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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A variable inductor includes two substantially meandering coils with trimming electrodes disposed therebetween on an insulating substrate. The trimming electrodes are located outside the region where the coils are provided. The two coils and the trimming electrodes are electrically connected. The trimming electrodes are exposed to a laser beam and thus, are trimmed one by one so as to vary the inductance.