US Patent 7978043 Semiconductor device

Patent 7978043 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Panasonic

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

79780430

Patent Inventor Names

Yuichi Hirofuji0

Yutaka Nabeshima0

Date of Patent

July 12, 2011

Patent Application Number

128464510

Date Filed

July 29, 2010

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tuyen Nguyen

Patent abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including at least one of a circuit and a circuit element, and an inductor element having a coil axis extending in a direction parallel to a main surface of the semiconductor substrate and disposed adjacent to the main surface. A main direction of a magnetic field induced by passing a current through the inductor element is parallel to the main surface.