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US 12,414,235 · App. 18/220,548 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Circuit board structure and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Chun Hung Kuo (Taoyuan, TW); Kuo-Ching Chen (Taoyuan, TW); Yu-Cheng Huang (Taoyuan, TW); Yu-Hua Chen (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
H05K1/142H05K1/165H05K3/368H05K2201/086H05K2201/10265
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Patent No.
US 12,414,235
App. No.
18/220,548
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit board structure and a manufacturing method thereof. Circuit board structure includes first circuit board, second circuit board, conductive coil, magnetic body and molding compound. First circuit board has first side surface and first cavity located on first side surface. Second circuit board has second side surface facing first side surface and being spaced apart from first side surface. Conductive coil is in a spiral shape and includes first coil pattern and second coil pattern. First coil pattern is disposed in first circuit board. Second coil pattern is disposed in second circuit board. First coil pattern is electrically connected to second coil pattern. Magnetic body is filled in first cavity of first circuit board. Conductive coil surrounds at least a part of magnetic body. Molding compound is filled in a gap between first side surface and second side surface.

Claims (26)

1. A circuit board structure, comprising:

a first circuit board, having a first side surface and a first cavity located on the first side surface;

a second circuit board, having a second side surface facing the first side surface and being spaced apart from the first side surface;

a conductive coil, in a spiral shape and comprising a first coil pattern and a second coil pattern, wherein the first coil pattern is disposed in the first circuit board, the second coil pattern is disposed in the second circuit board, and the first coil pattern is electrically connected to the second coil pattern;

a first magnetic body, filled in the first cavity of the first circuit board, the conductive coil surrounding at least a part of the first magnetic body; and

a molding compound, filled in a gap between the first side surface and the second side surface,

wherein the first side surface and the second side surface are parallel to a height direction of the first magnetic body.

2. The circuit board structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a second magnetic body, wherein the second circuit board further has a second cavity, the second cavity is located on the second side surface, the second magnetic body is filled in the second cavity, and the conductive coil surrounds at least a part of the second magnetic body.

3. The circuit board structure according to claim 2 , further comprising a first chip and a second chip, wherein the first chip is disposed on the first circuit board, and the second chip is disposed on the second circuit board.

4. The circuit board structure according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the first circuit board is larger than a size of the second circuit board.

5. The circuit board structure according to claim 1 , wherein the molding compound is magnetic.

6. The circuit board structure according to claim 1 , wherein an inductance formed by the conductive coil and the first magnetic body is proportional to an effective cross-sectional area of the first magnetic body.

7. A manufacturing method of a circuit board structure, comprising:

forming a first coil pattern of a conductive coil and a first magnetic body in a first circuit board;

forming a second coil pattern of the conductive coil in a second circuit board;

electrically connecting the first coil pattern to the second coil pattern; and

filling a molding compound in a gap between a first side surface of the first circuit board and a second side surface of the second circuit board, wherein the first side surface and the second side surface are parallel to a height direction of the first magnetic body; and

wherein, the conductive coil surrounds at least a part of the first magnetic body.

8. The manufacturing method of the circuit board structure according to claim 7 , wherein the forming the first coil pattern and the first magnetic body in the first circuit board comprises:

forming an inner circuit pattern in a circuit substrate;

forming a first cavity in the circuit substrate;

filling a magnetic material in the first cavity;

forming an outer circuit pattern in the circuit substrate; and

cutting a part of the circuit substrate to form the first circuit board and allow the first cavity to be located on a first side surface of the first circuit board, cutting a part of the inner circuit pattern and a part of the outer circuit pattern to form the first coil pattern, and cutting a part of the magnetic material to form the first magnetic body.

9. The manufacturing method of the circuit board structure according to claim 7 , further comprising forming a second magnetic body in the second circuit board before electrically connecting the first coil pattern to the second coil pattern, wherein the conductive coil surrounds at least a part of the second magnetic body.

10. The manufacturing method of the circuit board structure according to claim 7 , further comprising disposing a first chip on the first circuit board and disposing a second chip on the second circuit board.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2023
From: KUO, CHUN HUNG; CHEN, KUO-CHING; HUANG, YU-CHENG; CHEN, YU-HUA
To: UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 112118639 · May 19, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240389232A1 · Nov 21, 2024
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