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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Takeshi Nakamura, Uji, JP;
Takayuki Kaneko, Kyoto, JP;
Yutaka Murai, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Takao Mouri, Osaka-fu, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A transformer includes a bobbin having a cavity, a primary winding wound around the bobbin, and a secondary winding wound around the bobbin and magnetically coupled with the primary winding. In the transformer, at least one of the primary winding and the secondary winding is divided into at least two portions which include a portion wound at an inside region of the transformer and a portion wound at an outside region of the transformer. Also, at least a portion of the other one of the primary winding and the secondary winding is wound between said at least two portions obtained by dividing the one of the primary winding and the secondary winding, and at least a portion of the cavity of the bobbin is used as a space to dispose another member therein.