IP Library Granted Patent US 8,040,681
Granted Patent B2
US 8,040,681 · App. 11/850,657 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Circuit arrangement

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Patent No.
US 8,040,681
App. No.
11/850,657
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit arrangement is provided that includes at least one semiconductor component, at least one filter arrangement, which has at least two discretely made coil elements, which are disposed adjacent to one another with parallel aligned magnetic field axes, and a contacting unit, which has electrical traces for an electrically conductive connection of the semiconductor component to the filter arrangement. A thickness of the semiconductor component is at least 20% of a thickness of the coil elements.

Claims (32)

1. A circuit comprising:

at least one semiconductor component;

at least one filter comprising two parallel-coupled resonant circuits, the resonant circuits comprising at least two discrete coil elements that each has a thickness and are disposed adjacent to one another with parallel-aligned magnetic field axes; and

a contacting unit comprising electrical traces providing an electrically conductive connection of the semiconductor component to the filter, the semiconductor component residing without a housing on the contacting unit, a thickness of the semiconductor component being at least approximately 20% of the thickness of the coil elements, the filter and the semiconductor component being housed in a common, form-stable covering.

2. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the coil elements are disposed with a spacing from each other of approximately 1.5 times to 2.5 times the thickness of the coil elements.

3. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the coil elements are disposed for in-phase electrical and magnetic coupling.

4. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the common, form-stable covering comprises a curable plastic.

5. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least one semiconductor component is configured to process signals of a satellite navigation system.

6. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the filter comprises coupling capacitors assigned to the coil elements.

7. The circuit of claim 6 , wherein the coupling capacitors are integrated at least partially on the semiconductor component.

8. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the filter is an intermediate frequency filter.

9. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the filter comprises two parallel rows of several coil elements.

10. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the semiconductor component is between approximately 0.05 mm and approximately 0.5 mm.

11. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the coil elements is between approximately 0.3 mm and approximately 0.75 mm.

12. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein a total thickness of the contacting unit with the coil elements and the common, form-stable covering is less than approximately 1.5 mm.

13. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein:

the contacting unit is arranged on a surface facing away from the semiconductor component; and

the filter comprises several electrical contact areas for a ball grid array.

14. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein each coil element is a surface-mount device.

15. A circuit comprising:

at least one semiconductor component;

at least one filter comprising at least two parallel-coupled resonant circuits, the resonant circuits comprising at least two capacitors and at least two discrete coil elements, the resonant circuits being disposed adjacent to one another with parallel aligned magnetic field axes and being coupled to each other in-phase electrically and magnetically and assigned to electrical terminals of the semiconductor component; and

a contacting unit comprising electrical traces providing an electrically conductive connection of the semiconductor component to the filter, a thickness of the circuit being less than approximately 2 mm.

16. The circuit of claim 15 , wherein a thickness of the circuit is less than approximately 1.6 mm.

17. The circuit of claim 15 , wherein a thickness of the circuit is less than approximately 1.2 mm.

18. The circuit of claim 15 , wherein each coil element is a surface-mount device.

19. A circuit comprising:

at least one semiconductor component;

at least one filter comprising two parallel-coupled resonant circuits, the resonant circuits comprising at least two discrete coil elements that each comprises a width, the resonant circuits being disposed adjacent to one another with parallel aligned magnetic field axes; and

a contacting unit comprising electrical traces providing an electrically conductive connection of the semiconductor component to the filter, the semiconductor component residing without a housing on the contacting unit, the coil elements being disposed with a spacing from each other of approximately 1 to approximately 2.5 times the width of the coil elements.

20. The circuit of claim 19 , wherein the coil elements are disposed with a spacing from each other of approximately 1.5 times the width of the coil elements.

21. The circuit of claim 19 , wherein each coil element is a surface-mount device.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059358/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: ATMEL CORPORATION
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2018
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2017
From: ATMEL CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: ATMEL CORPORATION
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 3, 2014
From: ATMEL CORPORATION
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2009
From: ATMEL GERMANY GMBH
To: ATMEL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2007
From: GOLBERG, HANS-JOACHIM; OELMAIER, REINHARD
To: ATMEL GERMANY GMBH
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