The invention disclose a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit includes one or a plurality of first-stage voltage conversion circuits and one or a plurality of second-stage voltage conversion circuits; an input end of the first-stage voltage conversion circuit is coupled to a power supply; the first-stage voltage conversion circuit is configured to convert a first voltage received at the input end into a second voltage, where the second voltage is less than the first voltage; an input end of the second-stage voltage conversion circuit is coupled to an output end of the first-stage voltage conversion circuit; the second-stage voltage conversion circuit is configured to convert the second voltage into a third voltage, and supply the third voltage to a load.

An axial field rotary energy device has a PCB stator panel assembly between rotors with an axis of rotation. Each rotor has a magnet. The PCB stator panel assembly includes PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each layer can have conductive coils. The PCB stator panel assembly can have a thermally conductive layer that extends from an inner diameter portion to an outer diameter portion thereof.

An axial field rotary energy device with a PCB stator having interleaved PCBs is disclosed. The device can include rotors that have magnets and an axis of rotation. A stator assembly can be located axially between the rotors to operate electrical phases. The stator assembly can include PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each PCB panel can be designated to one of the electrical phases. Each electrical phase of the stator assembly can be provided by a plurality of the PCB panels. In addition, the PCB panels for each electrical phase can be axially spaced apart from and intermingled with each other.

The invention disclose a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit includes one or a plurality of first-stage voltage conversion circuits and one or a plurality of second-stage voltage conversion circuits; an input end of the first-stage voltage conversion circuit is coupled to a power supply; the first-stage voltage conversion circuit is configured to convert a first voltage received at the input end into a second voltage, where the second voltage is less than the first voltage; an input end of the second-stage voltage conversion circuit is coupled to an output end of the first-stage voltage conversion circuit; the second-stage voltage conversion circuit is configured to convert the second voltage into a third voltage, and supply the third voltage to a load.

An inductor or transformer with the inductor can include one or more windings split into strands along a radial path of the winding and provide for a more uniform current distribution across a width of the winding. The winding(s) can comprise twisting components as twistings or strand crossings located at various locations along the winding. The twisting components span the winding along a winding width with a connector or crossing strand and change a position of one strand to another at points that different strands of the winding are cut or spliced.

A device having a substrate, a dielectric slab attached upon the substrate, a coil including a plurality of metal segments laid out on a first metal layer secured by the dielectric slab, the coil being substantially laterally symmetrical with respect to a central line from a top view perspective, and a shield laid out on a second metal layer secured by the dielectric slab and configured in a tree topology. The shield is substantially laterally symmetrical with respect to the central line from the top view perspective, the tree topology including a plurality of clusters of branches, wherein each of said plurality of clusters of branches is associated with a respective metal segment of the coil and includes a primary branch and at least one set of secondary branches that are branched from the primary branch, parallel to one another, and oriented at a substantially forty-five-degree angle with respect to the respective metal segment from the top view perspective.

A dummy fill element for positioning inside an active inductor component of an integrated circuit (IC), the inductor component, the IC and a related method, are disclosed. The active inductor component is configured to convert electrical energy into magnetic energy to reduce parasitic capacitance in an IC. The dummy fill element includes: a first conductive incomplete loop having a first end and a second end, and a second conductive incomplete loop having a first end and a second end. First ends of the first and second conductive incomplete loops are electrically connected, and the second ends of the first and second conductive incomplete loops are electrically connected. In this manner, eddy currents created in each conductive incomplete loop by the magnetic energy cancel at least a portion of each other, allowing for a desired metal fill density and maintaining the inductor's Q-factor.

An axial field rotary energy device has a PCB stator panel assembly between rotors with an axis of rotation. Each rotor has a magnet. The PCB stator panel assembly includes PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each layer can have conductive coils. The PCB stator panel assembly can have a thermally conductive layer that extends from an inner diameter portion to an outer diameter portion thereof.

An axial field rotary energy device has a PCB stator panel assembly between rotors with an axis of rotation. Each rotor has a magnet. The PCB stator panel assembly includes PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each layer can have conductive coils. The PCB stator panel assembly can have a thermally conductive layer that extends from an inner diameter portion to an outer diameter portion thereof. Each PCB panel comprises discrete, PCB radial segments that are mechanically and electrically coupled together to form the respective PCB panels.

An axial field rotary energy device with a PCB stator having interleaved PCBs is disclosed. The device can include rotors that have magnets and an axis of rotation. A stator assembly can be located axially between the rotors to operate electrical phases. The stator assembly can include PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each PCB panel can be designated to one of the electrical phases. Each electrical phase of the stator assembly can be provided by a plurality of the PCB panels. In addition, the PCB panels for each electrical phase can be axially spaced apart from and intermingled with each other.