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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Michael Joseph Schutten, Rotterdam, NY (US);
Robert Louis Steigerwald, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
William George Earls, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A high current inductor is constructed using two single-sided or double-sided printed circuit boards having patterned copper traces thereon, a magnetic toroidal core, and multiple interconnecting wires extending between the boards. Multiple turns for the inductor are created by suitably configuring the copper traces on the printed circuit boards. Vias are employed on each circuit board for electrically interconnecting the boards to each other. Multiple thick, solid-gauge wires are situated in the vias in order to provide a very large copper area, thus providing high current carrying capability.