US 11,985,752 B2
Inductor assembly, impedance matching network and system including inductor assembly
Qi Hua, Wu Xi (CN); Tonghe Liu, Pudong new district (CN); and Changyang Wang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/008,259.
Claims priority of application No. 202010439255.3 (CN), filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368591 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H05B 6/50 (2006.01); H01F 27/24 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01); H03H 7/38 (2006.01); H05B 6/54 (2006.01); H05B 6/62 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/50 (2013.01) [H01F 27/24 (2013.01); H01F 27/28 (2013.01); H03H 7/38 (2013.01); H05B 6/54 (2013.01); H05B 6/62 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inductor assembly comprising:
a fixture element having a central core and first and second support structures coupled to and projecting outwardly from the central core, each of the first and second support structures having an outer edge with a notched profile of indentations extending toward the central core; and
a helical inductor having multiple turns, the turns being seated in the indentations of the first and second support structures;
wherein each of the support structures includes an opening extending through that support structure.