An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes a plurality of particles each including a core which contains a soft magnetic material, and an insulating layer which is provided on the surface of the core and contains a glass material including Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 as a main component. The content of an alkali metal in the insulating layer is 5 mol % or less. The glass material further contains at least one of ZnO and B.sub.2O.sub.3. The content of Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 in the glass material is 40 mol % or more and 80 mol % or less.

A power converter is embodied on a semiconductor substrate member and has a first region with a passive electrical component with a first electrically conductive layer pattern of an electrically conductive material and a second electrically conductive layer pattern of an electrically conductive material deposited on respective sides of the semiconductor substrate member. A trench or through-hole is formed (by etching) in the substrate within the first region, and the electrically conductive material is deposited at least on a bottom portion of the trench or on a sidewall of the through-hole and electrically connected to one or both of the first conductive layer pattern and the second conductive layer pattern. A second region has an active semiconductor component integrated with the semiconductor substrate by being fabricated by a semiconductor fabrication process. There is also provided a power supply, such as a DC-DC converter, embedded the semiconductor substrate member.

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.

A inductor arrangement has a toroidal core with a central opening, a winding which is arranged around the core and has two winding ends, and an electrically insulating insert which is inserted into the central opening in a clamping manner. Here, the winding ends are inserted into the insert in a clamping manner.

Provided is an air conditioner capable of preventing a soldering defect when a circuit element is installed on a circuit board. The air conditioner includes a circuit board configured to form a circuit, a choke coil installed on the circuit board and having a wire wound around on a core, and a support device installed at a lower side of the choke coil to support the choke coil, and provided with a through-hole allowing the wire to pass therethrough, wherein the support device includes a support portion that protrudes from a lower surface of the support device to support the choke coil installed on the circuit board at an interval from the circuit board, the support portion disposed to be spaced apart from the through-hole in a direction away from an outer edge of the support device.

A package includes a first redistribution structure, a second redistribution structure, an inductor, a permalloy core, and a die. The second redistribution structure is over the first redistribution structure. The inductor includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is embedded in the first redistribution structure, the third portion is embedded in the second redistribution structure, and the second portion connects the first and third portions of the inductor. The permalloy core is located between the first and third portions of the inductor. The die is disposed adjacent to the second portion of the inductor.

The invention, which relates to a choke arrangement (1) for application in an EMC filter, has as its objective specifying a choke arrangement (1) that is mechanically robust and that enables improved insulation of the windings (4, 5). The objective is attained by disposing about the toroidal core (10) a two-part enclosure (15) and by disposing an insulation web (19) in the two-part enclosure (15).

A display device including a display panel which comprises: a power supply board comprising a line filter. The line filter, to remove noise, comprising: a case connectable to a printed circuit board to thereby electrically connect the line filter to the printed circuit board; a magnetic core to be accommodated in the case; a core cover coupleable to the case to cover the magnetic core; a coil wound around an outside of the case and the core cover; and a separator coupleable to the case and the core cover. The separator comprises: a base; an isolating portion protruding from the base to be insertable into the case and the core cover so as to isolate a region in which the coil is wound; and a stepped portion protruding from the base and in contact with one surface of the case to separate the base from the printed circuit board.

A signal coupling device comprises a low-frequency circuit including a magnetic ring having an opening and a high-frequency circuit including a rod-shaped magnet. A first-level circuit is formed around the magnetic ring and extends between a first-level circuit input and a first-level circuit output. A second-level circuit is formed around the magnetic ring and extends between a second-level circuit input and a second-level circuit output. The high-frequency circuit includes a third-level circuit formed around the rod-shaped magnet and extends between a third-level circuit input and a third-level circuit output. A fourth-level circuit is formed around the rod-shaped magnet and extends between a fourth-level circuit input and a fourth-level circuit output. The first-level circuit output is coupled to the third-level circuit input and the second-level circuit output is coupled to the fourth-level circuit input.

A coil component includes a winding core section. A first flange section and a second flange section are disposed on a first end and a second end of the winding core section in the axial direction, respectively. A second terminal electrode is disposed on the first flange section on a second end side in a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction. A fourth terminal electrode is disposed on the second flange section on a second end side in the first direction. When in a portion of the second wire wound around the winding core section, a single round nearest an end connected to the fourth terminal electrode is defined as the Nth turn, at least two turns of the wire closer to the second flange section than the Nth turn of the second wire in the axial direction are present.