IP Library Granted Patent US 12,471,218
Granted Patent B2
US 12,471,218 · App. 17/589,277 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Sandwich structure power supply module

Inventors: Daocheng Huang (Santa Clara, CA); Zhao Yuan (San Jose, CA); Yishi Su (Hangzhou, CN); Wenyang Huang (Hangzhou, CN); Xintong Lyu (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
H05K1/181H01F27/24H01F27/28H05K1/111H05K1/14H05K2201/1003
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Patent No.
US 12,471,218
App. No.
17/589,277
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sandwich structure power supply module, having: an inductor pack having at least one inductor; a top PCB (Printed Circuit Board) on top of the inductor pack; and at least one power device chip on top of the top PCB, wherein each one of the power device chips has at least one pin connected to an associated inductor via the top PCB; wherein the inductor pack is wrapped with metal layers, wherein each two metal layers are lied against to a same surface of the inductor pack, with an isolation layer in between, and wherein the two metal layers are connected to different potentials.

Claims (12)

1 . A sandwich structure power supply module, comprising:

an inductor pack having a magnetic core and at least one inductor having at least one winding;

a top PCB (Printed Circuit Board) on top of the inductor pack; and

at least one power device chip on top of the top PCB, wherein each one of the at least one power device chip has at least one pin connected to an associated inductor of the inductor pack via the top PCB; wherein

the inductor pack is wrapped with a plurality of metal layers, wherein a first metal layer of the plurality of metal layers is electrically connected to a first potential, a second metal layer of the plurality of metal layers is electrically connected to a second potential, each of the first metal layer and the second metal layer covers a first side surface of the magnetic core with an isolation layer in between, and a first end of the first metal layer is bent and extended along a top surface of the magnetic core to form two tabs, and a first end of the second metal layer is bent and extended along the top surface of the magnetic core between the two tabs.

2 . The sandwich structure power supply module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a bottom PCB, at a bottom of the sandwich structure power supply module; and

a connector, connected between the bottom PCB and the top PCB, wherein the connector has a plurality of metal pillars respectively connecting solder pads on the bottom PCB to solder pads on the top PCB.

3 . The sandwich structure power supply module of claim 1 , wherein at least one metal layer has C-shape, with a first end bent and extended along a top surface of the inductor pack, and a second end bent and extended along a bottom surface of the inductor pack.

4 . The sandwich structure power supply module of claim 1 , wherein the inductor pack comprises:

the at least one winding of the at least one inductor passing through the magnetic core.

5 . The sandwich structure power supply module of claim 4 , wherein the at least one winding is straight.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: HUANG, DAOCHENG; YUAN, ZHAO; SU, YISHI; HUANG, WENYANG; LYU, XINTONG
To: MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058835/0296 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 17197394 · Mar 10, 2021
Related Publication 20220295639A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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