Inductor and filter
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazutaka Mukaiyama, Hiroshi Kawai, Naoto Yatani, Makoto Inai, Akinori Hamada
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Abstract
An inductor includes a first air-bridge section and a second air-bridge section. The first air-bridge unit extends in a floating location over a substrate between a plurality of support locations on the substrate. The second air-bridge unit extends in a floating location over the first air-bridge unit between a plurality of support locations on the first air-bridge unit. This arrangement enables the first and second air-bridge sections to be connected in parallel, thus branching a flowing current. Thus, the conductor loss in each of the first and second air-bridge sections is reduced.
Claims4
An inductor comprising:
- a first air-bridge electrode extending between a plurality of support locations on a substrate so as to be floating above the substrate and including a to surface that sags downward towards the substrate at locations corresponding to the plurality of support locations;
- and
- a second air-bridge electrode extending between a plurality of support locations on the first air-bridge electrode so as to be floating above the first air-bridge electrode;
- wherein
- the plurality of support locations of the second air-bridge electrode are deviated from the plurality of support locations of the first air-bridge electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.