The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
May. 05, 1992
Fong-Jei Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Shengbo Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Magnex Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A thin film transformer with improved magnetic properties has a bottom pole member supported over a substrate, a top pole member and an intermediate multi-turn thin film coil. The top and bottom pole members form a closed magnetic path, and the coil surrounds one of the legs of the magnetic path. The top pole member, the bottom pole member or both are formed as a plurality of individual laterally spaced pole elements each forming a closed magnetic path with the other pole member. The lateral spacing of the pole elements substantially reduces eddy current build-up in the magnetic path. The bottom pole member in the region of the leg encircled by the coil has a plurality of spaced support members and the top pole element is formed over the support members to provide additional magnetic material at the join site.