This application claims priority to and the benefit of Taiwan Application Serial Number 109146795, filed on Dec. 30, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth below in its entirety and for all applicable purposes.
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a transformer device.
The various types of inductors according to the prior art have their advantages and disadvantages. For example, inductance density of a transformer, having crossing structure, is low. In addition, Q value of stacked-type transformer is low. Therefore, the scopes of application of the above transformers are limited.
The foregoing presents a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure and it does not identify key/critical elements of the present disclosure or delineate the scope of the present disclosure. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed herein in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
One aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a transformer device. The transformer device includes a first trace, a first connection member, a second trace, a second connection member, and a first input/output member. The first trace includes a first sub-trace and a second sub-trace. The first sub-trace is located on a first layer. The second sub-trace is located on a second layer, and coupled to the first sub-trace at a first area and a second area respectively. The first area and the second area are connected to each other at a junction. The first connection member is coupled to the first sub-trace and the second sub-trace. The second trace includes a third sub-trace and a fourth sub-trace. The third sub-trace is located on the first layer, and disposed in turn with the first sub-trace at the first area and the second area respectively. The fourth sub-trace is located on the second layer, coupled to the third sub-trace at the first area and the second area respectively, and disposed in turn with the second sub-trace at the first area and the second area respectively. The second connection member is coupled to the third sub-trace and the fourth sub-trace. The first input/output member is disposed at the first area. The first sub-trace includes a plurality of first wires, and the first input/output member is coupled to the first wire which is located at an inner side among the first wires. The first input/output member is located on a third layer.
Therefore, based on the technical content of the present disclosure, the magnetic field generated by the traces of the transformer device of the present disclosure during operation can be mutually canceled. Therefore, the inductance value of the transformer device of the present disclosure at common mode is low. Besides, the transformer device adopting the structural configuration of the present disclosure can improve the second harmonic. The design of the present disclosure is mainly transformer devices with stacked-type spiral inductors. The first trace is winded from the outer side to the inner side, and then winded from the inner side to the outer side on another metal layer. More than one stacked-type inductance wire is disposed on the same layer or disposed at the left side or the right side.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are by examples, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
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. In the drawings,
According to the usual mode of operation, various features and elements in the figures have not been drawn to scale, which are drawn to the best way to present specific features and elements related to the disclosure. In addition, among the different figures, the same or similar element symbols refer to similar elements/components.
To make the contents of the present disclosure more thorough and complete, the following illustrative description is given with regard to the implementation aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure, which is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. The features of the embodiments and the steps of the method and their sequences that constitute and implement the embodiments are described. However, other embodiments may be used to achieve the same or equivalent functions and step sequences.
Unless otherwise defined herein, scientific and technical terminologies employed in the present disclosure shall have the meanings that are commonly understood and used by one of ordinary skill in the art. Unless otherwise required by context, it will be understood that singular terms shall include plural forms of the same and plural terms shall include the singular. Specifically, as used herein and in the claims, the singular forms “a” and “an” include the plural reference unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
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Besides, the first area 2000 and the second area 3000 are connected to each other at a junction 4000. The first connection member 1200 is disposed adjacent to the junction 4000, and couples the first sub-trace 1110 and the second sub-trace 1120.
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Besides, the second connection member 1400 is disposed adjacent to the junction 4000, and couples the third sub-trace 1310 and the fourth sub-trace 1320.
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In one embodiment, the first input/output member 1500 is coupled to the first wire 1111 which is located at the innermost side among the first wires 1111.
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In one embodiment, the transformer device 1000 further includes a first center-tapped 1600. The first center-tapped 1600 is disposed at the second area 3000, and coupled to the first wire 1111 which is located at an inner side among the first wires 1111. Besides, the first center-tapped 1600 is located on the third layer. In another embodiment, the first center-tapped 1600 is coupled to the first wire 1111 which is located at the innermost side among the first wires 1111.
In some embodiments, the first center-tapped 1600 includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal (e.g., the lower terminal as shown in the figure) of the first center-tapped 1600 is coupled to the first wire 1111 which is located at an inner side among the first wires 1111. The second terminal (e.g., the upper terminal as shown in the figure) of the first center-tapped 1600 is disposed at a side which is opposite to the junction 4000, and located at a block at which the first sub-trace 1110 or the third sub-trace 1310 are not disposed. For example, the upper terminal of the first center-tapped 1600 is disposed at a right side of the junction 4000 formed by the first area 2000 and the second area 3000, and located at the upper right block 3300 at which the first sub-trace 1110 or the third sub-trace 1310 are not disposed, wherein the upper right block 3300 is located at the upper right corner of the second area 3000.
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In some embodiments, the second input/output member 1700 includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal (e.g., the upper terminal as shown in the figure) of the second input/output member 1700 is coupled to the third wire 1311 which is located at an inner side among the third wires 1311. The second terminal (e.g., the lower terminal as shown in the figure) of the second input/output member 1700 is disposed at a side which is opposite to the junction 4000, and located at a block at which the first sub-trace 1110 or the third sub-trace 1310 are not disposed. For example, the lower terminal of the second input/output member 1700 is disposed at a right side of the junction 4000 formed between the first area 2000 and the second area 3000, and located at the lower left block 2200 at which the first sub-trace 1111 or the third sub-trace 1310 are not disposed, wherein the lower left block 2200 is located at the lower left corner of the first area 2000.
In one embodiment, the transformer device 1000 further includes a second center-tapped 1800. The second center-tapped 1800 is disposed at the second area 3000, and coupled to the third wire 1311 which is located at an inner side among the third wires 1311. Besides, the second center-tapped 1800 is located on the third layer. In another embodiment, the second center-tapped 1800 is coupled to the third wire 1311 which is located at the innermost side among the third wires 1311.
In some embodiments, the second center-tapped 1800 includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal (e.g., the upper terminal as shown in the figure) of the second center-tapped 1800 is coupled to the third wires 1311 which is located at an outermost side among the third wires 1311. The second terminal (e.g., the lower terminal as shown in the figure) of the second center-tapped 1800 is disposed at a side which is opposite to the junction 4000, and located at a block at which the first sub-trace 1110 or the third sub-trace 1310 are not disposed. For example, the lower terminal of the second center-tapped member 1800 is disposed at a right side of the junction 4000 formed between the first area 2000 and the second area 3000, and located at the lower right block 3400 at which the first sub-trace 1110 or the third sub-trace 1310 are not disposed, wherein the lower right block 3400 is located at the lower right corner of the second area 3000.
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In one embodiment, the first connection member 1200 is disposed at a block at which the first sub-trace 1110 and the second sub-trace 1120 are not disposed and which is adjacent to the junction 4000. For example, the first sub-trace 1110 and the second sub-trace 1120 are all octagonal traces. Therefore, an upper left block 2100, a lower left block 2200, an upper right block 2300, and a lower right block 2400 of the first area 2000 do not have any first sub-trace 1110 or any second sub-trace 1120 disposed therein. In other words, the blocks are empty blocks. Similarly, an upper left block 3100, a lower left block 3200, an upper right block 3300, and a lower right block 3400 of the second area 3000 do not have any first sub-trace 1110 or any second sub-trace 1120 disposed therein, and the blocks are empty blocks as well. The empty blocks of the transformer device 1000 of the present disclosure are used to dispose the first connection member 1200 so as to connect the first sub-trace 1110 and the second sub-trace 1120. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the foregoing embodiments in
In another embodiment, the second connection member 1400 is disposed at a block at which the third sub-trace 1310 and the fourth sub-trace 1320 are not disposed and which is adjacent to the junction 4000, and couples the third sub-trace 1310 and the fourth sub-trace 1320. For example, the third sub-trace 1310 and the fourth sub-trace 1320 are all octagonal traces. Therefore, an upper left block 2100, a lower left block 2200, an upper right block 2300, and a lower right block 2400 of the first area 2000 do not have any third sub-trace 1310 or any fourth sub-trace 1320 disposed therein. In other words, the blocks are empty blocks. Similarly, an upper left block 3100, a lower left block 3200, an upper right block 3300, and a lower right block 3400 of the second area 3000 do not have any third sub-trace 1310 or any fourth sub-trace 1320 disposed therein, and the blocks are empty blocks as well. The empty blocks of the transformer device 1000 of the present disclosure are used to dispose the second connection member 1400 so as to connect the third sub-trace 1310 and the fourth sub-trace 1320. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the foregoing embodiments in
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It can be understood from the embodiments of the present disclosure that application of the present disclosure has the following advantages. The magnetic field generated by the traces of the transformer device of the present disclosure during operation can be mutually canceled. Therefore, the inductance value of the transformer device of the present disclosure at common mode is low. Besides, the transformer device adopting the structural configuration of the present disclosure can improve the second harmonic.
Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.
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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109146795 | Dec 2020 | TW | national |