A stator for a motor or generator, comprising: a planar composite structure comprising at least one dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive layers (161a, 161b), the PCS characterized at least in part by a center origin point and a periphery; a plurality of first elongated conductive elements disposed angularly on the PCS and extending radially toward the periphery of the PCS from a first radial distance (r 0) from the center origin point to a second radial distance (r 1) from the center origin point, each first elongated conductive element terminated in a termination structure; inner conductive elements each coupling two of the first elongated conductive elements; peripheral conductive elements each coupling two of the first elongated conductive elements; characterized in that the stator further comprises a plurality of second elongated conductive elements disposed angularly on the PCS and extending radially toward the periphery of the PCS from a third radial distance from the center origin point to a fourth radial distance from the center origin point, wherein either: a) the fourth radial distance is less than the first radial distance, and a first one of the first elongated conductive elements is thermally but not electrically connected to a first one of the second elongated conductive elements through a starting structure, or b) the third radial distance is greater than the second radial distance, and a first one of the first elongated conductive elements is thermally but not electrically connected to a first one of the second elongated conductive elements through the termination structure terminating the first one of the first elongated conductive elements. a planar composite structure comprising at least one dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive layers (161a, 161b), the PCS characterized at least in part by a center origin point and a periphery; a plurality of first elongated conductive elements disposed angularly on the PCS and extending radially toward the periphery of the PCS from a first radial distance (r 0) from the center origin point to a second radial distance (r 1) from the center origin point, each first elongated conductive element terminated in a termination structure; inner conductive elements each coupling two of the first elongated conductive elements; peripheral conductive elements each coupling two of the first elongated conductive elements; characterized in that the stator further comprises a plurality of second elongated conductive elements disposed angularly on the PCS and extending radially toward the periphery of the PCS from a third radial distance from the center origin point to a fourth radial distance from the center origin point, wherein either: a) the fourth radial distance is less than the first radial distance, and a first one of the first elongated conductive elements is thermally but not electrically connected to a first one of the second elongated conductive elements through a starting structure, or b) the third radial distance is greater than the second radial distance, and a first one of the first elongated conductive elements is thermally but not electrically connected to a first one of the second elongated conductive elements through the termination structure terminating the first one of the first elongated conductive elements. a) the fourth radial distance is less than the first radial distance, and a first one of the first elongated conductive elements is thermally but not electrically connected to a first one of the second elongated conductive elements through a starting structure, or b) the third radial distance is greater than the second radial distance, and a first one of the first elongated conductive elements is thermally but not electrically connected to a first one of the second elongated conductive elements through the termination structure terminating the first one of the first elongated conductive elements.