An electric transformer comprising a coil made of at least one winding, the winding being made of a wire comprising a first section, a second section and a middle section between the first and the second sections, the first section forming a first spiral around an axis (Z) and the second section forming a second spiral around the axis, the first and second spirals being located in two separate planes perpendicular to the axis, an inner end of the first spiral, respectively the second spiral, located near the axis being near the middle section of the winding and an outer end of the first spiral, respectively the second spiral, located away from the axis being near a free end of the winding, the first spiral and the second spiral turning around the axis in opposite directions.

An inductor array of the invention includes a magnetic base body, a first internal conductor within the base body, and a second internal conductor adjacent to the first internal conductor. The first and second internal conductors are arranged along a reference axis. The base body includes an inter-conductor region between the first and second internal conductors. The inter-conductor region has a first section cut along a reference plane including the reference axis, and a first reference axis direction dimension of the first section in the reference axis direction may be less than double a shortest distance between the first internal conductor and a surface of the base body in the reference plane. A first aspect ratio of the first section, which is a ratio of a first orthogonal direction dimension in a direction orthogonal to the reference axis to the first reference axis direction dimension, may be less than 1.

A dry-type transformer, comprises a magnetic core, at least one high voltage (HV) winding, and at least one low voltage (LV) winding inductively coupled to the magnetic core. The transformer is made by determining a shape of an electric field that is generated, 3D printing a dielectric structure shaped to conform to the determined shape of the electric field, and mounting the dielectric structure between the HV and LV windings. A dielectric barrier arrangement for electrically isolating a coil of a transformer assembly from a further coil of the transformer assembly or from a core of the transformer assembly comprises a first dielectric structure having a first cylindrical dielectric structure extending along a longitudinal axis (L).

A radio frequency apparatus includes a power amplifier circuit, a signal coupling circuit, an extraction circuit, and a harmonic filter circuit. The power amplifier circuit is configured to amplify a differential signal to output a to-be-filtered signal. The signal coupling circuit includes a primary side inductor and a secondary side inductor. The signal coupling circuit is configured to convert the to-be-filtered signal received by the primary side inductor into a single-ended signal outputted from the secondary side inductor. The extraction circuit has a center tap. The extraction circuit is configured to inductively couple to the primary side inductor and output a common mode signal from the center tap. The harmonic filter circuit is configured to perform a harmonic filtering on the single-ended signal according to the common mode signal, such that the secondary side inductor of the signal coupling circuit outputs a filtered signal.

Methods and systems are provided for a multi-stage solenoid actuator. In one example, a system may include a solenoid actuator comprising a series of coils, the first coil enclosed by a first housing, the second and third coils enclosed by a second housing, and a plunger enclosed by the second housing. The method may include the first and second housing, and the plunger, moving in series, increasing the total displace of the actuator via single electric signal.

Methods and systems are provided for a multi-stage solenoid actuator. In one example, a system may include a solenoid actuator comprising a series of coils, the first coil enclosed by a first housing, the second and third coils enclosed by a second housing, and a plunger enclosed by the second housing. The method may include the first and second housing, and the plunger, moving in series, increasing the total displace of the actuator via single electric signal.

A magnetically tunable ferrimagnetic filter, including a top casing, a top magnetic conductor, a bottom magnetic conductor, coils, a balance coil, ferrimagnetic-based filters, and a bottom casing. The ferrimagnetic-based filters utilize ferrimagnetic resonator elements, such as yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG), configured to reduce a magnetic gap of the YIG filter and thereby to improve performance.

A magnetically tunable ferrimagnetic filter, including a top casing, a top magnetic conductor, a bottom magnetic conductor, coils, a balance coil, ferrimagnetic-based filters, and a bottom casing. The ferrimagnetic-based filters utilize ferrimagnetic resonator elements, such as yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG), configured to reduce a magnetic gap of the YIG filter and thereby to improve performance.

A multilayer coil component includes a base body containing magnetic metal particles, and a coil embedded in the base body. The coil includes a plurality of inner electrode layers containing silver, and the inner electrode layers include a first inner electrode layer having a high pore area ratio and a second inner electrode layer having a low pore area ratio.

A common mode choke apparatus includes a first bus bar forming a first plurality of loops about a first segment of a ferrite core, the first bus bar having a plurality of first upper surfaces, and a second bus bar forming a second plurality of loops about a second segment of the ferrite core, the second bus bar having a plurality of second upper surfaces.