IP Library Granted Patent US 11,862,381
Granted Patent B2
US 11,862,381 · App. 18/146,572 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Power transformer of the symmetric-asymmetric type with a fully-balanced topology

Inventor: Vincent Knopik (Crets en Belledonne, FR)
Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
H01F27/2804H01F27/29H01F38/14H01F41/041H01F41/10H01L23/5227H01Q1/243H01Q1/36H01Q1/48H01Q1/50H01Q7/00H03H7/42H01F2027/2809H01F2027/2819
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Patent No.
US 11,862,381
App. No.
18/146,572
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transformer of the symmetric-asymmetric type includes comprising a primary inductive circuit and a secondary inductive circuit formed in a same plane by respective interleaved and stacked metal tracks. A first crossing region includes a pair of connection plates facing one another, with each connection plate having a rectangular shape that is wider than the metal tracks, and diagonally connected to tracks of the secondary inductive circuit.

Claims (36)

1. A balun transformer, comprising:

a primary inductive circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal located side-by-side and symmetrically to a first axis and on a first side of the balun transformer; and

a secondary inductive circuit having a third terminal, a fourth terminal, a fifth terminal, and at least two loops, the secondary inductive circuit located at a second side of the balun transformer opposite the first side,

wherein the primary inductive circuit and the secondary inductive circuit are disposed on a plane,

wherein the primary inductive circuit includes more loops than the secondary inductive circuit, and

wherein the third terminal and the fourth terminal are located symmetrically to the first axis, the first axis crossing the fifth terminal symmetrically.

2. The balun transformer of claim 1 , wherein the fifth terminal is connected to a midpoint of the secondary inductive circuit.

3. The balun transformer of claim 1 , wherein the secondary inductive circuit comprises two loops between the third and fourth terminals, and wherein the primary inductive circuit comprises three loops between the first terminal and the second terminal.

4. The balun transformer of claim 1 , wherein the primary inductive circuit has an octagonal shape.

5. The balun transformer of claim 1 , wherein the secondary inductive circuit comprises a plurality of tracks, and wherein tracks of the primary inductive circuit are located next to and at opposite sides of the plurality of tracks of the secondary inductive circuit.

6. The balun transformer of claim 1 , wherein the primary inductive circuit comprises a first connection track and a second connection track, wherein the first connection track is located below the fifth terminal, and wherein the second connection track is located above the fifth terminal.

7. The balun transformer of claim 6 , wherein the first connection track, the second connection track, and the fifth terminal are substantially identical in shape and are aligned along a vertical axis perpendicular to the plane.

8. The balun transformer of claim 7 , wherein the first connection track, the second connection track, and the fifth terminal have a rectangular shape.

9. The balun transformer of claim 1 , wherein the secondary inductive circuit comprises a plurality of tracks, and wherein at least one track of the primary inductive circuit is narrower than the plurality of tracks of the secondary inductive circuit.

10. A balun transformer, comprising:

a primary inductive circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal located side-by-side and symmetrically to a first axis; and

a secondary inductive circuit having a third terminal, a fourth terminal, and a fifth terminal, the fifth terminal connected to a midpoint of the secondary inductive circuit,

wherein the primary inductive circuit and the secondary inductive circuit are disposed on a plane,

wherein the secondary inductive circuit comprises at least two loops, and

wherein the primary inductive circuit comprises more loops than the secondary inductive circuit.

11. The balun transformer of claim 10 , wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are located on a first side of the balun transformer, and wherein the third terminal, the fourth terminal, and the fifth terminal are located on a second side of the balun transformer opposite the first side.

12. The balun transformer of claim 10 , wherein the secondary inductive circuit comprises two loops between the third terminal and the fourth terminal, and wherein the primary inductive circuit comprises three loops between the first terminal and the second terminal.

13. The balun transformer of claim 10 , wherein the secondary inductive circuit comprises a plurality of tracks, and wherein tracks of the primary inductive circuit are located next to and at opposite sides of the plurality of tracks of the secondary inductive circuit.

14. The balun transformer of claim 10 , wherein the secondary inductive circuit comprises a plurality of tracks, and wherein at least one track of the primary inductive circuit is narrower than the plurality of tracks of the secondary inductive circuit.

15. A balun transformer, comprising:

a first inductive circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal located side-by-side and symmetrically to a first axis; and

a second inductive circuit having a third terminal, a fourth terminal and a fifth terminal,

wherein the third terminal and the fourth terminal are located symmetrically to the first axis, the first axis symmetrically crossing the fifth terminal,

wherein the second inductive circuit comprises a plurality of tracks,

wherein tracks of the first inductive circuit are located next to and at opposite sides of the plurality of tracks of the second inductive circuit, and

wherein at least one track of the first inductive circuit is narrower than the plurality of tracks of the second inductive circuit.

16. The balun transformer of claim 15 , wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are located on a first side of the balun transformer, and wherein the third terminal, the fourth terminal, and the fifth terminal are located on a second side of the balun transformer opposite the first side.

17. The balun transformer of claim 15 , wherein the fifth terminal is connected to a midpoint of the second inductive circuit.

18. The balun transformer of claim 15 , wherein the second inductive circuit comprises two loops between the third and fourth terminals, and wherein the first inductive circuit comprises three loops between the first terminal and the second terminal.

19. The balun transformer of claim 15 , wherein the first inductive circuit has an octagonal shape.

20. The balun transformer of claim 10 , wherein the primary inductive circuit has an octagonal shape.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: STMICROELECTRONICS SA
To: STMICROELECTRONICS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 065835/0159 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1652713 · Mar 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 16275091 · Feb 13, 2019
Continuation 15223148 · Jul 29, 2016
Related Publication 20230134367A1 · May 4, 2023