Electrical transformer
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1. An electrical transformer, comprising:
- a first multilayer printed circuit board having a plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such first multilevel printed circuit board;
a second multilayer printed circuit board, disposed over, and in registration with, the first multilevel printed circuit board, such second multilevel printed circuit board having a plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such second multilevel printed circuit board;
a core having an aperture therein, such aperture extending between the first and second multilevel printed circuits boards;
a dielectric body disposed in the aperture, such body having disposed therein a plurality of third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments; and
wherein first ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments and second ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments to provide a portion of a primary winding and a portion of a secondary winding for the transformer;
wherein such primary winding comprises first ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, first ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and first ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments; and
wherein such secondary winding comprises second ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, second ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and second ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments.
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An electrical transformer having primary winding segments and secondary winding segments interconnected, respectively, by first and second multilevel printed circuit boards disposed in a pair of overlaying planes and additional segments disposed perpendicular to the overlaying planes.
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1. An electrical transformer, comprising:
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a first multilayer printed circuit board having a plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such first multilevel printed circuit board;
a second multilayer printed circuit board, disposed over, and in registration with, the first multilevel printed circuit board, such second multilevel printed circuit board having a plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such second multilevel printed circuit board;
a core having an aperture therein, such aperture extending between the first and second multilevel printed circuits boards;
a dielectric body disposed in the aperture, such body having disposed therein a plurality of third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments; and
wherein first ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments and second ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments to provide a portion of a primary winding and a portion of a secondary winding for the transformer;
wherein such primary winding comprises first ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, first ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and first ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments; and
wherein such secondary winding comprises second ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, second ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and second ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14)
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6. An electrical transformer, comprising:
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a first multilayer printed circuit board having a plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such first multilevel printed circuit board;
a second multilayer printed circuit board, disposed over, and in registration with, the first multilevel printed circuit board, such second multilevel printed circuit board having a plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such second multilevel printed circuit board;
a pair of dielectric bodies disposed between the first multilevel printed circuit board and the second multilevel printed circuit board, each one of such bodies having disposed therein a plurality of third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments; and
wherein first ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments and second ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments to provide a primary winding and a secondary winding for the transformer;
wherein such primary winding comprises first ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, first ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and first ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments; and
wherein such secondary winding comprises second ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, second ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and second ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An electrical transformer structure, comprising:
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a first multilayer printed circuit board having a plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such first multilevel printed circuit board;
a second multilayer printed circuit board, disposed over, and in registration with, the first multilevel printed circuit board, such second multilevel printed circuit board having a plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments disposed on each one of a plurality of electrically isolated levels of such second multilevel printed circuit board;
a dielectric spacer member disposed between the first multilevel printed circuit board and the second multilevel printed circuit board, such spacer member having a plurality of apertures therethrough, such apertures passing between a top and a bottom surface of the spacer member;
a plurality of toroidal shaped cores, each one of such cores being disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of apertures of the dielectric spacer member, each one of the cores having an aperture therein, the apertures of the cores being coaxial with the apertures in the dielectric spacer member;
a plurality of dielectric bodies, each one of such dielectric bodies being disposed in a corresponding one of the apertures in the cores and having disposed therein portions of a corresponding one of the sets of third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments;
wherein first ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments and second ends of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments are electrically connected to the plurality of second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments to provide a primary winding and a secondary winding for the transformer;
wherein such primary winding comprises first ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, first ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and first ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments; and
wherein such secondary winding comprises second ones of the first electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, second ones of the second electrically isolated electrical conductor segments, and second ones of the third electrically isolated electrical conductor segments. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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