Planar magnetic component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024161966-A1
Application number	US-202318507446-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 13, 2023
Priority date	Nov 14, 2022
Publication date	May 16, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A planar magnetic component is arranged on a circuit board of a resonant converter, and the resonant converter includes a primary-side circuit and a secondary-side circuit. The planar magnetic component includes an inductor trace, a primary-side trace, a secondary-side trace, and an iron core assembly. The iron core assembly includes an inductor iron core and an iron core. The primary-side trace surrounds the first through hole in a first direction and surrounds the second through hole in a second direction to form an ∞-shaped trace. The inductor trace is formed on the primary-side layer board and coupled to the primary-side trace, and two ends of the inductor trace form an input terminal and an output terminal of the planar magnetic component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A planar magnetic component arranged on a circuit board of a resonant converter, the resonant converter comprising a primary-side circuit and a secondary-side circuit, the planar magnetic component comprising:
an inductor trace arranged on the circuit board to serve as an inductor coil coupled to the primary-side circuit, a primary-side trace formed on one primary-side layer board of the circuit board to serve as a primary-side coil coupled to the primary-side circuit, a secondary-side trace formed on one secondary-side layer board of the circuit board to serve as a secondary-side coil coupled to the secondary-side circuit, and an iron core assembly comprising: an inductor iron core comprising a core pillar, the core pillar penetrating a third through hole of the circuit board and the inductor trace surrounding the third through hole, and an iron core comprising a first core pillar and a second core pillar, the first core pillar and the second core pillar respectively penetrating a first through hole and a second through hole of the circuit board, wherein the primary-side trace surrounds the first through hole in a first direction and surrounds the second through hole in a second direction to form an ∞-shaped trace, wherein the inductor trace is formed on the primary-side layer board and coupled to the primary-side trace, and two ends of the inductor trace form an input terminal and an output terminal of the planar magnetic component.

2 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the primary-side trace surrounds the first through hole and the second through hole for at least two turns respectively.

3 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is a multi-layer board, and comprises the primary-side layer board and at least two secondary-side layer boards; the number of the secondary-side traces is plural, and the secondary-side traces respectively arranged on the at least two secondary-side layer boards.

4 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the secondary-side traces comprise a first trace and a second trace, and the first trace and the second trace are respectively formed on the at least two secondary-side layer boards.

5 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the secondary-side circuit comprises two rectification circuits, and each rectification circuit comprises a rectification switch; the iron core is sleeved on the first trace and the second trace to form the secondary-side coil of a transformer with a center-tapped structure, and the secondary-side coil is coupled to the two rectification circuits to form a secondary-side topology.

6 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the rectification switches of the two rectification circuits are respectively arranged on a top layer and a bottom layer of the circuit board.

7 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the number of the inductor traces is plural, and one of the inductor traces is independently formed on a layer board other than the primary-side layer board and the at least two secondary-side layer boards.

8 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the number of the inductor traces is plural, and one of the inductor traces is formed on one of the at least two secondary-side layer boards.

9 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the number of the inductor traces is plural, and one of the inductor traces forms the input terminal, and one of the inductor traces or another one of the inductor traces forms the output terminal.

10 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the number of the inductor traces is plural, one terminals of the first through hole, the second through hole, and the third through hole are respectively formed on a plurality of via holes filled with a conductive material, and the inductor traces and the primary-side traces are electrically connected through the via holes.

11 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the number of via holes on one side of the first through hole and the second through hole is less than or equal to 12, and the number of via holes on one side of the third through hole is less than or equal to 3.

12 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the secondary-side trace, the first through hole, and the second through hole form an m-shaped trace.

13 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the primary-side trace and the inductor trace form a single path.

14 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a metal foil of the inductor trace and a metal foil of the primary-side trace have an integrally formed structure.

15 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inductor iron core is separated from the iron core.

16 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inductor iron core comprises an air gap and the iron core comprises an air gap, and the air gap of the inductor iron core and the air gap of the iron core are different in size.

17 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the primary-side circuit comprises a switch bridge arm and a resonant tank, and the resonant tank comprises a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor connected in series; the inductor iron core is sleeved on the inductor trace to form the resonant inductor, and the iron core is sleeved on the primary-side trace to form the primary-side coil of a transformer, and the resonant tank couples the switch bridge arm and the primary-side coil to form a primary-side topology.

18 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is a 12-layer board, and the number of the primary-side traces and the number of the secondary-side traces are both plural, and the secondary-side trace comprises first traces in a plurality of layers and second traces in a plurality of layers; the configuration from a top layer to a bottom layer of the circuit board is sequentially the first trace, the primary-side trace, the second trace, the second trace, the primary-side trace, the first trace, the second trace, the primary-side trace, the first trace, the first trace, the primary-side trace, and the second trace.

19 . The planar magnetic component as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the number of the inductor traces is plural, the inductor traces are formed on the same layer as the primary-side traces, and are formed on the same layer as the second traces on the third layer; the inductor traces of the second layer and the third layer of the circuit board form an input terminal and an output terminal respectively.

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Chang Yi-Sheng
• Lai Chien-An
• Chiu Yi-Hsun
• Yang Chun-Yu

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