Techniques and mechanisms for providing structures of a magnetic material based inductor. In an embodiment, an inductor comprises a body of a magnetic material, and a conductor which extends along a surface of the body. The body comprises a carrier material and magnetic filler particles distributed in the carrier material. A passivation material of the inductor is provided adjacent to the conductor and to surfaces of the filler particles. The conductor and the passivation material comprise different respective material compositions, wherein the passivation material comprises one of nickel, tin, copper, palladium, or gold. In another embodiment, the inductor is one of a plated through hole inductor type of a planar inductor type.

Coil structures and methods of forming are provided. The coil structure includes a substrate. A plurality of coils is disposed over the substrate, each coil comprising a conductive element that forms a continuous spiral having a hexagonal shape in a plan view of the coil structure. The plurality of coils is arranged in a honeycomb pattern, and each conductive element is electrically connected to an external electrical circuit.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to series inductors and methods of manufacture. A structure includes a plurality of wiring levels each of which include a wiring structure connected in series to one another. A second wiring level being located above a first wiring level of the plurality of wiring levels. A wiring structure on the second wiring level being at least partially outside boundaries of the wiring structure of the first wiring level.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to power conversion using a planar transformer assembly that provides medium-voltage isolation at high frequencies. A planar transformer comprises primary and secondary planar windings configured to generate an isolated output. Each primary and secondary winding is interleaved on layers of a printed circuit board using one or more vias within the layers of the printed circuit board. The planar transformer also comprises a magnetic core and a field-shaping apparatus coupled with the printed circuit board. The field-shaping apparatus is configured to shape an electric field generated by the windings. The primary windings can be coupled to a DC source via switching devices while the secondary windings can be coupled via switching devices to one or more DC ports followed by AC inverters configured to generate three single-phase AC outputs for medium voltage applications.

An inductor component comprising a base body comprising a filler; a coil in the base body and helically wound along an axis; and external electrodes in the base body and each electrically connected to the coil, with outer faces of the external electrodes exposed from the base body. The base body comprises external electrode contact parts that each contact one of the external electrodes on an inner side of the base body and are each disposed along one of the external electrodes; and a central part that comprises a center point of the base body and is located away from the coil, the external electrodes, and the external electrode contact parts. A content rate of the filler in the external electrode contact parts is from a 0.9-fold level to a 1.1-fold level of a content rate of the filler in the central part.

An inductor includes a first conductor, a second conductor, an insulation film, and a magnetic body. The first conductor spirally extends in a plane. The second conductor spirally extends in a plane. The second conductor is stacked on and joined to the first conductor. The insulation film covers a surface of the first conductor and a surface of the second conductor. The magnetic body covers a surface of the insulation film and embeds the first conductor and the second conductor. The first conductor and the second conductor are connected to form a helical coil.

A multilayer coil component includes an element body including a plurality of laminated insulator layers, and a coil disposed in the element body. The coil includes a first coil conductor having a first inner diameter, a second coil conductor having a second inner diameter smaller than the first inner diameter, and a connection conductor connecting the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor. The second coil conductor is adjacent to the first coil conductor in a direction in which the plurality of insulator layers are laminated. The connection conductor has a shape along the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor.

An electronic component includes a single-layer glass plate, an outer-surface conductor that is disposed above an outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and that is at least a part of an electrical element, and a terminal electrode that is a terminal of the electrical element. The terminal electrode is disposed above the outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and being electrically connected to the outer-surface conductor.

A method of fabricating an electromagnet includes obtaining a first flexible PCB that includes one or more first conductive coiled traces and obtaining a second flexible PCB that includes one or more second conductive coiled traces. The first flexible PCB is bent into a shape having at least one curve or corner. With the first flexible PCB having been bent into the shape, the second flexible PCB is then bent into the shape: the second flexible PCB is positioned adjacent to the first flexible PCB to conform with the first flexible PCB.

The present invention provides a magnetic element, a method for manufacturing the same and a substrate. The magnetic element includes: a first wiring region including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer which are arranged along a first direction; a second wiring region including a third conductive layer and a fourth conductive layer which are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and are disposed in opposite sides of the second wiring region, respectively; an accommodating space disposed between the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer is disposed on one side of the first conductive layer away from the accommodating space; and a magnetic column disposed within the accommodating space, wherein the third conductive layer includes a first wiring region directly connected to the first conductive layer, to form a part of windings of the magnetic element.