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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Igor Abramov, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pulse Engineering, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F / ; H01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
336200 ; 336232 ; 336223 ;
Abstract
A trimmable inductor, comprises a supporting substrate (12) having spaced apart lead terminals, a coil (20) defined by an electrically conductive member mounted on the substrate in a continuous path of multiple turns forming a winding about an axis and extending between the lead terminals, and an electric conductive shorting member (30) extending and electrically connected between one or more turns (20) and (22) a terminal of the coil to enable selective inclusion and elimination of at least part of one of the turns of the coil.