Patent ID: 6885278

Claim:
A microconverter for converting and stabilizing supply voltage, said microconverter comprising: a microinductor formed like a chip component; and a semiconductor integrated circuit chip including a control circuit and mounted on a circuit board to form a module; wherein stud terminals are arranged on the circuit board to support the microinductor thereon, the stud terminals connect the microinductor and the circuit board electrically and mechanically and serve as buffer spacers spacing the microinductor and the circuit board, the microinductor and the semiconductor integrate circuit chip are superposed on the circuit board, the stud terminals connect the microinductor and the semiconductor integrated circuit chip to form a dc-dc converter on the circuit board, and the circuit board is provided with side terminals for surface-mounting the circuit board on a wiring board included in an associated device and for connecting the dc-dc converter to a circuit formed on the wiring board of the associated device.