Patent ID: 7679162
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G01R,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A current sensor, comprising: an integrated circuit die including a coil in a metal layer of the integrated circuit die; an integrated circuit die package to hold the integrated circuit die; and a conductor located within the integrated circuit die package and outside of the integrated circuit die, and coupled to receive a current from one or more input terminals of the integrated circuit die package and supply the current to one or more output terminals of the integrated circuit die package, the conductor located such that the coil and the conductor are inductively coupled; and wherein at least a first region of the conductor is parallel to a horizontal surface of the integrated circuit die and the first region of the conductor is longer than a width of the coil and at least a portion of the first region of the conductor overlaps a portion of the coil.