Patent ID: 8816811

Claim:
A printed circuit assembly, comprising: a printed circuit board; and a coupled inductor disposed in an aperture in the printed circuit board, the coupled inductor including: a core formed of magnetic material and including opposing top and bottom surfaces, a leakage plate formed of magnetic material and having opposing top and bottom surfaces, the leakage plate disposed on the core such that the bottom surface of the leakage plate faces the top surface of the core, N windings, N being an integer greater than one, each of the N windings wound through the core and having opposing first and second ends respectively forming first and second solder tabs, each first and second solder tab disposed in a common plane between the bottom surface of the magnetic core and the top surface of the leakage plate, and each of the first and second solder tabs soldered to a respective pad of the printed circuit board, and a first ground return conductor disposed on a surface selected from the group consisting of the bottom surface of the core and the top surface of the leakage plate, the first ground return conductor forming at least two ground return solder tabs disposed in the common plane and soldered to respective pads of the printed circuit board.