Single phase surface mount swing inductor component and methods of fabrication

An inductor component for power supply circuitry implemented on a circuit board, the inductor component comprising:

• a conductive coil configured to establish surface mount connections to a single phase of the power supply circuitry, the conductive coil including elongated first and second legs each having a rectangular cross section, the elongated first and second legs further being spaced apart but extending parallel to one another;
• and
• a magnetic core structure receiving and enclosing each of the elongated first and second legs of the conductive coil, the magnetic core structure being defined by a bottom wall abutting the circuit board, a plurality of exterior side walls extending above the bottom wall and being spaced from the elongated first and second legs, and a plurality of interior side walls extending above the bottom wall while being adjacent to and surrounding the respective elongated first and second legs, wherein the magnetic core structure is a single piece magnetic structure, and wherein the magnetic core structure comprises a first physical gap and a second physical gap;
• wherein first and second physical gaps are respectively formed in the magnetic core structure, each of the first and second physical gaps extending incompletely through a respective one of an opposing pair of the interior side walls, and each of the first and second physical gaps being located to respectively intersect a flux path generated by current flow in one of the elongated first or second legs.