Inductor Mountable on a Circuit Board

A system comprising:

• a printed wire board;
• and
• an inductor disposed above and mounted on the printed wire board, the inductor comprising:
• a winding, comprising:
• first and second terminations that are configured to be electrically connected to the printed wire board at different locations;
• and
• a core, comprising:
• a first section comprising magnetic material with a channel along an inner surface, configured to receive the winding, and ending at or above first and second bottom corners of the inner surface;
• a second section that is a mirror image of the first section including an inner surface that faces the inner surface of the first section;
• and
• a distributed gap that uniformly separates the first section from the second section except where the winding passes through the mirror-image channels,
• wherein:
• the winding lies along the distributed gap in the mirror-image channels of the first and second sections, and
• the winding spatially divides the core into an upper portion and a lower portion that are equal in volume.