Provided is a low-loss planar spiral coil which may include a conductive wire wound N turns, and a conductive wire corresponding to each number of turns may be formed in a way that an inner surface, close to a center of the spiral coil, and an outer surface, located on an opposite side of the inner surface, have different heights from each other based on a flat lower surface, and may be formed in way that a vertical cross-section of an upper surface connecting an uppermost end of the inner and outer surfaces has a constant height variation.

A coil for transfer of information or energy is described. The coil includes an electrically conductive magnetically insulative first layer and a magnetically conductive second layer bonded to the first layer along the length of the first layer. The first and second layers are wound to form a plurality of substantially concentric loops. A width and a length of the second layer may be substantially co-extensive with a respective width and length of the first layer so as to expose opposing longitudinal edge surfaces of the first layer along the length of the first layer. At least one of the opposing longitudinal edge surfaces may include a regular pattern extending substantially along a same first direction and across substantially the entire coil. A method of making the coil is described.

In one aspect, a method includes forming a metal layer on a substrate, wherein the metal layer comprises a first coil, forming a planarized insulator layer on the metal layer, forming at least one via in the planarized insulator layer, depositing a magnetoresistance (MR) element on the planarized insulator layer, and forming a second coil extending above the MR element. The at least one via electrically connects to the metal layer on one end and to MR element on the other end.

An apparatus is provided that includes an inductor, a pair of modulating coils, a first switch and a second switch. The inductor includes two sub-loops electrically coupled with each other. The modulating coils include a first modulating coil and a second modulating coil respectively disposed corresponding to each of the two sub-loops. The first switch and the second switch are respectively disposed at the first modulating coil and the second modulating coil. Each of the first modulating coil and the second modulating coil forms an open loop when the first switch and the second switch are under an open status, and each of the first modulating coil and the second modulating coil forms a closed loop when the first switch and the second switch are under a closed status that enables a modulation of an inductance of the inductor.

A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power transmitting device may be a wireless charging mat or other device with one or more wireless power transmitting coils for transmitting wireless power signals. The wireless power receiving device may be a portable electronic device with one or more wireless power receiving coils for receiving the transmitted wireless power signals. The wireless power transmitting device may have foreign object detection coils. Q-factor measurements may be made on the transmitting coil during wireless power transmission and/or voltage measurements may be made using the foreign object detection coils to detect whether a foreign object is present. The foreign object detection coils may include overlapping coils with different winding patterns to enhance foreign object detection coverage.

Devices including a substrate and a plurality of coil portions disposed on the substrate. The plurality of coil portions electrically coupled to form a coil structure.

A transmitting element for generating a magnetic field for tracking of an object includes a first spiral trace that extends from a first outer origin inward to a central origin in a first direction. A second spiral trace can extend from the central origin outward to a second outer origin in the first direction. The second spiral trace can extend from the central origin to the second outer origin in the first direction. The first spiral trace and the second spiral trace can be physically connected at the central origin to form the fluorolucent magnetic transmitting element and at least a portion of the first spiral trace overlaps at least a portion of the second spiral trace.

A display panel includes a drive substrate, a first electrode disposed on the drive substrate and located in a pixel region, and a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode and defining the pixel region. The display panel further includes a light-emitting structure layer disposed on the pixel defining layer, a second electrode disposed on the light-emitting structure layer, and a magnetic field disposed at least one pixel region, wherein a direction of the magnetic field forms an included angle with a plane of the drive substrate.

A coil substrate includes a flexible substrate having first and second ends, a first coil formed on first surface of the substrate such that the first coil has center space and first wiring surrounding the space, and an second coil formed on second surface of the substrate such that the second coil has center space and second wiring surrounding the space and is positioned directly below the first coil. Each of the first and second wirings has outer and inner ends such that each wiring is formed in spiral shape between the outer and inner ends, a number of turns in the first coil is greater than a number of turns in the second coil, a width of the first wiring is substantially constant from the outer end to the inner end, and a width of the second wiring is not constant from the outer end to the inner end.

A switching method for a half bridge power converter includes at least a pair of power switches in legs of the convertor providing upper and lower branch power switches and first and second gate control circuits for the upper and lower branch power switches. The switching method includes sensing the current derivative in the upper and lower branches during switching of the pair of power switches to provide a first signal and a second signal proportional to the current derivative of the power current in the upper and lower power switches, summing the first and second signals to provide a summed current derivative signal, and adding the summed current derivative signal to the power switch command signal of the first and second gate control circuits causing the summed derivative signals to modulate the gate commutation signals of the gate control circuits.