ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,939, issued on June 24, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Symmetric air-core planar transformer with partial electromagnetic interference shielding" was invented by Raul Blecic (Freising, Germany) and Nicola Bertoni (Freising, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate transformer includes a multilayer substrate having at least first, second, third, and fourth metal layers. The second metal layer and the third metal layer are separated by a voltage barrier having a thickness. A first multiloop coil has at least a first loop on the first metal layer and at least a second loop on the second metal layer. A second ...