An inductor includes a magnetic core, a first winding, a first electrically conductive standoff, and a second electrically conductive standoff. The magnetic core includes opposing first and second outer surfaces separated from each other in a first direction. The first winding has first and second ends, and the first winding is wound around at least a portion of the magnetic core. The first electrically conductive standoff is connected to the first end of the first winding, and the first electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The second electrically conductive standoff is connected to the second end of the first winding, and the second electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface.

A coil component includes a magnetic core that includes a pair of wind portions, a pair of coil conductors where respective conductive wires are wound around the wind portions, and a securing member that has spring properties, includes an upper surface portion, first and second side surface portions, and first and second bottom surface portions, and secures the core while surrounding the core. With the securing member removed from the core, angles formed by the upper surface portion and first side surface portion, the upper surface portion and second side surface portion, the first side surface portion and first bottom surface portion, and the second side surface portion and second bottom surface portion are acute angles. The first and second side surface portions are formed by curved surfaces. The first and second bottom surface portions serve as mounted portions when the coil component is mounted over a mounting board.

A flexible printed circuit board according to the present disclosures includes a base film having an insulating property, and a planar coil disposed on a surface of the base film, wherein a number of turns on an inside of a center point of a coil width of the planar coil in a plan view is greater than a number of turns on an outside of the center point.

A power conversion module includes a circuit board and a transformer mounted on the circuit board. The transformer includes a primary winding, a plurality of secondary windings, and a magnetic core assembly. The secondary winding includes a plurality of conductive plates each has a main body, two pins and two intermediate segments. The two pins extends along a first direction and couples to the main body via intermediate segments extending along a second direction; the transformer is electrically connected to the circuit board through the pins; wherein the main body has an opening, and the intermediate segments are positioned at two sides of the opening. The magnetic core assembly includes a middle post, and a coil section of the primary winding and the main bodies of the conductive plates are arranged in a staggered configuration and surround the middle post.

A mounting substrate includes a resin layer and a first conductor including a contact surface in contact with the resin layer. The first conductor includes a first surface facing toward the mounting surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface and extends in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the mounting surface. The first conductor has a difference of a maximum value and a minimum value of a distance between the first surface and the mounting surface smaller than a difference of a maximum value and a minimum value of a distance between the second surface and the mounting surface. The resin layer includes a resin wall portion surrounding an opening portion partially exposing the first conductor on the mounting surface side, and the first conductor includes an exposed portion defining a mounting electrode.

Embodiments include herein are directed towards a method for use in an electronic design environment is provided. Embodiments may include receiving a printed circuit board schematic and one or more electronic circuits. Embodiments may further include automatically generating, one or more circuit templates based upon, at least in part, the printed circuit board schematic and one or more electronic circuits. The one or more circuit templates may be stored at an electronic design database. Embodiments may also include receiving a current printed circuit board schematic and automatically determining whether a subcircuit of the current printed circuit board schematic is an exact or approximate match with the one or more circuit templates.

An inductor comprises a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one side surface. The top surface is spaced from the bottom surface. The at least one side surface connects the top surface to the bottom surface. A core is located on the top surface and coupled to the base. At least one coil extends helically about the core. The at least one coil has at least one end extending outwardly from said core. At least one lead is coupled to the at least one coil and extending outwardly from the base in a coplanar relationship with the bottom surface. A circuit card assembly including the inductor and a method of manufacturing the circuit card assembly are also disclosed herein.

An approach for reducing unwanted magnetic coupling with conductive elements by keeping the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductors magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements is provided. The approach includes the use of spacers to keep the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductor's magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements to reduce unwanted magnetic coupling with those conductive elements. The spacers can be made from materials including ferrite, conductors and non-conducting elements.

A coil component capable of holding a core in a stable posture by a chuck in a winding step of a wire. The core includes a winding core portion extending in an axial direction, and a first flange portion and a second flange portion provided at end portions of the winding core portion opposite to each other in the axial direction. Each of outer end surfaces of the first flange portion and the second flange portion has a first ridge extending along a ridgeline where the outer end surfaces intersect first side surfaces and a second ridge extending along a ridgeline where the outer end surfaces intersect second side surfaces.

Provided is an electronic component including a secondary side coil including a plurality of coil parts, in which each of the coil parts includes: a plate-like base part; a leg part formed on the base part; and a pin part formed at a tip of the leg part.