Patent ID: 7876189

Claim:
A digital subscriber line (DSL) electronic assembly, comprising: a printed circuit board having a plurality of form-less inductive devices mounted thereon in a predetermined fashion, each of said plurality of form-less inductive devices, comprising: a plurality of shaped ferrous core elements, each having a mating interface for mating to other mating interfaces, said mating interface forming a winding channel as well as an aperture communicating with said channel when so mated; a bonded wire winding having a plurality of turns and disposed at least partly within said channel, said winding further comprising at least two ends which are routed through said aperture; and a terminal array comprising a bottom surface disposed proximate to said core and having a plurality of electrically conductive terminals associated therewith, said plurality of electrically conductive terminals protruding from said bottom surface and adapted for mating of said terminals to corresponding traces or pads disposed on said printed circuit board, said at least two ends of said winding being in electrical communication with ones of said terminals; wherein said inductive device includes no former or bobbin for said winding, said absence of said former or bobbin reducing the required size and cost of said shaped ferrous core as compared to devices having said former or bobbin; and wherein said bonded wire winding does not protrude below said bottom surface of said terminal array, thereby allowing for said mass termination of said at least two ends to said ones of said terminals.