Transformer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022093315-A1
Application number	US-202017310383-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 30, 2020
Priority date	Jan 30, 2019
Publication date	Mar 24, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a transformer and, more specifically, to a transformer including a secondary coil portion on which a conductive plate is stacked. A transformer according to one embodiment of the present invention can comprise: a bobbin; a core portion coupled to the bobbin along the outer side of the bobbin; and a plurality of conductive plates inserted into the bobbin and stacked in a thickness direction.

First claim

1 . A transformer comprising:
a bobbin; a core unit disposed outside the bobbin, the core unit comprising an upper core having a first middle leg and a lower core having a second middle leg, the core unit having a gap between the first middle leg and the second middle leg; and a plurality of conductive plates stacked in a thickness direction, wherein each of the plurality of conductive plates has a side shape disposed spaced apart from the gap in a vertical direction.

2 . A transformer comprising:
a bobbin; a core unit disposed outside the bobbin, the core unit comprising an upper core having a first middle leg and a lower core having a second middle leg, the core unit having a gap between the first middle leg and the second middle leg; and a plurality of conductive plates inserted into the bobbin, the plurality of conductive plates constituting an upper coil unit, a middle coil unit, and a lower coil unit spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, wherein the middle coil unit comprises a first middle coil unit and a second middle coil unit, and the gap is disposed between the first middle coil unit and the second middle coil unit.

3 . The transformer according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first middle coil unit and the second middle coil unit has a side shape disposed spaced apart from the gap in the vertical direction.

4 . The transformer according to claim 2 , wherein
the bobbin has a middle receiving portion configured to receive the middle coil unit, and the middle receiving portion comprises: a first receiving hole configured to receive the first middle coil unit; a second receiving hole configured to receive the second middle coil unit; and a partition disposed between the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole in the vertical direction, at least a portion of the partition overlapping the gap in a horizontal direction.

5 . The transformer according to claim 2 , wherein a size of the gap in the vertical direction is less than a distance between the first middle coil unit and the second middle coil unit in the vertical direction.

6 . The transformer according to claim 2 , wherein each of the upper coil unit, the first middle coil unit, the second middle coil unit, and the lower coil unit comprises a first type conducive plate and a second type conductive plate stacked in a thickness direction.

7 . The transformer according to claim 6 , wherein the first type conducive plate and the second type conductive plate have left-right symmetrical planar shapes.

8 . The transformer according to claim 7 , wherein an extension direction of a through hole disposed at a signal end of each of the first type conducive plate and the second type conductive plate forms a predetermined angle with an extension direction of a through hole disposed at a ground end of each of the first type conducive plate and the second type conductive plate.

9 . The transformer according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined angle comprises an obtuse angle.

10 . A transformer comprising:
a bobbin; a core unit disposed outside the bobbin, the core unit comprising an upper core having a first middle leg and a lower core having a second middle leg, the core unit having a gap between the first middle leg and the second middle leg; and a plurality of conductive plates stacked in a vertical direction, wherein
at least one conductive plate adjacent to the gap in the vertical direction, among the plurality of conductive plates, has a larger thickness than the other conductive plates.

11 . The transformer according to claim 2 , wherein a conductive plate disposed at an uppermost layer and a conductive plate disposed at a lowermost layer in the vertical direction, among the plurality of conductive plates, have a larger thickness than the other conductive plates.

12 . A transformer comprising:
a bobbin; a core unit disposed outside the bobbin, the core unit including an upper core having a first middle leg and a lower core having a second middle leg, the core unit having a gap between the first middle leg and the second middle leg; and a plurality of conductive plates inserted into the bobbin, the plurality of conductive plates constituting an upper coil unit, a middle coil unit, and a lower coil unit spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, wherein at least one conductive plate of the middle coil unit adjacent to the gap has a larger thickness than the other conductive plates.

13 . The transformer according to claim 12 , wherein an uppermost conductive plate of the upper coil unit and a lowermost conductive plate of the lower coil unit have a larger thickness than the other conductive plates of the upper coil unit and the lower coil unit.

14 . The transformer according to claim 13 , wherein each of at least one conducive plate of the middle coil unit adjacent to the gap, the uppermost conductive plate of the upper coil unit, and the lowermost conductive plate of the lower coil unit has a second thickness greater than a first thickness of the other conductive plates.

15 . The transformer according to claim 12 , wherein the plurality of conductive plates is formed as a result of any one of a 1-1 type conductive plate having a first planar shape and a first thickness and a 1-2 type conductive plate having the first planar shape and a second thickness greater than the first thickness and any one of a 2-1 type conductive plate having a second planar shape and the first thickness and a 2-2 type conductive plate having the second planar shape and the second thickness being alternately stacked in the vertical direction.

16 . The transformer according to claim 15 , wherein the first planar shape and the second planar shape are left-right symmetrical.

17 . The transformer according to claim 16 , wherein an extension direction of a through hole disposed at a signal end of each of the conducive plate having the first planar shape and the conductive plate having the second planar shape forms a predetermined angle with an extension direction of a through hole disposed at a ground end of each of the conducive plate having the first planar shape and the conductive plate having the second planar shape.

18 . The transformer according to claim 17 , wherein the predetermined angle comprises an obtuse angle.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd
• Univ Nat Chonnam Ind Found

Inventors

• Nam Taek Hoon
• Yoon Seok
• Kim Yu Seon
• Bae Seok
• Lim Yeong Seog

Classifications

• H01F27/2866

  Combination of wires and sheets · CPC title

• H01F27/2852

  Construction of conductive connections, of leads · CPC title

• H01F3/14

  Constrictions; Gaps, e.g. air-gaps (in magnetic shunt paths H01F3/12) · CPC title

• H01F27/325

  Coil bobbins (formers for coils in general H01F5/02) · CPC title

• H01F27/306

  Fastening or mounting coils or windings on core, casing or other support · CPC title