The present disclosure provides a method for producing a magnetic component that enables efficient processing of an amorphous soft magnetic material or a nanocrystalline soft magnetic material. The method for producing a magnetic component comprising an amorphous soft magnetic material or nanocrystalline soft magnetic material comprises: a step of preparing a stacked body comprising a plurality of plate-shaped amorphous soft magnetic materials or nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials; a step of heating at least a portion of shearing in the stacked body to a temperature equal to or higher than the crystallization temperature of the soft magnetic materials; and a step of shearing the stacked body at the portion of shearing after the step of heating.

The present disclosure provides a method for producing a magnetic component that enables efficient processing of an amorphous soft magnetic material or a nanocrystalline soft magnetic material. The method for producing a magnetic component comprising an amorphous soft magnetic material or nanocrystalline soft magnetic material comprises: a step of preparing a stacked body comprising a plurality of plate-shaped amorphous soft magnetic materials or nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials; a step of heating at least a portion of shearing in the stacked body to a temperature equal to or higher than the crystallization temperature of the soft magnetic materials; and a step of shearing the stacked body at the portion of shearing after the step of heating.

In one example, an integrated circuit comprises: a substrate; a semiconductor die; metal interconnects, the semiconductor die being mounted to the substrate via the metal interconnects; an inductor mounted to the substrate; and a magnetic material encapsulating the semiconductor die, the inductor, and the metal interconnects, the magnetic material including: coated metal particles, which are coated with a first insulation material; and a second insulation material, in which the coated metal particles are suspended.

A method to form an inductor, the method comprising: forming a metal structure by removing unwanted portions of the metal plate to form a first electrode, a second electrode, and a bare conductor wire between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a first thickness of the first electrode is greater than a thickness of the bare conductor wire, and a second thickness of the second electrode is greater than said thickness of the bare conductor wire; and forming a magnetic body to encapsulate the bare conductor wire, and a least one portion of the first electrode and a least one portion of the second electrode.

An integrated co-fired inductor and preparation method therefor, comprising: filling a mold cavity with a magnetic powder, embedding at least one wire in the magnetic powder, wherein the two ends extend out of the mold cavity, sequentially performing compression molding and heat treatment to obtain a magnetic core, and bending and tinning the wire extending out of the magnetic core to obtain the co-fired inductor. The preparation method uses an integrated mold forming process to prepare the inductor to avoid an assembly process involving an excessive number of components; heat treatment is performed after the integral forming process, stress is fully released, material hysteresis loss is reduced, and the loss of the device under light load conditions is reduced; no extra gap exists between the wire and the magnetic core, air gaps are uniformly distributed within the magnetic core, and the vibration noise of eddy current loss is reduced.

A ferrite sheet includes acicular ferrite powder, and has a uniaxially-oriented magnetic direction. The ferrite sheet is capable of remarkably increasing magnetic permeability and saturation magnetization, and accordingly is capable of remarkably improving the power efficiency of an electronic device by minimizing magnetic field leakage when being applied to a shielding sheet.

A ferrite sheet includes acicular ferrite powder, and has a uniaxially-oriented magnetic direction. The ferrite sheet is capable of remarkably increasing magnetic permeability and saturation magnetization, and accordingly is capable of remarkably improving the power efficiency of an electronic device by minimizing magnetic field leakage when being applied to a shielding sheet.

The disclosure provides an MAX phase material, a preparation method therefor, and application thereof. The molecular formula of the MAX phase material is represented as M.sub.n+1(A.sub.zA.sub.1z).sub.hX.sub.n, wherein M is selected from group IIIB, IVB, VB or VIB elements, A is selected from element Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe or Mn, A is selected from group IB, IIB, VIII, IVA, VA or VIA elements, X is selected from elements C and/or N, n is 1, 2, 3 or 4, 0<z1, a unit cell of the MAX phase material is formed by alternately stacking M.sub.n+1X.sub.n units and (A.sub.zA.sub.zA.sub.1z).sub.h layers of atoms, and h is the number of layers of the (A.sub.zA.sub.zA.sub.1z) layers of atoms located between the M.sub.n+1X.sub.n unit layers, and h is 1, 2 or 3.

A system for distribution transformer monitoring may comprise a distribution transformer that includes a transformer fluid tank, a monitoring unit that includes a plurality of sensors, wherein the monitoring unit is coupled to the distribution transformer, and wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a fluid sensor that includes a sensor probe that extends out of the monitoring unit into the transformer fluid tank of the distribution transformer, and a communication unit coupled to the distribution transformer and communicatively coupled to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit may further comprises a sensor module to receive sensor data from the plurality of sensors, a storage module to store the sensor data in an internal data storage device of the monitoring unit, an analysis module to analyze the sensor data to determine generated data, and a communication module to communicate the sensor data or the generated data to a remote computing device.

Also disclosed herein is an article having a substrate and a layer of an FeRh alloy disposed on the substrate. The alloy has a continuous antiferromagnetic phase and one or more discrete phases smaller in area than the continuous phase having a lower metamagnetic transition temperature than the continuous phase. Also disclosed herein is a method of: providing an article having a substrate and a layer having a continuous phase of an antiferromagnetic FeRh alloy disposed on the substrate and directing an ion source at one or more portions of the alloy to create one or more discrete phases having a lower metamagnetic transition temperature than the continuous phase.