Patent ID: 7847667

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: an on-chip inductor formed from an inductor path having two ends that loops around a center area, wherein the inductor path is formed in an integrated circuit having a plurality of layers, the inductor path crosses itself at least two points, and the inductor path defines an outer boundary of the inductor with respect to the cross section of the plurality of layers of the integrated circuit and an inner boundary of the inductor with respect to the cross section of the plurality the plurality of layers of the integrated circuit that is outside the center area; and a circuit comprising: a first device and a second device, wherein the first device and the second device are at least partially located between the outer boundary of the inductor and the inner boundary of the inductor, each have a first terminal and a second terminal, are coupled together by a first connector path that passes through the center area between the first terminal of the first device and the first terminal of the second device, and are each connected to the inner-most turn of the inductor path by the second terminal of the device; and a third device and a fourth device, wherein the third device and the fourth device are at least partially located between the outer boundary of the inductor and the inner boundary of the inductor, each have a first terminal and a second terminal, are coupled together by a second connector path that passes through the center area between the first terminal of third device and the first terminal of the fourth device, and are each connected to the inner-most turn of the inductor path by the second terminal of the device, wherein the first device, the second device, the third device, and the fourth device are each connected to the inner-most turn of the inductor path at a different location, and wherein the first connector path is connected to the second connector path.