Disclosed is a wiring board having a plurality of insulating layers and at least one wiring layer each formed between adjacent two of the plurality of insulating layers such that, when a cross section of the wiring layer is taken in parallel to a thickness direction, at least one corner portion of the cross section of the wiring layer is rounded.

Disclosed is a wiring board having at least one insulating layer and at least one wiring layer arranged to overlap the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes: an arrangement portion at which the wiring layer is arranged; and a side wall portion which surrounds at least a part of the wiring layer arranged at the arrangement portion in a plane direction. The side wall portion has a planar shape that restricts movement and rotation of the wiring layer in the plane direction.

A device includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The device may also include a high voltage coil disposed on the PCB and a low voltage coil disposed on the PCB. Further, a conductive shield forms a three-dimensional enclosure around the high voltage coil and confines an electric field generated by the device to the PCB.

A planar transformer is disclosed. The disclosed planar transformer includes: a magnetic core; a first coil unit formed in a conductor pattern in a plurality of layers stacked in the magnetic core; a second coil unit formed in a conductor pattern in the plurality of layers stacked in the magnetic core; an electromagnetic interference (EMI) reduction unit disposed on the output end of the second coil unit; and a base for accommodating the magnetic core and the coil units.

A stacked inductor device including an 8-shaped inductor structure a stacked coil. The 8-shaped inductor structure includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is disposed in a first area. The first coil includes a first sub-coil and a second sub-coil, and the first sub-coil and the second sub-coil are disposed with an interval circularly with each other. The second coil is disposed in a second area, and the second coil is coupled with the first coil on a boundary between the first area and the second area. The second coil includes a third sub-coil and a fourth sub-coil, and the third sub-coil and the fourth sub-coil are disposed with an interval circularly with each other. The stacked coil is coupled to the first coil and the second coil and is stacked partially on or under the first coil and the second coil.

A coreless planar coil and a power transformer. The coreless planar coil includes a coil body arranged in a plane and configured to produce an alternating magnetic field for delivering signal or power; and a first metal ring arranged around the coil body in the plane and configured to produce a first magnetic field having a direction opposite to the alternating magnetic field produced by the coil body.

A planar transformer includes: a first primary winding layer; a second primary winding layer disposed adjacent to the first primary winding layer; a shielding layer disposed adjacent to the first primary winding layer; a first secondary winding layer disposed adjacent to the shielding layer; a second secondary winding layer disposed adjacent to the first secondary winding layer. The first primary winding layer and the second primary winding layer are located at one side of the shielding layer. The first secondary winding layer and the second secondary winding layer are located at another side of the shielding layer.

A magnetic apparatus with two-surface conductive contacts includes a magnetically permeable core and a winding substrate. Windings are arranged in the winding substrate to convert electric signal vertically from AC terminals to DC terminals. A power module includes the magnetic apparatus configured as a middle assembly, an upper assembly including power semiconductor devices, and power pins. A plurality of switches may be encapsulated together sharing a public source pin. A power supply system including a power module and a chip may be installed across a system board and electrically connected through vias with power supply lines overpassing a signal-via region.

The present disclosure discloses a planar magnetic element and a manufacturing method thereof. The planar magnetic element includes: a housing, with an internal space; a core, accommodated in the internal space of the housing, and the core including at least one limb; at least one planar winding corresponding to the limb; and potting adhesive, filled in all air gaps in the internal space of the magnetic element, and blocking the clearance and creepage path between the planar winding and the core and/or between the two planar windings. The present disclosure may significantly reduce the volume of the magnetic element and greatly increase the partial discharge extinction voltage, thereby reducing the partial discharge risk of the magnetic element and improving the reliability. Moreover, the compact structure of the planar magnetic element is conducive to improving the power density of the module.

Described is a hybrid electronic and magnetic structure that enables a transformer with fractional and reconfigurable effective turns ratios (e.g. 12:0.5, 12:2/3, 12:1, and 12:2) and hereinafter referred to as a Variable-Inverter-Rectifier-Transformer (VIRT). A VIRT is valuable in converters having wide operating voltage ranges and high step-up/down, as it offers a means to reduce turns count and copper loss within a transformer while facilitating voltage doubling and quadrupling. Such characteristics are beneficial for reducing the size of a transformer stage in many power electronics applications, such as USB wall chargers. In embodiments, a VIRT comprises a plurality of switching cells distributed around a magnetic core and coupled to half-turns wound through that core. By controlling operating modes of the switching cells, it is possible to gain control over flux paths and current paths in the transformer.