The present invention relates to a magnetic device, and in particular, to an inductor having a coil disposed in a body of the inductor.
Conventional magnetic devices such as an inductor made by using a T-core comprising a bottom base and a pillar on the bottom base, wherein a coil made of a conductive wire wound around the pillar of the T-core, wherein the T-core is pressed for forming a body of the inductor with the bottom base being located lower than the pillar of the T-core.
However, when the T-core is pressed, it might cause a short circuit between a terminal part of the conductive wire and the winding turns of the coil.
Therefore, a better solution is needed to resolve the above-mentioned issues.
One objective of the present invention is to increase the distance between a terminal part of a conductive wire that forms a coil inside a body of a magnetic device for preventing a short circuit between the coil and the terminal part.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a magnetic device is disclosed, wherein the magnetic device comprises: a body; and a coil, formed by a conductive wire and disposed in the body, wherein a terminal part of the conductive wire comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein at least one portion of the first portion is exposed from the body for forming an electrode and the second portion extends from a top portion of the coil to an endpoint of the first portion, wherein the second portion comprises an outer surface that has a convex curve relative to a vertical line passing through the endpoint of the first portion.
In one embodiment, the body comprises a magnetic body, wherein a coil is disposed in the magnetic body.
In one embodiment, the magnetic device is an inductor.
In one embodiment, a maximum distance between said convex curve and the vertical line is greater than one-half of a thickness of the conductive wire.
In one embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a T-core comprising a base and a pillar on the base with a through-opening being formed on a corner of the base, wherein at least one portion of the first terminal part of the conductive wire is disposed inside the through-opening.
In one embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a T-core comprising a base and a pillar on the base with a through-opening being formed on a corner of the base, wherein at least one portion of the first terminal part of the conductive wire is disposed inside the through-opening.
In one embodiment, at least one first metal layer is formed on a bottom surface of the body and extends to a lateral surface of the body, wherein the first metal layer is electrically connected to the first portion of the conductive wire to form an electrode of the magnetic device, wherein a height of the first metal layer disposed on the lateral surface of the body is in a range of 31.3%-35.3% of a total height of the lateral surface of the body.
In one embodiment, at least one first metal layer is formed on a bottom surface of the body and electrically connected to the first portion of the conductive wire to form an electrode of the magnetic device, wherein a length of the first portion exposed from the body is in a range of 47.5˜52.5% of a total length of the bottom surface of the body.
In one embodiment, at least one first metal layer is formed on a bottom surface of the body and electrically connected to the first portion of the conductive wire to form an electrode of the magnetic device, wherein a length of the first portion exposed from the body is in a range of ⅙˜½ of a total length of the bottom surface of the body.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is a flat wire.
In one embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a T-core comprising a base and a pillar, wherein the base and the pillar are made of different magnetic materials.
In one embodiment, a method to form a magnetic device is disclosed, said method comprising: forming a U-core; disposing a coil in the U-core, wherein the coil is formed by a conductive wire, wherein a terminal part of the conductive wire comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire forms an angle between 110 degree and 150 degree; and disposing a T-core on the coil, wherein the T-core comprises a base and a pillar on the base with a through-opening formed on a corner of the base, wherein at least one portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire is disposed in the through-opening; and pressing the T-core and the first portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire for forming the magnetic device.
In one embodiment, the body comprises a magnetic body, wherein a coil is disposed in the magnetic body.
In one embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a T-core comprising a base and a pillar on the base with a through-opening being formed on a corner of the base, wherein at least one portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire is disposed inside the through-opening.
In one embodiment, the base comprises a surface, wherein the surface and a horizontal plan forms an angle between 20 degree and 60 degree, wherein the first portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire is placed on the surface.
In one embodiment, the method further comprising forming at least one first metal layer on a bottom surface of the body, wherein said first metal layer extends to a lateral surface of the body and is electrically connected to the first portion of the conductive wire to form an electrode of the magnetic device, wherein a height of the first metal layer disposed on the lateral surface of the body is in a range of 31.3%˜35.3% of a total height of the lateral surface of the body.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is an insulated conductive wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is a flat wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is an insulated and flat conductive wire.
In one embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a T-core comprising a base and a pillar, wherein the base and the pillar are made of different magnetic materials.
In one embodiment, the T-core is not cured when the T-core and the first portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire are hot-pressed for forming the magnetic device.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a magnetic device is disclosed, wherein the magnetic device comprises: a body; and a coil, disposed in the body, wherein the coil is formed by a conductive wire and has a plurality of winding turns with at least one portion of a first terminal part of the conductive wire exposed from the body, wherein a first electrode of the magnetic device comprises at least one first metal layer that is disposed on the bottom surface of the body and electrically connected to the first terminal part of the conductive wire and at least one second metal layer that is disposed on a lateral surface of the body and electrically connected to the at least one first metal layer, wherein a first height of the first electrode disposed on the lateral surface of the body is greater than zero and not greater than a second height from a top surface of the plurality of winding turns to a bottom surface of the plurality of winding turns.
In one embodiment, the magnetic device according to claim 16, wherein the at least one first metal layer and the at least one second metal layer are electroplated on the body.
In one embodiment, the magnetic device is an inductor, wherein the body comprises a magnetic body.
In one embodiment, the first electrode disposed on the lateral surface of the body does not extend across the bottom surface of the plurality of winding turns.
In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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In one embodiment, the body 130 comprises a magnetic body, wherein the coil 101 is disposed in the magnetic body.
In one embodiment, the magnetic device 100 is an inductor.
In one embodiment, at least one metal first layer 120 is disposed on the top surface of the body 130 and electrically connected to the first portion 102U of the first terminal part of the conductive wire.
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In one embodiment, the at least one first metal layer 120a and the at least one second metal layer 120b are made of same material. In one embodiment, the at least one first metal layer 120a and the at least one second metal layer 120b can be made of different materials.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire forming the plurality of winding turns is an insulated conductive wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire forming the plurality of winding turns is an enameled conductive wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire forming the plurality of winding turns is an enameled copper wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is a flat wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is a round wire.
In one embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a T-core comprising a base and a pillar, wherein the base and the pillar are made of different magnetic materials.
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In one embodiment, the T-core 130T is not cured when the T-core 130T and the first portion 102U of the first terminal part of the conductive wire are hot-pressed for forming the body 130 of the magnetic device 100.
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Different from the conventional ways to make a magnetic device such as an inductor, in the present invention, the coil and the uncured T-core are placed upside-down, that is, the base is located above the pillar, when the first portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire and the T-core are hot-pressed for forming the body of the magnetic device, wherein the second portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire can be pushed away from the coil, thereby increasing the distance between a terminal part of a conductive wire and the winding turns of the coil inside the body for preventing a short circuit between the winding turns of the coil and the terminal part.
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In one embodiment, the method further comprising forming at least one first metal layer on a bottom surface and a lateral surface of the body, wherein the at least one first metal layer is electrically connected to the first portion of the conductive wire to form an electrode of the magnetic device, wherein a height of the first metal layer disposed on the lateral surface of the body is in a range of 31.3%˜35.3% of a total height of the lateral surface of the body, as shown in
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In one embodiment, the method further comprising forming at least one first metal layer on a bottom surface of the body, wherein at least one first metal layer is electrically connected to the first portion of the conductive wire to form an electrode of the magnetic device, wherein a length of the first portion exposed from the body is in a range of 47.5˜52.5% of a total length of the bottom surface of the body, as shown in
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is a flat wire.
In one embodiment, the magnetic body comprises a T-core comprising a base and a pillar, wherein the base and the pillar are made of different magnetic materials.
In one embodiment, the mixed magnetic powders comprises at least one of the following materials: amorphous powder, nanocrystalline powder, carbonyl iron powder, alloy powder, Hi-Flux, sendust, MPP, and Ferrite.
In one embodiment, a method to form a magnetic device is disclosed, said method comprising: forming a U-core; disposing a coil in the U-core, wherein the coil is formed by a conductive wire, wherein a terminal part of the conductive wire comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire forms an angle between 110 degree and 150 degree; and disposing a T-core on the coil, wherein the T-core comprises a base and a pillar on the base with a through-opening formed on a corner of the base, wherein a first portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire is disposed in the through-opening; and pressing the T-core and the first portion of the terminal part of the conductive wire for forming the magnetic device.
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In one embodiment, the conductive wire forming the plurality of winding turns is an insulated conductive wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire forming the plurality of winding turns is an enameled conductive wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire forming the plurality of winding turns is an enameled copper wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is a flat wire.
In one embodiment, the conductive wire is a round wire.
In one embodiment, wherein a second electrode of the magnetic device 200 comprises at least one third metal layer that is disposed on a bottom surface 130b of the body 130 and electrically connected to the second terminal part 113 of the conductive wire and at least one fourth metal layer that is disposed on a lateral surface of the body 130 and electrically connected to the at least one third metal layer, wherein a third height of the second electrode disposed on the lateral surface of the body 130 is greater than zero and not greater than the second height H from the top surface 111a to the bottom surface 111b of the plurality of winding turns of the coil 111.
In one embodiment, the present invention can increase the SMD (Surface-mounted Device) soldering strength of the electrode of the magnetic device.
The first height t of the electrode disposed on the lateral surface 131 of the body 130 is greater than zero and not greater than a second height H from the top surface 111a to the bottom surface 111b of the plurality of winding turns 111W1, 111W2 of the coil 111, which can maintain a good range of the ACR rising ratio of the magnetic device while increasing the SMD (Surface-mounted Device) soldering strength of the electrode of the magnetic device.
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Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that modifications to the described embodiment may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention will be defined by the attached claims, not by the above-detailed descriptions.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/121,253, filed on Dec. 4, 2020, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of the specification.
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63121253 | Dec 2020 | US |