Choke having a core with a pillar having a non-circular and non-rectangular cross section

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10614945-B2
Application number	US-201916447938-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2019
Priority date	Dec 20, 2011
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A choke includes a single-piece core entirely made of a same material, the single-piece core having two boards and a pillar located between the two boards, a winding space being located among the two boards and the pillar, wherein the pillar has a non-circular and non-rectangular cross section along a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the pillar, the cross section of the pillar has a first axis and a second axis intersecting with each other at a center of the cross section of the pillar and are substantially perpendicular with each other, the first axis is longer than the second axis, and the cross section of the pillar is substantially symmetrical to both of the first axis and the second axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to form an inductor, said method comprising:
forming a core structure, wherein the core structure comprises a first board, a second board, and a pillar located between the first and second boards, wherein a winding space is located among the first board, the second board and the pillar, wherein the pillar has a non-circular and non-rectangular cross section along a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the pillar, wherein the periphery of the cross section of the pillar comprises a first substantially straight line, a first arc, a second substantially straight line, and a second arc on four sides of the periphery, respectively, wherein the substantially straight lines are interleaved with the arcs on the periphery of the cross section of the pillar, wherein the cross section of the pillar has a first axis and a second axis intersecting with each other at a center of the cross section of the pillar and being substantially perpendicular with each other, wherein the length of the first axis is greater than that of the second axis, and an inequality is satisfied:

1.2
≤

X
Y

≤
2.1

,

wherein X represents the length of the first axis, and Y represents the length of the second axis;
wherein the periphery of the cross section of the pillar encloses the center of the first board, wherein each of a first edge and a third edge of the first board is substantially in parallel with the first axis, and each of a second edge and a fourth edge of the first board is substantially in parallel with the second axis, wherein an inequality is satisfied:

1.2
≤

M
′

N
′

≤
2

,

wherein M′ represents the distance between the second edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the first axis, N′ represents the distance between the first edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the second axis, wherein the distance between the second edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the first axis is equal to the distance between the fourth edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the first axis; and the distance between the first edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the second axis is equal to the distance between the third edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the second axis; and
winding a conductive wire around the pillar to form a coil in the winding space.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the distance between the middle point of first arc and the middle point of second arc is greater than the distance between the middle point of first substantially straight line and the middle point of second substantially straight line.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first board, the second board, and the pillar are integrally formed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inductor is a choke.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the periphery of the cross section intersects the first axis at a first point, and the periphery of the cross section intersects the second axis at a second point, wherein the second point and the first edge of the first board are at a same side of the first axis, and the first point and the second edge of the first board are at a same side of the second axis, and an inequality is satisfied:

0.8
≤

A
B

≤
1.2

,

wherein A represents the shortest distance between the second point and the first edge of the first board, and B represents the shortest distance between the first point and the second edge of the first board.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an end point of the first substantially straight line and an end point of first arc are connected with no space therebetween.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein an end point of the first substantially straight line and an end point of first arc are connected by a third substantially straight line perpendicular to the first substantially straight line and a fourth substantially straight line perpendicular to the third straight line.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first arc and the second arc has a circular-arc shape.

9. A method to form an inductor, said method comprising:
forming a core structure, wherein the core structure comprises a first board, a second board, and a pillar located between the first and second boards, wherein a winding space is located among the first board, the second board and the pillar, wherein the pillar has a non-circular and non-rectangular cross section along a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the pillar, wherein the periphery of the cross section of the pillar comprises a plurality of arcs, wherein the cross section of the pillar has a first axis and a second axis intersecting with each other at a center of the cross section of the pillar and being substantially perpendicular with each other, wherein the length of the first axis is greater than that of the second axis, and an inequality is satisfied:

1.2
≤

X
Y

≤
2.1

,

wherein X represents the length of the first axis and Y represents the length of the second axis;

wherein the periphery of the cross section of the pillar encloses the center of the first board, wherein each of a first edge and a third edge of the first board is substantially in parallel with the first axis, and each of a second edge and a fourth edge of the first board is substantially in parallel with the second axis, wherein an inequality is satisfied:

1.2
≤

M
′

N
′

≤
2

,

wherein M′ represents the distance between the second edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the first axis, N′ represents the distance between the first edge of the first board and the center of the cross section of the pillar along the direction of the second axis, wherein the distance between the second edge of the firs

Assignees

• Cyntec Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Tsung-Chan
• Hsieh Roger
• Huang Yi-Min
• Hsieh Lan-Chin
• Kuo Yu-Ching

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