The disclosure relates to an inductor structure, and particularly relates to a coplanar inductor.
Generally speaking, spiral inductors are more commonly used in integrated design of printed circuit board (printed circuit board, PCB) or IC design. Compared with conventional inductors, spiral inductors are less affected by parasitic effects in high-frequency characteristics, and planar design can be adopted to simplify circuit design and reduce the influence caused by welding and human factors.
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In view of the above technical problem, the disclosure provides a coplanar inductor, which can be used to solve the above technical problems.
The disclosure provides a coplanar inductor, which includes a first spiral arm, a second spiral arm and a conductive patch. The first spiral arm has a first end connected to the conductive patch and a second end, wherein the first spiral arm spirally extends from the first end of the first spiral arm toward the second end of the first spiral arm from the inside to the outside. The second spiral arm has a first end connected to the conductive patch and a second end, wherein the second spiral arm extends spirally from the first end of the second spiral arm toward the second end of the second spiral arm from the inside to the outside. The first spiral arm and the second spiral arm are coplanar, and the coplanar inductor is physically connected to at least one external circuit only via the second end of the first spiral arm and the second end of the second spiral arm
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In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first spiral arm 210 has a first end 210a connected to the conductive patch 230 and a second end 210b, wherein the first spiral arm 210 spirally extends from the first end 210a of the first spiral arm 210 toward the second end 210b of the first spiral arm 210 from the inside to the outside.
The second spiral arm 220 has a first end 220a connected to the conductive patch 230 and a second end 220b, wherein the second spiral arm 220 spirally extends from the first end 220a of the second spiral arm 220 toward the second end 220b of the second spiral arm 220 from the inside to the outside.
In the embodiment of the disclosure, the conductive patch 230 is, for example, a circular patch, and may be located in the middle of the coplanar inductor 200. Under the circumstances, the first end 220a of the second spiral arm 220 can be coupled to the first end 210a of the first spiral arm 210 through the conductive patch 230. In addition, the first spiral arm 210 and the second spiral arm 220 are coplanar.
In an embodiment, one of the second end 210b of the first spiral arm 210 and the second end 220b of the second spiral arm 220 may be the input end of the coplanar inductor 200, and the second end 210b of the first spiral arm 210 and the other of the second end 220b of the second spiral arm 220 may be the output end of the coplanar inductor 200.
For example, the second end 210b of the first spiral arm 210 and the second end 220b of the second spiral arm 220 can serve as the input end and the output end of the coplanar inductor 200, respectively. Under the circumstances, when the second end 210b of the first spiral arm 210 receives the feeding signal, the first spiral arm 210 can transmit the feeding signal to the second spiral arm 220 through the conductive patch 230, so that the first spiral arm 210 and the second spiral arm 220 can serve as a resonant body. In this way, the coplanar inductor 200 can be effectively operated in a higher frequency band.
In addition, since the feeding signal can be fed into the coplanar inductor 200 in a coplanar manner, the size of the coplanar inductor 200 can be reduced, while maintaining miniaturization and broadband response characteristics. Moreover, when the first spiral arm 210 and the second spiral arm 220 are coplanar, the coplanar inductor 200 can be easily combined with other circuit architectures without additional matching circuits, so it is suitable for being adopted in the fifth generation (5G) communication systems and millimeter wave circuits and other architectures.
In some embodiments, the coplanar inductor 200 is physically connected to at least one external circuit (e.g., 5G communication circuits) only via the second end 210b of the first spiral arm 210 and the second end 220b of the second spiral arm 220. In this case, the conductive patch 230 is only connected to the first end 210a of the first spiral arm 210 and the first end 220a of the second spiral arm 220.
In other embodiments, the second end 210b of the first spiral arm 210 and the second end 220b of the second spiral arm 220 can also serve as the output end and the input end of the coplanar inductor 200, respectively, and achieve the technical effects as described above, no further description will be incorporated herein.
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In different embodiments, the coplanar inductor of the disclosure can be adjusted to different coil turns/sizes according to the needs of the designer.
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Under the circumstances, the coplanar inductances 411 to 415 can be regarded as corresponding to the same values of a, b, and Δ, but the corresponding range θ is different. For example, the range θ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 411 is about 0 degrees to 180 degrees; the range θ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 412 is about 0 degrees to 360 degrees; the range θ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 413 is about 0 degrees to 540 degrees; the range θ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 414 is about 0 degrees to 720 degrees; the range θ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 415 is about 0 degrees to 900 degrees, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. Generally speaking, the larger the range θ, the lower the operable frequency of the coplanar inductor, the designer can select an appropriate range θ according to requirements.
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In other embodiments, the first and second spiral arms in the coplanar inductor of the disclosure can also be implemented in a manner other than the Archimedes spiral.
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In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first spiral arm 510 has a first end connected to the conductive patch 530 and a second end, wherein the first spiral arm 510 spirally extends from the first end of the first spiral arm 510 toward the second end of the first spiral arm 510 from the inside to the outside.
The second spiral arm 520 has a first end connected to the conductive patch 530 and a second end, wherein the second spiral arm 520 spirally extends from the first end of the second spiral arm 520 toward the second end of the second spiral arm 520 from the inside to the outside.
In the embodiment of the disclosure, the conductive patch 530 is, for example, a circular patch, and may be located in the middle of the coplanar inductor 500. Under the circumstances, the first end of the second spiral arm 520 can be coupled to the first end of the first spiral arm 510 through the conductive patch 530. In addition, the first spiral arm 510 and the second spiral arm 520 are coplanar.
In some embodiments, the coplanar inductor 500 is physically connected to at least one external circuit (e.g., 5G communication circuits) only via the second end of the first spiral arm 510 and the second end of the second spiral arm 520. In this case, the conductive patch 530 is only connected to the first end of the first spiral arm 510 and the first end of the second spiral arm 520.
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Based on the similarity principle, the first and second spiral arms (not shown) in the coplanar inductor 500a can also individually include multiple line segments connected in series, but the value of the angle between the two adjacent line segments among the line segments can be slightly larger than the included angles A1 to A4, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In addition, the first and second spiral arms (not shown) in the coplanar inductor 500b can individually include multiple line segments connected in series, but the value of the angle between the two adjacent line segments among the line segments can be slightly larger than the various angles in the coplanar inductor 500a, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other words, the first spiral arm and the second spiral arm in the embodiments of
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In this embodiment, the coplanar inductors 611 to 613 and the coplanar inductor 200 of
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In this embodiment, the coplanar inductors 711 to 713 and the coplanar inductor 200 of
Roughly speaking, the value Δ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 200 can make the first and second spiral arms to differ by 180 degrees. Under the circumstances, the value Δ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 711 can make the first and second spiral arms to differ by 120 degrees; the value Δ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 712 can make the first and second spiral arms to differ by 150 degrees; the value Δ corresponding to the coplanar inductor 713 can make the first and second spiral arms to differ by 210 degrees, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
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In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first spiral arm 810 has a first end connected to the conductive patch 830 and a second end, wherein the first spiral arm 810 spirally extends from the first end of the first spiral arm 810 toward the second end of the first spiral arm 810 from the inside to the outside.
The second spiral arm 820 has a first end connected to the conductive patch 830 and a second end, wherein the second spiral arm 820 spirally extends from the first end of the second spiral arm 820 toward the second end of the second spiral arm 820 from the inside to the outside.
In the embodiment of the disclosure, the conductive patch 830 is, for example, a circular patch, and may be located in the middle of the coplanar inductor 800. Under the circumstances, the first end of the second spiral arm 820 can be coupled to the first end of the first spiral arm 810 through the conductive patch 830. In addition, the first spiral arm 810 and the second spiral arm 820 are coplanar.
In some embodiments, the coplanar inductor 800 is physically connected to at least one external circuit (e.g., 8G communication circuits) only via the second end of the first spiral arm 810 and the second end of the second spiral arm 820. In this case, the conductive patch 830 is only connected to the first end of the first spiral arm 810 and the first end of the second spiral arm 820.
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In this embodiment, the polar coordinate equation of the first spiral arm 810 can be characterized as r32(θ)=a2θ, and the polar coordinate equation of the second spiral arm 820 can be characterized as r42(θ)=a2(θ+Δ), wherein a and b are constants, and Δ is used to characterize the angle difference between the first spiral arm 810 and the second spiral arm 820, wherein a, θ, and Δ are all real numbers. In the scenario of
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In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first spiral arm 910 has a first end connected to the conductive patch 930 and a second end, wherein the first spiral arm 910 spirally extends from the first end of the first spiral arm 910 toward the second end of the first spiral arm 910 from the inside to the outside.
The second spiral arm 920 has a first end connected to the conductive patch 930 and a second end, wherein the second spiral arm 920 spirally extends from the first end of the second spiral arm 920 toward the second end of the second spiral arm 920 from the inside to the outside.
In the embodiment of the disclosure, the conductive patch 930 is, for example, a circular patch, and may be located in the middle of the coplanar inductor 900. Under the circumstances, the first end of the second spiral arm 920 can be coupled to the first end of the first spiral arm 910 through the conductive patch 930. In addition, the first spiral arm 910 and the second spiral arm 920 are coplanar.
In some embodiments, the coplanar inductor 900 is physically connected to at least one external circuit (e.g., 9G communication circuits) only via the second end of the first spiral arm 910 and the second end of the second spiral arm 920. In this case, the conductive patch 930 is only connected to the first end of the first spiral arm 910 and the first end of the second spiral arm 920.
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In this embodiment, the polar coordinate equation of the first spiral arm 910 can be characterized as r5(θ)=aebθ, and the polar coordinate equation of the second spiral arm 920 can be characterized as r6(θ)=aeb(θ+Δ), wherein a and b are constants, and Δ is used to characterize the angle difference between the first spiral arm 910 and the second spiral arm 920, where a, b, θ, and Δ are all real numbers. In the scenario of
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In summary, the coplanar inductor of the disclosure may include first and second spiral arms that are in coplanar and a conductive patch. The first end of the first spiral arm can be coupled to the first end of the second spiral arm through the conductive patch. In this way, the size of the coplanar inductor can be reduced while maintaining miniaturization and broadband response characteristics. In addition, the coplanar inductor of the disclosure can be easily combined with other circuit architectures without additional matching circuits, and the bandwidth can be adjusted accordingly according to the requirements of the matched circuit architecture, so as to achieve integration for use with this circuit architecture.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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110112829 | Apr 2021 | TW | national |
This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 63/115,570, filed on Nov. 18, 2020, and Taiwan application Ser. No. 110112829, filed on Apr. 9, 2021. The entirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
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63115570 | Nov 2020 | US |