Methods and apparatuses are described for communicating primary signals over a high-speed primary channel, the primary signals having a beam pattern having a full lobe at a center of an axis of propagation and communicating auxiliary signals over a low-speed auxiliary channel, the auxiliary signals having a decoupled beam pattern having a null at the center of axis of propagation, the high-speed primary channel and low-speed auxiliary channel operating in full duplex.

A neural probe structure includes a probe which is inserted into a living body, and a magnetic field inductor which is formed in the probe, wherein when a power source is supplied, the magnetic field inductor generates a magnetic field and applies magnetic stimulation to a target site of the living body into which the probe is inserted. A method for manufacturing the neural probe structure includes forming a first pattern on a first substrate and filling the first pattern with a conductor, stacking a second substrate on the first substrate, and forming a second pattern connected to the first pattern on the second substrate and filling the second pattern with a conductor, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate form the probe, and the conductor of the first pattern and the conductor of the second pattern form the magnetic field inductor.

According to one aspect of the present disclosed subject matter, a receiver inductively powered by a transmitter for powering a load, the receiver comprising: a resonance circuit capable of tuning its resonance frequency for coupling with the transmitter and generate AC voltage; a power supply section configured to rectify the AC voltage and adjust a DC current and a DC voltage to the load; and a control and communication section designed to set parameters for the receiver and communicate operation points (OP) to the transmitter, wherein the parameters and the OP derived from determining a minimal power loss of the receiver.

A coil module includes a conductor layer, at least one element, and a sealing resin. The conductor layer is formed along a predetermined plane and includes a wiring portion and a helical-shaped coil portion. The at least one element is mounted on the wiring portion. The sealing resin covers the conductor layer and the at least one element. The sealing resin is integrally formed of a single type of resin material and has a predetermined thickness in a first direction perpendicular to the plane.

Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a substrate having a first surface and a first spiral coil spirally wound in a plurality of turns formed on the first surface of the substrate. Each of the turns has a first circumference region in which a radial position is substantially fixed and a first shift region in which a radial position is shifted. Each of inner and outer peripheral ends of the first spiral coil is positioned at the first shift region.

A method for designing a circuit element of an integrated circuit (IC) includes receiving one or more desired characteristics of the circuit element from user input and iteratively determining a design solution through one or more simulations and modifications using a rule-set. The one or more desired characteristics are combined with other preset characteristics of the circuit element or the IC. A first model of the circuit element is defined and simulated to calculate performance. The first and subsequent models are modified by drawing on a rule-set of expert knowledge relating to general dependency of at least one design criterion, such as a physical, geometrical or performance characteristic, with another design criterion.

A device is described having one or more conductive loops to produce an electromagnetic field, such as for wireless power transfer to an electronic device. In some examples, an antenna is used with at least one resonating capacitor ring that is relatively co-planar with the antenna, and that is magnetically coupled to the antenna but is not electrically powered by an external source. In addition, a device is described having two or more thin-film coils, each coil comprising a pair of terminals and at least one loop defining a plane and an interior region. In some examples, the planes of the two or more coils are disposed substantially parallel to one another, the interior regions of the two or more coils at least partially overlap one another, and the pairs of terminals of the antennae are electrically connected in parallel.

A magnetic circuit component includes a magnetic core and a coil formed by winding a conductor around the magnetic core. The magnetic circuit component includes a magnetic material section that is formed from a soft magnetic material, and that covers a part of a surface of the coil or the entire surface of the coil and is disposed away from the magnetic core.

A coil sheet includes a conductor layer, a thermally resistant organic insulating layer, a thermosetting adhesive layer in a B-stage state, and a base layer, such that the conductor layer and the insulating layer are bonded to the base layer with the adhesive layer. A coil is formed of a laminate sheet including a conductor layer, an insulating layer, and an adhesive layer of the coil sheet which are released from the base layer thereof, wherein the laminate sheet is wound around a specific axis a plurality of times, and the adhesive layer is thermally cured.

A method produces a coil sheet from an initial coil sheet in which a conductor layer, a thermally resistant insulating layer, a thermosetting, uncured adhesive layer, and a base layer are stacked in this order. The method includes a first cutting step of cutting the conductor layer into a predetermined shape through etching, and a second cutting step of cutting, after the first cutting step, the insulating layer and the adhesive layer into the predetermined shape through etching.