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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2001
Kenneth D. Brennan, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Douglas A. Prinslow, McKinney, TX (US);
David B. Aldrich, Allen, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A versatile system for reducing electromagnetic interference resulting from an inductor ( ) formed within an integrated circuit is disclosed, including an inductor layer ( ) having conductive elements ( ) about its perimeter, first ( ) and second ( ) isolation layers disposed upon on opposite sides of the inductor layer and having conductive elements ( ) about their perimeters, and first ( ) and second ( ) shield layers surrounding the first and second isolation layers, respectively, and coupled together by the conductive elements ( ) of the isolation and inductor layers.