Flexible substrate inductive apparatus and methods
OwnerAurelio Gutierrezinventor
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Abstract
Flexible substrate inductive apparatus and methods for manufacturing, and utilizing, the same. In one embodiment, the flexible substrate inductive device is formed from a planar surface and has a plurality of conductive traces printed thereon. These conductive traces can be used as, for example, an inductor or when formed using multiple windings such as a primary and a secondary winding, as a transformer. The use of the flexible substrate as an inductive device is accomplished via the incorporation of slots within the substrate which allows the conductive traces to be formed and routed around, for example, a magnetically permeable core. Methods of using and manufacturing the aforementioned flexible substrate inductive devices are also disclosed.
Claims20
A flexible substrate inductive device, comprising:
- a flexible polymer film having a plurality of conductive traces disposed thereon;
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- a ferrite core;
- wherein the flexible polymer film is shaped so that the plurality of conductive traces forms one or more windings, the ferrite core disposed such that its use in combination with the one or more windings forms the flexible substrate inductive device.
A flexible substrate inductive device, comprising:
- a flexible substrate comprised of at least two rows of slots disposed therein;
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- a ferrite core;
- wherein the flexible substrate comprises a plurality of windings with a set of windings disposed about each of the rows of slots.
A method of manufacturing a flexible substrate inductive device, comprising:
- printing one or more conductive windings onto a two-dimensional flexible substrate;
- forming the two-dimensional flexible substrate into a three-dimensional form;
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- inserting a core portion into the three-dimensional flexible substrate form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.