An electronic device including a carrier, at least one active component, and at least one inductor, the inductor including a core and a winding surrounding at least part of the core, the core delimiting at least part of a magnetic field along which magnetic flux lines are intended to run. The core includes a body including at least two portions defining two successive zones of the magnetic path, the thickness of each portion being lower with respect to the length and to the width thereof, each portion including a surface that is lateral with respect to a direction of the magnetic path, a first of the portions being in direct contact with the carrier via part of its lateral surface and a second portion being positioned with respect to the carrier such that its lateral surface is free of contact with the carrier.

Disclosed is a basic module of a magnetic core of a wound electrical transformer. The basic module includes first and second windings placed atop one another and made of first and second materials, respectively. The first material is a crystal having a saturation magnetization1.5 T and magnetic losses less than 20 W/kg in sine waves having a frequency of 400 Hz, for maximum induction of 1 T, and the second material is a material having an apparent saturation magnetostriction less than or equal to 5 ppm and magnetic losses less than 20 W/kg in sine waves having a frequency of 400 Hz, for maximum induction of 1 T. The cross-sections of the first winding and cross-sections of the second winding satisfy (S.sub.1/(S.sub.1+S.sub.3); S.sub.2/(S.sub.2+S.sub.4)) of the first material, having a high saturation magnetization, compared to the cross-section of both materials together, is 2%-50%.

A soft magnetic alloy includes a composition of (Fe.sub.(1-(+))X1.sub.X2.sub.).sub.(1-(a+b+c+d+e+f+g))M.sub.aTi.sub.bB.sub.cP.sub.dSi.sub.eS.sub.fC.sub.g. X1 is one or more of Co and Ni. X2 is one or more of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Cu, Cr, Bi, N, O, and rare earth elements. M is one or more of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, and V. 0.020a+b0.140, 0.001b0.140, 0.020<c0.200, 0.010d0.150, 0e0.060, a0, f0, g0, a+b+c+d+e+f+g<1, 0, 0, and 0+0.50 are satisfied. The soft magnetic alloy has a nanohetero structure or a structure of Fe-based nanocrystalline.

The present disclosure provides a transformer module and a power module, wherein the transformer module comprises: a magnetic core, where a first insulating layer and a second wiring layer are sequentially disposed on the magnetic core from inside to outside; a first metal winding, wound around the magnetic core and comprising a first winding segment formed in the first wiring layer and a second winding segment formed in the second wiring layer; and a second metal winding, wound around the magnetic core and comprising a third winding segment formed in the first wiring layer and a fourth winding segment formed in the second wiring; where at least part of the first metal winding and the second metal winding are wound around the magnetic core in a foil structure.

The present disclosure provides a transformer module and a power module, wherein the transformer module comprises: a magnetic core, a first wiring layer, a first insulating layer and a second wiring layer, where the first wiring layer, the first insulating layer and the second wiring layer are sequentially disposed on the magnetic core from outside to inside; a first metal winding, formed in the first wiring layer, where at least part of the first metal winding is wound around the magnetic core in a foil structure; the first insulating layer, at least partially covered by the first metal winding; a second metal winding, formed in the second wiring layer and wound around the magnetic core, where the second metal winding is at least partially covered by the first insulating layer, and at least partially covered by the first metal winding.

The present disclosure provides a manufacturing process of a metal winding, where the manufacturing process includes: cutting a first metal copper foil to form a connector and a pin; performing insulation processing on a surface of at least one of the first metal copper foil and a second metal copper foil; bending the first metal copper foil to form a first metal winding to cover on a magnetic core; and covering the second metal copper foil at least partially on a surface of the first metal copper foil to form a second metal winding, and a pin of the first metal winding passes through the second metal winding.

A method is provided for the production of a wound nanocrystalline magnetic core in which a nanocrystalline metal strip made of (Fe.sub.1-aM.sub.a).sub.100-x-y-z--Cu.sub.xSi.sub.yB.sub.zM.sub.X.sub. is pre-wound to form a first coil. An insulating foil is provided that is coated with an adhesive on at least one side. An adhesive is applied to the nanocrystalline metal strip to laminate the insulating foil onto the metal strip and thereby to stabilise the metal strip as it is wound off the coil. The laminated nanocrystalline metal strip and the insulating foil are bifilar wound to form a bifilar, layer-insulated coil.

An inductor includes a first magnetic body having a toroidal shape and having a ferrite; and a second magnetic body configured to be different from the first magnetic body and including a metal ribbon, wherein the second magnetic body includes an outer magnetic body disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first magnetic body and an inner magnetic body disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the first magnetic body, and each of the outer magnetic body and inner magnetic body is wound in a plurality of layers in a circumferential direction of the first magnetic body.

An inductor includes a first magnetic body having a toroidal shape and having a ferrite; and a second magnetic body configured to be different from the first magnetic body and including a metal ribbon, wherein the second magnetic body includes an outer magnetic body disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first magnetic body and an inner magnetic body disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the first magnetic body, and each of the outer magnetic body and inner magnetic body is wound in a plurality of layers in a circumferential direction of the first magnetic body.

The present invention provides a method for producing a magnetic nanoparticle-coated laminate material. The method comprises coating a pair of opposed surfaces of a plurality of steel or iron/cobalt (Fe/Co) alloy film portions with a magnetic nanoparticle-containing coating. Each magnetic nanoparticle comprises a core and a shell covering at least a portion of the core. The shell and core are made of different materials selected from one or more of: iron, cobalt, nickel; and/or alloys comprising two or more of: iron, cobalt and/or nickel; and/or magnetic rare earth metals; and/or diamagnetic transition metals. The method further comprises stacking the coated film portions on top of each other such that a or each coated surface of each film portion is located adjacent a further coated surface of an adjacent film portion; and compressing the stacked coated film portions together to form a nanoparticle-coated laminate material.