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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kyuwoon Hwang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philipp Lindorfer, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kyuwoon Hwang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philipp Lindorfer, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01K 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) inductor is formed in a saucer shape that completely surrounds a magnetic core structure which is formed from a ferromagnetic material. In addition, an array of MEMS inductors can be formed by dividing up the saucer-shaped MEMS inductor into a number of electrically-isolated MEMS inductor wedges.