Toroidal inductor design for improved Q
First Claim
1. An inductor, comprising:
- a coil formed from an elongated conductor extending around a core material and defining a plurality of turns;
said elongated conductor comprised of at least one coil segment of a first type, each said coil segment of said first type comprised of a plurality of elongated parallel conductors spaced apart and electrically connected by conductive links at predetermined intervals along their respective lengths.
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Abstract
A toroidal inductor (100) and method of forming same. The invention is intended to decrease the direct current resistance (DCR) of the toroidal inductor circuit. Thus, an increase in the quality factor (Q) of the circuit is produced. The toroidal inductor includes a coil formed from an elongated conductor extending around a core material and defining a plurality of turns. The elongated conductor is comprised of one or more coil segments. The coil segments are arranged in an alternating pattern of a first type segment (101) and a second type segment (102). Each of the coil segments of the first type includes a plurality of elongated parallel conductors (104, 105) spaced apart and electrically connected by conductive links (108) at predetermined intervals along their respective lengths. The coil segments of the second type are formed of a single conductor defined by a conductive via (302, 304) formed in the substrate.
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20 Claims
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1. An inductor, comprising:
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a coil formed from an elongated conductor extending around a core material and defining a plurality of turns; said elongated conductor comprised of at least one coil segment of a first type, each said coil segment of said first type comprised of a plurality of elongated parallel conductors spaced apart and electrically connected by conductive links at predetermined intervals along their respective lengths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An inductor, comprising:
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a coil formed from an elongated conductor extending around a core material and defining a plurality of turns; said elongated conductor comprised of a plurality of coil segments arranged in an alternating pattern of a first type segment and a second type segment, said first type segment comprising a plurality of parallel conductors spaced apart and electrically connected at predetermined intervals along a length of said plurality of parallel conductors and said second type segment comprising a single elongated conductor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method for forming an inductor, comprising:
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forming a coil from an elongated conductor extending around a core material to define a plurality of turns; forming said elongated conductor to include at least one coil segment of a first type comprised of a plurality of elongated parallel conductors spaced apart; and electrically connecting said elongated parallel conductors by means of conductive links spaced at predetermined intervals along a length of said plurality of elongated parallel conductors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for forming an inductor, comprising:
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forming an elongated conductor which extends a plurality of turns around a core material to define a coil; selecting said elongated conductor to include a plurality of coil segments arranged in an alternating pattern of a first type segment and a second type segment; selecting said first type segment to include a plurality of parallel conductors spaced apart and electrically connected to each other at predetermined intervals along a length of said plurality of parallel conductors and said second type segment to include a single conductor. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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