Rainer, Otto Wiedenbauer
  • Patent number: 11742128
    Abstract: A transformer having a transformer core that forms a magnetic flux path between and through a top yoke, leg, and bottom yoke of the transformer core. A winding can be disposed about the leg. Further, a flitch plate, which can have at least one slot that is configured to reduce eddy losses generated by the winding, can be disposed adjacent to the leg and extend between the top yoke and the bottom yoke. The flitch plate can be clamped to the top and bottom yokes by top and bottom clamps, respectively. The top and bottom clamps can each include at least one cutout that reduces an attraction of stray flux from the winding and into the corresponding top and bottom clamps. Additionally, at least one of the top clamp and the bottom clamp can include an internal lattice structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Ion C. Radu, George K. Frimpong
  • Patent number: 11728084
    Abstract: An inductor includes a coil that is provided in a component body. A first end of the coil is connected to a first outer electrode, and a second end of the coil is connected to a second outer electrode. The coil includes a plurality of coil conductor layers that are provided in a width direction. Each coil conductor layer is substantially spirally formed with the number of turns being greater than or equal to about one turn. The height of the component body is greater than the width of the component body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunari Nakashima, Hiromi Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11721471
    Abstract: An electric device, for example a track transformer, connects to a high-voltage line. The electric device has a magnetizable core, at least one winding which is arranged in the vicinity of the core, and a housing which is filled with an insulating fluid and in which at least one winding is arranged. The core is arranged at least partly outside of the housing. In order to allow a stable mounting of a core formed of two halves, the core is arranged completely between two opposing pressing plates, between which tension elements for clamping the core extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Voss, Joerg Froehner, Jonas Claus, Julian Kraus, Markus Baumann
  • Patent number: 11721472
    Abstract: A coil component used for two-phase transformer coupling includes: a first coil and a second coil; and a magnetic core at which the first coil and the second coil are provided. The magnetic core includes: a first magnetic leg at which the first coil is provided; a second magnetic leg at which the second coil is provided; a central leg portion interposed between the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg; a pair of connection portions connecting the first magnetic leg, the central leg portion, and the second magnetic leg in parallel; a main gap interposed in the central leg portion; a first gap interposed in the first magnetic leg; and a second gap interposed in the second magnetic leg. A coupling coefficient between the first coil and the second coil is not less than 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Zheng, Kazushi Kusawake, Masayoshi Hirota