Patent ID: 9721715
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01F

Claim:
1. A solid state component disposed on a substrate, the component having: a plurality of electrically conducting lower bands above the substrate; a plurality of electrically conducting upper bands; a plurality of electrically conducting posts extending between the lower bands and the upper bands, forming a conducting coil having a region bounded by (a) the plurality of upper bands, (b) the plurality of lower bands and (c) the plurality of posts, which is at least partially filled with air to form an air core, and at least partially filled with a solid material that is disposed about at least part of the posts and on at least a first portion of a surface of each lower band that faces the air core, providing hardened support to the conducting coil, and wherein a second portion of a surface of each lower band facing the air core is exposed to the air core; and a coating material disposed around at least a portion of the upper bands that provides hardened support for the conducting coil while leaving the air core substantially intact within the coil.