Patent ID: 11948716
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A power module comprising:
a first circuit board comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
one or more inductors mounted on the first surface of the first circuit board, wherein:
each of the one or more inductors comprises a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface and that faces the first surface of the first circuit board; and
each of the one or more inductors is elevated above the first surface of the first circuit board such that at least a portion of the bottom surface of the inductor does not contact the first surface of the first circuit board; and

for each of the one or more inductors, the first circuit board comprises a plurality of capacitors arranged in an area below the portion of the bottom surface of the inductor that does not contact the first surface of the first circuit board, the plurality of capacitors arranged along the first surface of the first circuit board and positioned between the bottom surface of the one or more inductors and the first circuit board,
wherein at least one inductor of the one or more inductors comprises a dual-fed bridge inductor comprising a plurality of inductor core posts that electrically connect the inductor to conductors of the first circuit board and support the dual-fed bridge inductor on the first surface of the first circuit board, and
wherein each post of the plurality of inductor core posts corresponds to a different phase of the dual-fed bridge inductor.