Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic field containment inductors
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Application No.: US15405027Application Date: 2017-01-12
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Publication No.: US10256036B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Paul A. Martinez , Ming Y. Tsai , Federico P. Centola , Martin Schauer , Cheung-Wei Lam , Jason C. Sauers
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder PC
- Main IPC: H01F27/32
- IPC: H01F27/32 ; H01F17/04 ; H01F27/36 ; H05K1/18 ; H05K1/02 ; H01F17/00

Abstract:
A system includes a circuit board, an inductor including windings mounted on the circuit board, and a plurality of magnetic field containment devices. Each magnetic field containment device includes an independent electrical circuit that is not directly electrically connected via a conductor to any other magnetic field containment device. Each magnetic field containment device also includes a material of a certain relative permeability. Each magnetic field containment device at least partially surrounds the inductor and, in operation, at least partially contains a magnetic B-Field generated by electrical current in the windings of the inductor. The plurality of magnetic field containment devices, in operation, enables a certain saturation current in the inductor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180068784A1 MAGNETIC FIELD CONTAINMENT INDUCTORS Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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