# US 2020/0395166 A1 · Inductor device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0395166 A1 - Document ID: US20200395166A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/891,268 - Filed: 2020-06-03 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-13 - Assignees: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. - Applicants: Realtek Semiconductor Corporation - Inventors: CHIEH-PIN CHANG; CHENG-WEI LUO; KAI-YI HUANG; TA-HSUN YEH - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200395166A1 ## CPC - H01F 17/0006: {Printed inductances (printed coils for dynamo-electric machines H02K3/26; printed circuits H05K)} - H01F 27/2804: {Printed windings} - H01F 17/0013: {with stacked layers} - H01F 27/29: Terminals; Tapping arrangements {for signal inductances} - H01F 27/2819: {Planar transformers with printed windings, e.g. surrounded by two cores and to be mounted on printed circuit} - H01F 2017/004: {with the coil helically wound around an axis without a core} - H01F 2017/0073: {with a special conductive pattern, e.g. flat spiral} - H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ## Abstract An inductor device includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is wound into a plurality of first circles, and the second coil is wound into a plurality of second circles. At least two of the second circles are interlaced with at least two of the first circles on a first side. The at least two of the second circles are disposed adjacent to each other on the first side. At least one of the first circles is only interlaced with at least one of the second circles on a second side. At least another one of the first circles is only interlaced with at least another one of the second circles on the second side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An inductor device, comprising: a first coil wound into a plurality of first circles; and a second coil wound into a plurality of second circles, wherein at least two of the second circles are interlaced with at least two of the first circles on a first side, wherein the at least two of the second circles are disposed adjacent to each other on the first side; wherein at least one of the first circles is only interlaced with at least one of the second circles on a second side, wherein at least another one of the first circles is only interlaced with at least another one of the second circles on the second side. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The inductor device of claim 1, wherein the at least two of the second circles cross the least two of the first circles on the first side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The inductor device of claim 2, wherein the at least one of the first circles crosses the at least one of the second circles on the second side, and the at least another one of the first circles crosses the at least another one of the second circles on the second side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The inductor device of claim 1, wherein the first side is opposite to the second side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The inductor device of claim 1, wherein the at least two of the first circles are disposed adjacent to each other on the first side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The inductor device of claim 1, wherein the second coil has a first opening, a second opening, a first connecting element, and a second connecting element, wherein the first connecting element and the second connecting element cross the at least two of the first circles on the first side, and connect the first opening and the second opening, respectively. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The inductor device of claim 6, wherein the first opening and the second opening are arranged adjacent to each other on the first side, and the first connecting element and the second connecting element are disposed adjacent to each other on the first side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The inductor device of claim 7, wherein the first opening comprises two end points, and the second opening comprises two end points, a first connecting line between the two end points of the first opening is parallel with a second connecting line between the two end points of the second opening. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The inductor device of claim 8, wherein the first coil has a third opening and a third connecting element, wherein the third connecting element crosses the at least one of the second circles on the second side, and connects the third opening. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The inductor device of claim 9, wherein the first coil has a fourth opening and a fourth connecting element, wherein the fourth connecting element crosses the at least another one of the second circles on the second side, and connects the fourth opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The inductor device of claim 10, wherein the third opening comprises two end points, and the fourth opening comprises two end points, wherein a third connecting line between the two end points of the third opening is not parallel with a fourth connecting line between the two end points of the fourth opening. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The inductor device of claim 10, wherein the first connecting element and the second connecting element are located on a different layer from the first circles, wherein the third connecting element and the fourth connecting element are located on a different layer from the second circles. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The inductor device of claim 1, wherein the inductor device further comprises: a center point located on the first side, wherein the first coil and the second coil are coupled at the center point. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The inductor device of claim 13, wherein the center point is located on an innermost side of the first coil and the second coil. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The inductor device of claim 13, wherein the inductor device further comprises: a center-tapped terminal coupled to the center point, wherein the center-tapped terminal is located on a same layer as the first coil and the second coil. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The inductor device of claim 13, wherein the inductor device further comprises: a center-tapped terminal coupled to the center point, wherein the center-tapped terminal is located on a different layer from the first coil and the second coil. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The inductor device of claim 1, wherein the inductor device further comprises an input terminal, wherein the input terminal is located on the second side. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The inductor device of claim 13, wherein the first coil and the second coil are wound together into a first turn, a second turn, a third turn, a fourth turn, and a fifth turn, wherein the first turn, the second turn, the third turn, the fourth turn, and the fifth turn are sequentially arranged from an outside to an inside. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The inductor device of claim 18, wherein the first coil is wound along the first turn from the second side to the first side and is wound to the third turn on the first side, the first coil is then wound along the third turn from the first side to the second side and is wound to the second turn on the second side, the first coil is thereafter wound along the second turn from the second side to the first side and is wound to the fourth turn on the first side, the first coil is next wound along the fourth turn from the first side to the second side and is wound to the fifth turn on the second side, the first coil is then wound along the fifth turn from the second side to the center point on the first side. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The inductor device of claim 19, wherein the second coil is wound along the first turn from the second side to the first side and is wound to the third turn on the first side, the second coil is then wound along the third turn from the first side to the second side and is wound to the second turn on the second side, the second coil is thereafter wound along the second turn from the second side to the first side and is wound to the fourth turn on the first side, the second coil is next wound along the fourth turn from the first side to the second side and is wound to the fifth turn on the second side, the second coil is then wound along the fifth turn from the second side to the center point on the first side.