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US 10,541,063 B2Granted
Power inductor
AssigneeBel Fuse (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
InventorZhao Tang
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Abstract
A power inductor includes a core and winding. The winding has at least two portions, one made of pure copper and the other made of a low-TCR (temperature coefficient of resistance) alloy, wherein the alloy portion is used to form a current sensor. The two portions are joined to provide a unitary winding. The inductor can provide accurate current detection sensor while minimizing total resistance of the winding.
Claims10
A power inductor, comprising:
- a core;
- and
- a winding, the winding having two portions, one portion being a copper portion having a first conductive terminal and being made of pure copper, the other portion being an alloy portion having a second conductive terminal and being made of a low-temperature-coefficient-of-resistance alloy, wherein the alloy portion includes a sensing terminal separate from the first and second conductive terminals to enable the alloy portion to be used as a current sensor for sensing current flowing through the winding, the copper portion having three sub-portions being (1) a first sub-portion being a support terminal configured to support the inductor when mounted on a substrate, (2) a second sub-portion extending between the first conductive terminal and a first end of the support terminal, and (3) a third sub-portion extending between the alloy portion and a second end of the support terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.