A winding assembly, such as a transformer or an inductor, includes a spring clip and a retaining clip for mechanically coupling the winding assembly to a printed circuit board (PCB) or a printed wiring board (PWB). The clips provide structural rigidity to the winding assembly, allowing the winding assembly to remain functional during high shock events. Further, the clips compress a thermal pad positioned beneath the winding assembly, providing sufficient heat transfer surface area for transferring heat away from the winding assembly.

A combined transformer/inductor device includes a core having a central core leg and an outer core leg spaced apart from the central core leg, an inner bobbin disposed around the central core leg, an outer bobbin disposed around the inner bobbin and the central core leg and having an upper portion having a first oblong portion disposed around the outer core leg, a lower portion having a second oblong portion disposed around the outer core leg, and a central portion disposed around the inner bobbin and the central core leg, a first winding wound around the inner bobbin, and a second winding wound around the outer bobbin, the second winding having a first portion wound around the first oblong portion, a second portion wound around the central portion, and a third portion wound around the second oblong portion.

An air core dry type power reactor comprises upper and lower spider units and a coil including a plurality of cylindrically shaped winding layers including an outermost layer. The reactor further comprises a double wall sound shield including concentric a first roving cylinder and a second roving cylinder, the first roving cylinder positioned against the outermost layer but detached from the coil by a first airgap between the outermost layer and the first roving cylinder to reduce a structure-borne transmission of an acoustic energy or attached by ductsticks to the coil. The second roving cylinder is placed at a distance from the first roving cylinder to form an acoustic cavity between two double walls of the first roving cylinder and the second roving cylinder. The double wall sound shield further including a plurality of sound absorbent panels to attenuate resonances of the acoustic cavity between the two double walls of the first roving cylinder and the second roving cylinder. The plurality of sound absorbent panels comprises a layer of sound absorbing material and each of the plurality of sound absorbent panels is separated from the first roving cylinder by a second airgap.

A combined transformer/inductor device includes a core having a central core leg and an outer core leg spaced apart from the central core leg, an inner bobbin disposed around the central core leg, an outer bobbin disposed around the inner bobbin and the central core leg and having an upper portion having a first oblong portion disposed around the outer core leg, a lower portion having a second oblong portion disposed around the outer core leg, and a central portion disposed around the inner bobbin and the central core leg, a first winding wound around the inner bobbin, and a second winding wound around the outer bobbin, the second winding having a first portion wound around the first oblong portion, a second portion wound around the central portion, and a third portion wound around the second oblong portion.

In one aspect, an electric coil structure is disclosed. The electric coil structure includes a magnetic core and a substrate. The substrate comprises a conductive material that is embedded in an insulating material. The substrate has a first portion and a second portion and the first portion of the substrate is wrapped around the core. The substrate can have a first portion having a plurality of contacts and a second portion having a corresponding plurality of edge contacts. The coil structure includes an alignment structure. The alignment structure can facilitate attachment of the first portion to the second portion to define a coil about the magnetic core. The alignment structure can comprise a redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate can be disposed between the first portion and the second portion with the conductive material of the first portion electrically connected to the conductive material of the second portion through the redistribution substrate to define at least one winding. The alignment structure can include an adhesive. The adhesive can be disposed in the recess electrically connecting the first and second portions to define at least one winding. The coil structure can include a solder joint. The solder joint can be disposed between the plurality of contacts and the corresponding plurality of edge contacts making electrical connections between the first and second portions to define at least one winding such that the solder joint is exposed on the first portion.

A coil includes unit coils wound around a central axis and adjacent to each other with a space therebetween in a central axis direction. A reactor includes a pair of support frames and one or more spacers, the support frames facing each other in the central axis direction across the coil. The spacers are disposed between adjacent unit coils or between the support frame and the coil. At least one of the spacers is a variable spacer that includes a first member and a second member, the first member having one end face which has a recess, and the second member including a fitting portion to be fitted into the recess of the first member in the central axis direction. The linear expansion coefficient of the second member is less than the linear expansion coefficient of the first member.

Disclosed herein are microelectronic assemblies including microelectronic components that are coupled together by direct bonding, as well as related structures and techniques. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component and a second microelectronic component coupled to the first microelectronic component by a direct bonding region, wherein the direct bonding region includes at least part of an inductor.

The present disclosure may provide a coil assembly. The coil assembly may be configured to transmit or receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal. The coil assembly may include a coil, a support component, and a lock mechanism. The coil may include a first portion and a second portion detachably connected to the first portion. The support component may be configured to support the coil. The second portion of the coil may be movable with respect to the support component. The lock mechanism may be configured to lock or unlock the second portion of the coil and the support component. The second portion of the coil may be locked, via the lock mechanism, with the support component when the first portion and the second portion of the coil are in a locked state. The second portion of the coil may be unlocked, via the lock mechanism, from the support component when the first portion and the second portion of the coil are in an unlocked state.

The present invention relates to a transformer and, more specifically, to a transformer including a secondary coil part which comprises stacked conductive plates. A transformer according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a core part having a middle leg and outer legs; a secondary coil part including multiple conductive plates vertically stacked to form coil turns around the middle leg; and a primary coil part including conductive wires wound to form coil turns around the respective outer legs.

A resonant transformer structure includes a secondary wire bracket having a secondary wire groove, and a primary wire bracket having a primary wire groove. The secondary wire bracket is provided with two third wire holders each having multiple auxiliary legs. The primary wire bracket has a fourth wire holder having multiple connecting legs. The primary wire bracket has multiple jump wire gaps. A secondary winding is wound in the secondary wire groove. A primary winding is wound in the primary wire groove. The primary wire bracket extends into the secondary wire bracket. The wire end of the secondary winding does not pass the primary winding. The wire end of the primary winding extends through the jump wire gaps, and is connected to the connecting legs to increase a distance between the wire end of the secondary winding and the primary winding.