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Method of manufacture of a variable inductance inductor

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dc.contributor.assigneeVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.en
dc.contributor.inventorLim, Michele H.en
dc.contributor.inventorvan Wyk, J. D.en
dc.date.accessed2016-08-19en
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-24T17:55:13Zen
dc.date.available2016-08-24T17:55:13Zen
dc.date.filed2009-10-12en
dc.date.issued2013-10-08en
dc.description.abstractCeramic inductors are made from stacked sheets of co-fired ceramic. At least one of the ceramic sheets has a slot with a conductor disposed in the slot. The conductor has a thickness equal to a thickness of the ceramic sheet containing the slot. The conductor has a large thickness (compared to prior art co-fired ceramic inductors) and therefore can carry large currents. The present ceramic inductor can be used in power electronics applications due to the ability to carry large currents. The present ceramic inductor preferably has an inductance that decreases with increasing current. A decreasing inductance characteristic tends to increase energy efficiency in a voltage regulator when the inductor is used as an output inductor. Specifically, the variable inductance tends to substantially increase energy efficiency at low current loads without adversely affecting efficiency at high loads.en
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dc.identifier.applicationnumber12577415en
dc.identifier.patentnumber8549731en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72705en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/31/497/085/0.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen
dc.subject.cpcH01F17/0033en
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dc.titleMethod of manufacture of a variable inductance inductoren
dc.typePatenten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.patenttypeutilityen

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