A medium frequency transformer for a DC/DC converter includes: a core having an air gap and a coil surrounding a core section and having a plurality of windings; a medium voltage electric insulation, surrounding the coil each winding including a first and second termination, and a conductor wound around a portion of the core in at least one turn between the first and second termination; a plurality of terminals provided outside the insulation, each connected to a different first termination by one of a plurality of connectors, a channel extending from an outside of the insulation into and at least partially through said electric insulation, wherein the connectors extend through the channel and are insulated against one another by means of a low voltage insulation within the channel. The second terminations are connected to one another within or inside the insulation and connected to a second terminal outside of the insulation by a second connector.

A Fe-based alloy represented by a composition of (Fe.sub.(1-a)M.sup.1.sub.a).sub.100-b-c-d-e-f-gM.sup.2.sub.bM.sup.3.sub.cB.sub.dP.sub.eCu.sub.fTi.sub.g, wherein M.sup.1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Mo, Zr, Ta, W, Hf, Ti, V, Cr, and Mn, M.sup.3 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ga, and Ge, and a, b, c, d, e, f, and g satisfy the following content conditions: 0≤a≤0.5, 0<b≤1.5, 0<c≤4, 7≤d≤13, 0.1≤e≤5, 0.6≤f≤1.5, and 0<g, is provided, wherein a full width at half maximum of an XRD main peak is 0.172 or more.

The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising an inductor, the inductor comprising: an inductor core; a first winding section comprising a first cast shape and a second winding section comprising the first cast shape, the first winding section mechanically joined to the second winding section to form a winding, the winding forming a wound shape about the inductor core. Optionally and preferably, a third winding section, comprising a second cast shape, mechanically joins the first winding section to the second winding section and a mechanical connector and/or an aluminum weld join the first winding section to the third winding section.

A coil includes a first winding portion having a first wire helically wound including at least one strand, and a second winding portion having a second wire helically wound including a plurality of strands electrically connected to the first winding portion and has an axis that is parallel to an axial direction of the first winding portion, wherein the strands included in the second wire are arranged in parallel in an axial direction of the second winding portion, the number of strands included in the second wire is greater than the number of strands included in the first wire, the cross-sectional area of the second wire is equal to or larger than the cross-sectional area of the first wire, and the cross-sectional area of each strand included in the second wire is equal to or smaller than the cross-sectional area of each strand included in the first wire.

A magnetic device, a body; and an insulated conductive wire which comprises a metal wire and an insulating layer encapsulating the metal wire, wherein the insulated conductive wire comprises a coil and a first terminal part, wherein an outer surface of the internal metal part of a first portion of the first terminal part is exposed from the insulating layer for forming an electrode, wherein a second portion of the first terminal part is disposed in the body, and an outer surface of the internal metal part of the second portion of the terminal part is exposed from the insulating layer.

A device includes a core having a first end and a second end, and first and second wires wound around the core, where the core has first, second, and third sections, the second section being arranged between the first and third sections. Each of the first and second wires includes an i.sup.th turn located on the first section, a j.sup.th turn located on the second section, and a k.sup.th turn located on the third section. The i.sup.th turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the i.sup.th turn of the second wire, the j.sup.th turn of the first wire is closer to the second end than the j.sup.th turn of the second wire, and the k.sup.th turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the k.sup.th turn of the second wire.

A reactor includes a coil, an annular magnetic core that forms a closed magnetic circuit when the coil is excited, a plurality of divided reactors arranged in parallel, and a holding member that holds the plurality of divided reactors in a state in which the divided reactors are arranged in parallel at a predetermined spacing. Each of the divided reactors includes a coil unit that is formed of a wound wire and constitutes a part of the coil and a core unit that passes through the coil unit from one end of the coil unit to the other end and constitutes a part of the magnetic core. The core unit has an inner core portion inserted through the coil unit, and outer core portions that protrude from both ends of the coil unit and extend in a direction that intersects the inner core portion.

A structure for forming inductor windings includes a first portion and a second portion of a clamshell casing. The first portion includes a first set of electrically conductive segments, a first inner carrier, and a first outer carrier. The second portion includes a second set of electrically conductive segments, a second inner carrier, and a second outer carrier. An inductor core is mountable between the first inner carrier and the first outer carrier within the first portion. A control assembly aligns and joins the first portion to the second portion of the clamshell casing such that the first set of electrically conductive segments arranged in the first pattern that correspond to first half-turns of the inductor windings, are attached to the second set of electrically conductive segments arranged in the second pattern that correspond to second half-turns of the inductor windings, to form continuous turns around the inductor core.

There is provided a filter device. In the filter device, a plurality of coils are arranged coaxially. Each of a plurality of wirings is electrically connected to one end of each of the coils. Each of a plurality of capacitors is connected between the other end of each of the coils and the ground. A housing is electrically grounded and configured to accommodate therein the coils. Further, each of the wirings at least partially extends into the housing and has a length that is adjustable in the housing.

A manufacturing method of a transformer includes: winding a first winding wire around a bobbin, wherein two ends of the first winding wire are connected to a first and a second pin of the bobbin respectively; winding a second winding wire around the bobbin, wherein two ends of the second winding wire are connected to a third and a fourth pin of the bobbin respectively; and winding a third and a fourth winding wire in parallel around the bobbin, wherein two ends of the third winding wire are connected to the second and a fifth pin of the bobbin respectively, and two ends of the fourth winding wire are connected to the fifth and a sixth pin respectively. The first, the third and the fourth winding wires form a primary coil, and the second winding wire is a secondary coil.