Loading patent…
AssigneeInfineon Technologies Austria AG
InventorsDanny Clavette, Gerald Deboy, Roberto RIZZOLATTI, Otto WIEDENBAUER, Yong Zhou
Estimating the term…
According to one configuration, an inductor device comprises core material and at least a first electrically conductive path. The core material is fabricated from magnetically permeable material. The first electrically conductive path extends axially through the core material from a proximal end of the inductor device to a distal end of the inductor device. The core material is operable to confine first magnetic flux generated from first current flowing through the first electrically conductive path. The inductor device further includes a gap in the core material. The gap (gas or solid material) has a different magnetic permeability than the core material. Inclusion of the gap in the core material provides a way to tune an inductance of the inductor device and increase a magnetic saturation level of the inductor device. The core material includes any number of electrically conductive paths and corresponding gaps.
An inductor device having a proximal end and a distal end, the inductor device comprising:
A method of fabricating an inductor device, the method comprising:
Computer-readable storage hardware having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when carried out by computer processor hardware, cause the computer processor hardware to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.