An aspect of the present disclosure provides a bus bar as a winding in a core of a transformer includes multiple sub-bars arranged horizontally and connected in parallel so as to minimize an AC current in the transformer, and the sub-bars have different widths and thus resistances or impedances with respect to a current flowing through the sub-bars are the same. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of designing a bus bar for resistance or impedance matching between multiple sub-bars included in the bus bar to share a current to minimize an AC current in the transformer. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a transformer, for a DC-DC converter for use in a vehicle, which is manufactured by the method of designing a bus bar.

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.

A coil carrier for an electromagnetic switch of a starting device including a cavity enclosed by a carrier wall for winding of a coil wire. The carrier wall may extend in an axial direction from a first end wall to a second end wall. The coil carrier may include at least one separating body protruding radially, and extending in a circumferential direction, on a side of the carrier wall facing away from the cavity. The at least one separating body may have a recess which separates a first separating body end of the at least one separating body from a second separating body end of the at least one separating body in the circumferential direction. The at least one separating body may have an axially extending body width that decreases along the circumferential direction.

An inductor includes a wire having a width W, and a first electrode and a second electrode continuous to each of both ends of the wire. The wire, the first electrode, and the second electrode are present on the same plane. The plane area S1 of the first electrode and the plane area S2 of the second electrode are a square value (W.sup.2) or more of the width W. An area in which the wire is disposed is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The area has a length X in a longitudinal direction equal to a length L between the first electrode and the second electrode along a facing direction of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a length Y in a short-length direction in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The length X in the longitudinal direction is 1.5 times or more of the length Y in the short-length direction.

A shielding layer that is made of conductive and magnetic material is used to encapsulate the bare metal wire of a coil of an inductor to shield the coil from the external magnetic field and make the resistance and the power loss of the inductor lower.

An exemplary controller may include a single clock source configured to generate a single clock signal used to drive one or more components within a plurality of magnetometers and a plurality of differential signal measurement circuits configured to measure current output by a photodetector of each of the plurality of magnetometers.

A method of manufacturing a coil component includes arranging a plurality of coil conductors that is a wound body of a conductive wire, and each has opposing first and second surfaces, in a winding axis direction on a surface of an adhesive layer in contact with the first surface, manufacturing a processed body by placing a first magnetic sheet including a first metal magnetic particle and a first resin on a side of the second surface of each of the coil conductors and performing press processing on the first magnetic sheet, manufacturing an aggregate base body by peeling the processed body from the adhesive layer, placing a second magnetic sheet including a second metal magnetic particle and a second resin on a side of the first surface of each coil conductor, and press processing the second magnetic sheet, and manufacturing a body by individualizing the aggregate base body.

A magnetic induction assembly includes a magnetic core, a primary winding, a secondary winding and a base. The primary winding is wound by a wire. The secondary winding is a conductive plate having an open loop and two contact ends. The base has a body having a through hollow. A surface of the body is formed with n partitions, where n is greater than or equal to 1. The partitions divide the body into n+1 winding areas for being selectively wound by the wire. Each of the partitions has a chamber, a through hole communicating with the through hollow and an opening allowing the secondary winding to enter the chamber. The magnetic core passes through the through hollow, the through holes and the loop of the conductive plate to magnetically couple with the primary winding and the secondary winding.

The present utility model provides an integrated inductive device, which includes: a first end magnetic core and a second end magnetic core arranged oppositely, each of the first end magnetic core and the second end magnetic core including three areas; three columnar magnetic cores located between the first end magnetic core and the second end magnetic core; and three inductive coils each wound on the periphery of a corresponding columnar magnetic core and located between two corresponding areas of the first end magnetic core and the second end magnetic core. The integrated inductive device of the present utility model is structurally compact, increases the space utilization rate, and reduces the cost.

A continuous coil for an inductive component includes a plurality of turns formed by at least one conductor. The continuous coil is substantially egg-shaped. Other example coils, transformers, etc. are also disclosed.