ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,885, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Vicor Corp. (Andover, Mass.).
"Planar inductive apparatus and method" was invented by Patrizio Vinciarelli (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive device with flux paths through a substrate may be made by depositing a malleable magnetically permeable material into a hole in the substrate and curing the malleable magnetically permeable material to form a substantially solid magnetic plug. Deposition of the malleable magnetically permeable material may comprise stencil-printing followed by use of a flexible runner. A uniform extension of the plug above an outer surface of the substrat...