Coil Formed Of Parallel Connected Conductors Patents (Class 336/186)
  • Patent number: 11931310
    Abstract: A driving module including a driving source configured to generate power, a gear train including a decelerating gear set configured to receive driving power from the driving source and a ring gear attached to one side thereof, and a rotary joint including at least one planetary gear configured to rotate using power received from an output end of the decelerating gear set and to revolve along the ring gear is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Gon Roh, Jeonghun Kim, Minhyung Lee, Youn Baek Lee, Jongwon Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi
  • Patent number: 11534360
    Abstract: A driving module including a driving source configured to generate power, a gear train including a decelerating gear set configured to receive driving power from the driving source and a ring gear attached to one side thereof, and a rotary joint including at least one planetary gear configured to rotate using power received from an output end of the decelerating gear set and to revolve along the ring gear is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Gon Roh, Jeonghun Kim, Minhyung Lee, Youn Baek Lee, Jongwon Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi
  • Patent number: 10952917
    Abstract: A driving module including a driving source configured to generate power, a gear train including a decelerating gear set configured to receive driving power from the driving source and a ring gear attached to one side thereof, and a rotary joint including at least one planetary gear configured to rotate using power received from an output end of the decelerating gear set and to revolve along the ring gear is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Gon Roh, Jeonghun Kim, Minhyung Lee, Youn Baek Lee, Jongwon Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi
  • Patent number: 10523074
    Abstract: An induction motor assembly for converting an electrical input to a mechanical or rotating work output. A related generator variant converts a rotating work input to a converted electrical output utilizing the same efficiencies achieved by the present design. An outer rotatable component incorporates a plurality of magnets arranged in a circumferentially extending and inwardly facing fashion according to a first perimeter array, the outer component further incorporating a rotating shaft projecting from a central location. An inner concentrically arrayed and stationary component exhibits a plurality of coil sub-assemblies, each including a multi-wire and multiple winding braided configuration. The coil sub-assemblies are supported in an exteriorly facing fashion upon the inner stationary component according to a second perimeter array, such that a determined gap separates coil sub-assemblies from the inwardly facing magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MAESTRA ENERGY, LLC
    Inventor: Miguel A. Linares
  • Patent number: 9548158
    Abstract: A three-dimensional multipath inductor includes turns disposed about a center region on two layers, the turns on the two layers having corresponding geometry therebetween. Each of the turns is comprised of two or more segments that extend length-wise along the turns, and the segments have positions that vary from an innermost position relative to the center region and an outermost position relative to the center region. A lateral cross-over is configured to couple the segments of at least one turn on one layer with the segments on a turn on a same layer to form segment paths that have a substantially same length for all segment paths in a grouping of segment paths on that same layer. A vertical cross-over is configured to couple the segments on different vertically stacked metal layers to have the segment groups with a substantially same length for all segment paths based on vertical lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Groves, Sarath L. K. Parambil, Venkata Nr. Vanukuru
  • Patent number: 8988161
    Abstract: Various embodiments may provide a monolithic transformer for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier module, such as a microwave frequency power amplifier module. The transformer may include a plurality of pairs of edge-coupled transmission lines, with individual pairs including first and second edge-coupled transmission lines. The first transmission lines may include first ends coupled with one another and second ends coupled with an input terminal of the transformer. The second transmission lines may include first ends coupled with the input terminal and second ends coupled with an output terminal of the transformer. The transformer may pass a communication signal from the input terminal to the output terminal, and provide a first impedance at the input terminal and a second impedance at the output terminal. The second impedance may be higher than the first impedance (e.g., by a factor of four).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles F. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20150002213
    Abstract: Nanoscale efuses, antifuses, and planar coil inductors are disclosed. A copper damascene process can be used to make all of these circuit elements. A low-temperature copper etch process can be used to make the efuses and efuse-like inductors. The circuit elements can be designed and constructed in a modular fashion by linking a matrix of metal columns in different configurations and sizes. The number of metal columns, or the size of a dielectric mesh included in the circuit element, determines its electrical characteristics. Alternatively, the efuses and inductors can be formed from interstitial metal that is either deposited into a matrix of dielectric columns, or left behind after etching columnar openings in a block of metal. Arrays of metal columns also serve a second function as features that can improve polish uniformity in place of conventional dummy structures. Use of such modular arrays provides flexibility to integrated circuit designers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: John H. Zhang, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Carl Radens, Yiheng Xu, Edem Wornyo
  • Publication number: 20140321172
    Abstract: Phaseback DC choke includes a common core, a first coil formed about the common core, and a second coil formed about the common core in parallel opposing configuration relative the first coil. A DC circuit including a Phaseback DC choke is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Princinsky, William Hinton
  • Patent number: 8854171
    Abstract: Electrical machines, for example transverse flux machines and/or commutated flux machines, may be configured to achieve increased efficiency, increased output torque, and/or reduced operating losses via use of a dual wound coil. The coil ends of a dual wound coil can be on a common side, simplifying wiring. The dual wound coil may be configured with a low resistance, reducing resistive losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Electric Torque Machines Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Janecek
  • Patent number: 8847720
    Abstract: An electromagnetic induction device having an array of linearly arranged wires spanning between a pair of conductor plates forming a parallel circuit between each of the wires. The wires are arranged forming a plurality of planes, which are stacked into layers. Multiple induction devices are assembled together providing at least one “inductor” and at least one “inductee”. A moving magnetic field comprised of concentric circles is created in and around the at least one inductor when a cyclic current flows in the said wires. A voltage and current is induced by the said moving magnetic field. The field propagates then collapses through the wires of the inductees in a perpendicular manner, inducing therein a cyclic voltage and a current flow. The “inductor” and “inductee” can be shaped and assembled in a variety of form factors, including a linear arrangement, a toroidal arrangement, a stacked arrangement, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Harold J. Goldbaum
  • Publication number: 20140253275
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is an inductor, including: a magnetic core; a winding formed around the magnetic core; a first resin provided between turns of the winding; and a second resin covering the winding and the first resin, wherein the second resin has higher filler content than the first resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsu Shijo, Tetsushi Okamoto, Masahiro Sakai, Satoshi Hiroshima, Shuichi Obayashi, Akiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140043128
    Abstract: An electromagnetic induction device having an array of linearly arranged wires spanning between a pair of conductor plates forming a parallel circuit between each of the wires. The wires are arranged forming a plurality of planes, which are stacked into layers. Multiple induction devices are assembled together providing at least one “inductor” and at least one “inductee”. A moving magnetic field comprised of concentric circles is created in and around the at least one inductor when a cyclic current flows in the said wires. A voltage and current is induced by the said moving magnetic field. The field propagates then collapses through the wires of the inductees in a perpendicular manner, inducing therein a cyclic voltage and a current flow. The “inductor” and “inductee” can be shaped and assembled in a variety of form factors, including a linear arrangement, a toroidal arrangement, a stacked arrangement, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Harold J. Goldbaum
  • Patent number: 8648664
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first conductive loop coupled to conduct a first current and a second conductive loop coupled in parallel with the first conductive loop and further coupled to conduct a second current. A first conductive portion forms a part of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop. The first conductive portion is coupled to conduct the first current and the second current. In at least one embodiment of the apparatus, the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop are planar inductors formed in a conductive layer on a substrate of an integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Adam B. Eldredge, Susumu Hara
  • Patent number: 8624701
    Abstract: An assembled circuit comprising a substrate, a coil, a first conductive segment, a second conductive segment, a first through-hole connector and a second through-hole connector is disclosed. The first conductive segment is electrically connected to one end of the first through-hole connector, the other end of the first through-hole connector is electrically connected to one end of the second through-hole connector via the first conductive segment, and the other end of the second through-hole connector is electrically connected to the second conductive segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian-Hong Zeng, Wei Yang, Shou-Yu Hong, Jian-Ping Ying
  • Patent number: 8581525
    Abstract: A plurality of magnetic extraction bumps are incorporated into a cyclotron that further includes (a) a pair of magnetic coils encircling a central axis and positioned on opposite sides of a median acceleration plane and (b) a magnetic yoke encircling the central axis and including a return yoke that crosses the median acceleration plane and a first and second pole on opposite sides of the median acceleration plane. The magnetic extraction bumps extend in series radially from the central axis on opposite sides of the median acceleration plane and can be used to extract an orbiting accelerated ion from the cyclotron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy A. Antaya, Jun Feng, Alexey Radovinsky, Stanislaw P. Sobczynski
  • Patent number: 8427270
    Abstract: A chip-type coil component capable of reducing the resistance of the coil while minimizing a decrease in the inductance of the coil includes magnetic layers composed of a multilayer body. The chip-type coil component further includes internal electrodes laminated on the magnetic layers. The internal electrodes are connected to each other to form a coil. The chip-type coil component further includes an auxiliary internal electrode laminated on each of the magnetic layers. Each auxiliary internal electrode is connected in parallel to the internal electrode laminated on the magnetic layer that is different from the magnetic layer on which the auxiliary internal electrode is laminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8416050
    Abstract: Two conducting wires are used in one embodiment of an inductor. Opposite ends of each of the conducting wires are connected to leader lines (terminals) shared by the conducting wires. Each of the conducting wires is wound to make half a round of an annular or ring-like magnetic substance. One of the conducting wires is wound around a lower half area of the magnetic substance to form one winding while the other conducting wire is wound around an upper half area of the magnetic substance to form another winding. In this manner, the distance between the leader lines can be increased to eliminate parasitic capacitance between the leader lines. The magnetic fluxes generated by current flowing in the two windings are in the same direction. Thus, it is possible to provide an inductor whose total parasitic capacitance is reduced. In other embodiments, additional conducting wires are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Mino
  • Publication number: 20130069748
    Abstract: A structure for wireless communication having a plurality of conductor layers, an insulator layer separating each of the conductor layers, and at least one connector connecting two of the conductor layers wherein an electrical resistance is reduced when an electrical signal is induced in the resonator at a predetermined frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NUCURRENT INC.
    Inventors: Vinit Singh, Christine A. Frysz
  • Patent number: 8400245
    Abstract: Magnetic components including pre-formed clips are described that are more amenable to production on a miniaturized scale. Discrete core pieces can be assembled with pre-formed coils and physically gapped from one another with more efficient manufacturing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Yipeng Yan, Robert James Bogert, Guo Ouyang, Zhigang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8310329
    Abstract: The interleaved common mode transformer is a transformer particularly well suited for providing low voltage, high current dc outputs. Improving the efficiency of low voltage, high current transformer circuits requires a multi-faceted approach. Ac terminations and ac currents in connecting circuitry are particularly troublesome, so the input and output terminations of the transformer are dc. To utilize the winding fully, a common-mode push-pull configuration with common mode capacitors is used. Stray capacitance is less of a concern than leakage inductance at low voltages, so the windings are highly interleaved. Separate parallel secondary windings are used, an ac winding primarily for the ac currents, and a dc winding primarily for dc currents and heat sinking. The ac windings are thin; approximately two times the penetration depth. The dc windings are substantial, for low voltage drop and good heat sinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Edward Herbert
  • Publication number: 20120188039
    Abstract: The invention concerns an inductor comprising a plurality of so-called first conductors (100 to 109) substantially parallel to one another, at least three of said first conductors being substantially mutually equidistant and distributed over a surface (120), and an electric power supply (140) of said conductors adapted to circulate an electric current in the same direction in said conductors. Preferably, said conductors are more densely distributed at the ends of the surface (120) comprising them. Preferably, the inductor further comprises a plurality of second substantially parallel conductors perpendicular to the first conductors, the electric power supply circulating an electric current in the same direction on said second conductors. Preferably, the inductor further comprises a plurality of third conductors forming closed turns, the electric power supply circulating an electric current in the same direction in said third conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: WINSTEAD ASSETS LIMITED
    Inventors: Georges FOLCKE, Eric GOUT, Christophe RAOULT
  • Patent number: 8169289
    Abstract: A reactor is provided in which coil segments (5-1, 5-2) of each of first and second auxiliary winding elements (2-1, 2-2) is of a multilayered and aligned winding structure. The coil segments (5-1, 5-2) of the first auxiliary winding element (2-1) and the coil segments (5-1, 5-2) of the second auxiliary winding element (2-2) are disposed within respective space areas (6-1, 6-2) delimited between the coil segments of the second auxiliary winding element and an outside and between the outside and the coil segments of the first auxiliary winding element. The coil segments of each of those first and second auxiliary winding elements are so combined as to be adjacently alternately positioned in a line to thereby form a main winding body (3). The pair of the auxiliary winding elements are connected parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Tabuchi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Tabuchi, Takenori Kunimi
  • Publication number: 20120092117
    Abstract: The present application has a purpose to provide a conductor wire for motor capable of improving durability against bending, and a coil for motor using the conductor wire for motor. One aspect of the invention, therefore, provides a conductor wire for motor comprising a fine wire assembly and a coating member covering an outer peripheral surface of the fine wire assembly, the fine wire assembly consisting of a plurality of fine wires assembled in a bundle, and each of the fine wires including a conductor and an insulating part provided on an outer peripheral surface of the conductor, wherein the coating member is made of metal, and the coating member has an electrical resistance value larger than an electrical resistance value of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki URANO
  • Patent number: 8111125
    Abstract: A Nb3Sn superconducting coil can be formed from a wire including multiple unreacted strands comprising tin in contact with niobium. The strands are wound into a cable, which is then heated to react the tin and niobium to form a cable comprising reacted Nb3Sn strands. The cable comprising the reacted Nb3Sn strands are then mounted in and soldered into an electrically conductive channel to form a reacted cable-in-channel of Nb3Sn strands. The cable-in-channel of reacted Nb3Sn strands are then wound to fabricate a superconducting coil. The Nb3Sn superconducting coil can be used, for example, in a magnet structure for particle acceleration. In one example, the superconducting coil is used in a high-field superconducting synchrocyclotron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy A. Antaya, Joel Henry Schultz
  • Patent number: 8077005
    Abstract: The invention provides an aligned multilayer wound coil that is compact in size and excellent in productivity, an apparatus for manufacturing the same, an electrical equipment and a non-inductive resistance to which the aligned multilayer wound coil is applied. The aligned multilayer-wound coil comprises two or more winding layers, the winding layers being provided with insulated electric wires, respectively, wound in one direction in alignment with each other, wherein a lead wire is guided out from respective ends of the coil, on a layer-by-layer basis, and wherein the lead wire guided out from one end of the coil on a layer-by-layer basis is connected to one terminal while the lead wire guided out from the other end of the coil on a layer-by-layer basis is connected to the other terminal, and winding layer coils on a layer-by-layer basis are connected in parallel with each other in a circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Okayama Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Okura, Akihiro Sakashita
  • Patent number: 7961071
    Abstract: A multiphase inductor assembly includes an elongate conductor assembly including a plurality of bus bars that are arranged in parallel. A plurality of magnetic core material rings (e.g., ferrite or mu metal rings) surround the conductor assembly and are distributed along a length thereof. Terminals are electrically coupled to the bus bars and disposed between spaced apart ones of the magnetic core material rings. In some embodiments, the conductor assembly, in cross-section, includes respective ones of the bus bars disposed in respective quadrants. For example, each of bus bars may have a quarter-cylinder shape and may be arranged such that the conductor assembly has a circular cross-section. In other embodiments, each of the bus bars may have a polygonal cross-section, e.g., may be formed from standard rectangular bar stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: John K. Earle
  • Patent number: 7872559
    Abstract: A rectangular coil unit 1 is manufactured in such a manner that four wires 2 are simultaneously regularly wound on four outer surfaces of a bobbin 3 having a rectangular section so that the wires 2 advance obliquely together for a lane change corresponding to 0.5 wire on one (a lower surface side) of a pair of parallel surfaces of the four outer surfaces of the bobbin 3 and for a lane change corresponding to 3.5 wires on the other one (an upper surface side) of the parallel surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Asano
  • Patent number: 7868726
    Abstract: A rectangular coil unit is manufactured in such a manner that two wires are simultaneously regularly wound on four outer surfaces of a bobbin having a rectangular section so that the wires advance obliquely together for a lane change corresponding to 0.5 wire on one (a lower surface side) of a pair of parallel surfaces of the four outer surfaces of the bobbin and for a lane change corresponding to 1.5 wires on the other one (an upper surface side) of the parallel surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Asano
  • Patent number: 7865221
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetic field coil (1; 21; 31; 41; 51; 61) comprising at least one coil section (42; 43) which is wound in layers, is characterized in that, in at least one layer (11, 12, 13, 14, 101, 102, 103, 104) of the coil section (42; 43) N (with N?2), superconducting wire sections (A, B, C, D, E) are wound in parallel, such that the windings of the N wire sections (A, B, C, D, E) are adjacent to each other and the N wire sections (A, B, C, D, E) are connected in series. The inventive magnetic field coil can be produced at highly reduced costs, in particular, when the magnetic field coil has a comparatively large layer length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Bruker Biospin GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Schlenga
  • Publication number: 20100231341
    Abstract: A transformer comprises a primary winding having a first plurality of magnetic circuits each with a second plurality of turns and electrically connected in parallel and a secondary winding comprising a third plurality of magnetic circuits each with a fourth plurality of turns and electrically connected in series. The primary winding is electromagnetically coupled to the secondary winding by a single turn electrically conductive loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Richardson
  • Patent number: 7796005
    Abstract: A plasma device including a power source for creating an AC output signal with a matrix transformer between said power source and a series circuit comprising a first lead and a second lead. The matrix transformer including at least two modules with a first primary portion formed of first and second tubes connected at one end and a second primary portion formed of third and fourth tubes connected at one end, with said third and fourth tubes mounted in, and electrically isolated from, said first and second tubes, respectively, where said concentric tubes define generally parallel elongated passages through the module. A secondary winding is wrapped through the elongated passages of each module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: George D. Blankenship, Robert L. Dodge, Todd E. Kooken, Lifeng Luo
  • Patent number: 7755463
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to arrangements of inductors and integrated circuit dice. One embodiment pertains to an integrated circuit die that has an inductor formed thereon. The inductor includes an inductor winding having a winding input and a winding output. The inductor also comprises an inductor core array having at least first and second sets of inductor core elements that are magnetically coupled with the inductor winding. Each inductor core element in the first set of inductor core elements is formed from a first metallic material. Each inductor core element in the second set of inductor core elements is formed from a second metallic material that has a different magnetic coercivity than the first magnetic material. The inductor further comprises a set of spacers that electrically isolate the inductor core elements. Some embodiments involve multiple inductor windings and/or multiple inductor core elements that magnetically interact in various ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Hopper, Peter Johnson, Peter Smeys, Andrei Papou
  • Patent number: 7741944
    Abstract: Disclosed is a saddle-shaped coil winding which is formed onto an outer tube surface from a planar race track-type coil shape so as to be provided with axially extending winding sections on the longitudinal side and winding sections that extend therebetween, are located on the front side, and form winding overhangs. The individual windings of the coil winding are to be formed with at least one band-shaped superconductor which comprises especially high Tc superconductor material and whose narrow side faces the outer tube surface. In order to prevent unacceptable mechanical stresses of the conductor when forming the coil, the windings in the saddle shape have a circumferential length which is virtually unchanged from the length in the planar oil shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martino Leghissa, Norbert Prölss
  • Patent number: 7733207
    Abstract: Provided are an inductor, which is vertically formed, and an electronic device having the inductor, and more particularly, an inductor capable of minimizing loss of a surface area and accomplishing high efficiency impedance by vertically forming the inductor in a plurality of insulating layers, and an electronic device having the same. The inductor includes a plurality of conductive lines disposed in the insulating layers; and vias vertically formed in the insulating layers to electrically connect the plurality of conductive lines. When a board or an electronic device including an inductor proposed by the present invention is manufactured, the inductor can occupy a minimum area in the electronic device or board while providing high inductance. In particular, the surface area of the electronic device or board occupied by the inductor can be remarkably decreased to reduce manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ho Gyeong Yun, Kwang Seong Choi, Jong Tae Moon
  • Patent number: 7679482
    Abstract: An inductor includes a first magnetic substance core which has a middle leg, a first outer leg, a second outer leg, and a body portion interconnecting the middle leg, the first outer leg and the second outer leg, and a second magnetic substance core which is arranged to be opposed to the first magnetic substance core. A first conductor is arranged in a first space which is formed by the middle leg, the first outer leg, part of the body portion, and the second magnetic substance core. A second conductor is arranged in a second space which is formed by the middle leg, the second outer leg, part of the body portion, and the second magnetic substance core. The middle leg is formed with a region which is lower in height than the first outer leg, in the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the first outer leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Yamada, Okikuni Takahata, Hiroyuki Kamata, Fumishirou Tsuda, Masahiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 7656262
    Abstract: There is provided a balun transformer, in which first to fourth layer coils are stacked and coupled magnetically; one end of each coil of the first to fourth layer coils is grounded; the second and third layer coils are connected in parallel, an unbalanced signal is input/output to/from a common terminal of the second and third layer coils; a first balanced signal is input/output to/from the other end of the first layer coil; and a second balanced signal is input/output to/from the other end of the fourth layer coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Muto
  • Patent number: 7598836
    Abstract: A multilayer winding inductor. The inductor at least includes multi-level interconnect and single-level interconnect structures. The multi-level interconnect structure includes a plurality of conductive plugs and a plurality of looped conductive traces overlapping and separated from each other. Each looped conductive trace has a gap to define first and second ends and at least two conductive plugs disposed between the neighboring looped conductive traces. The single-level interconnect structure is located over the multi-level interconnect structure, comprising an uppermost looped conductive trace and a second conductive plug. The uppermost looped conductive trace has a gap to define first and second ends, and the second conductive plug is disposed between the second end of the uppermost looped conductive trace and the first end of the looped conductive trace adjacent thereto, thereby electrically connecting the multi-level and single-level interconnect structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheng-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 7573000
    Abstract: A plasma device including a power source for creating an AC output signal with a matrix transformer between said power source and a series circuit comprising a first lead and a second lead. The matrix transformer including at least two modules with a first primary portion formed of first and second tubes connected at one end and a second primary portion formed of third and fourth tubes connected at one end, with said third and fourth tubes mounted in, and electrically isolated from, said first and second tubes, respectively, where said concentric tubes define generally parallel elongated passages through the module. A secondary winding is wrapped through the elongated passages of each module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, inc.
    Inventors: George D. Blankenship, Robert L. Dodge, Todd E. Kooken, Lifeng Luo
  • Publication number: 20090179722
    Abstract: A multilayer passive circuit topology is disclosed. In one embodiment, a multilayer circuit is provided. The multilayer circuit comprises a multilayer inductor comprising a first set of parallel conductive traces formed on a first layer, a second set of parallel conductive traces formed on a second layer spaced apart from the first layer; and a plurality of vias that connect respective parallel conductive traces from the first and second layer to form inductor windings. The multilayer circuit further comprises a multilayer capacitor connected to an end of the inductor by a coupling via, the capacitor comprising a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate being spaced apart from one another and being formed on different layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: William R. Goyette, Frank B. Winter, Eric C. Johnston, Hardik Patel
  • Publication number: 20080139394
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetic field coil (1; 21; 31; 41; 51; 61) comprising at least one coil section (42; 43) which is wound in layers, is characterized in that, in at least one layer (11, 12, 13, 14, 101, 102, 103, 104) of the coil section (42; 43) N (with N?2), superconducting wire sections (A, B, C, D, E) are wound in parallel, such that the windings of the N wire sections (A, B, C, D, E) are adjacent to each other and the N wire sections (A, B, C, D, E) are connected in series. The inventive magnetic field coil can be produced at highly reduced costs, in particular, when the magnetic field coil has a comparatively large layer length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Schlenga
  • Patent number: 7154233
    Abstract: The invention relates to a converter circuit with coupled inductances L1 and L2 which have a core K having an air gap S which is asymmetrical with respect to the inductances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur Elektrisch Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Olaf Busse, Markus Heckmann, Siegfried Mayer
  • Patent number: 7064644
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: ABB T & D Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weber, Karl Zillmann, Thomas J. Lanoue, Hans-Jürgen Buss, Harald Younger
  • Patent number: 6998573
    Abstract: An electric arc welder comprising a high switching frequency inverter for driving the primary of an output transformer where the output transformer has a plurality of modules forming the secondary windings of the transformer and each of the modules comprises a first coaxial set of concentric, telescoped tubes separated by a tubular insulator, a second coaxial set of concentric, telescoped conductive tubes separated by a tubular insulator wherein the sets each have an elongated central passage for accommodating the primary and a conductor connecting the tubes into a series circuit. These modules form a transformer for such welder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd E. Kooken, Robert L. Dodge
  • Patent number: 6850141
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductor comprising a plurality of interconnected conductive segments interwoven with a substrate. The inductance of the inductor is increased through the use of coatings and films of ferromagnetic materials such as magnetic metals, alloys, and oxides. The inductor is compatible with integrated circuit manufacturing techniques and eliminates the need in many systems and circuits for large off chip inductors. A sense and measurement coil, which is fabricated on the same substrate as the inductor, provides the capability to measure the magnetic field or flux produced by the inductor. This on chip measurement capability supplies information that permits circuit engineers to design and fabricate on chip inductors to very tight tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Y. Ahn, Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6825747
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductor comprising a plurality of interconnected conductive segments interwoven with a substrate. The inductance of the inductor is increased through the use of coatings and films of ferromagnetic materials such as magnetic metals, alloys, and oxides. The inductor is compatible with integrated circuit manufacturing techniques and eliminates the need in many systems and circuits for large off chip inductors. A sense and measurement coil, which is fabricated on the same substrate as the inductor, provides the capability to measure the magnetic field or flux produced by the inductor. This on chip measurement capability supplies information that permits circuit engineers to design and fabricate on chip inductors to very tight tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Y. Ahn, Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6822545
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductor comprising a plurality of interconnected conductive segments interwoven with a substrate. The inductance of the inductor is increased through the use of coatings and films of ferromagnetic materials such as magnetic metals, alloys, and oxides. The inductor is compatible with integrated circuit manufacturing techniques and eliminates the need in many systems and circuits for large off chip inductors. A sense and measurement coil, which is fabricated on the same substrate as the inductor, provides the capability to measure the magnetic field or flux produced by the inductor. This on chip measurement capability supplies information that permits circuit engineers to design and fabricate on chip inductors to very tight tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Y. Ahn, Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6817087
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductor comprising a plurality of interconnected conductive segments interwoven with a substrate. The inductance of the inductor is increased through the use of coatings and films of ferromagnetic materials such as magnetic metals, alloys, and oxides. The inductor is compatible with integrated circuit manufacturing techniques and eliminates the need in many systems and circuits for large off chip inductors. A sense and measurement coil, which is fabricated on the same substrate as the inductor, provides the capability to measure the magnetic field or flux produced by the inductor. This on chip measurement capability supplies information that permits circuit engineers to design and fabricate on chip inductors to very tight tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Y. Ahn, Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6812543
    Abstract: A micro device includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer and a thin film coil. The first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer are formed so as to be opposite to each other and magnetically connected via a joint. The thin film coil includes a planer round portion winding around the joint in between the first and the second magnetic layers and a perpendicular round portion provided perpendicularly to the planer round portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Akifumi Kamijima
  • Patent number: 6563413
    Abstract: Multiple parallel conductor for an electrical machine and process. The conductor includes a plurality of adjacent subconductors combined to form a subconductor bundle having an outer surface with a plurality of contiguous surface sections arranged in a longitudinal direction, and a flat protective insulation covering at least one of the plurality of surface sections. At least one of the plurality of surface sections remains uncovered by the flat protective insulation covering. A mesh sheathing further covers the plurality of surface sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Asta Elektrodraht GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Ponweiser, Gernot Schnaubelt
  • Patent number: 6271743
    Abstract: To simplify coil production, in particular coils used for high-voltage transformers, a conductor is wound on to a winding form. The conductor comprises a plurality of conductor portions. The conductor portions overlap one another partially and are insulated from one another. A conductor and a winding arrangement can be produce with this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Müller, Gerhard Döll, Erwin Hager