Multi-layer power converter with devices having reduced lateral current

摘要

An apparatus having a power converter circuit having a first active layer having a first set of active devices disposed on a face thereof, a first passive layer having first set of passive devices disposed on a face thereof, and interconnection to enable the active devices disposed on the face of the first active layer to be interconnected with the non-active devices disposed on the face of the first passive layer, wherein the face on which the first set of active devices on the first active layer is disposed faces the face on which the first set of passive devices on the first passive layer is disposed.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising a power converter circuit comprising a stack of layers, said stack comprising a first layer having active devices integrated on a device face thereof and a second layer having passive devices integrated on a device face, thereof, wherein at least one unit selected from the group consisting of said active devices and said passive devices is partitioned into at least a first partition and a second partition, wherein said first partition comprises a first current channel along a first axis, wherein said second partition comprises a second current channel, and wherein said first axis and a second axis orthogonal to said first axis define a plane that is coplanar with the layer that includes said unit, whereby, as a result of said at least one unit having been partitioned into at least said first and second partitions, current flow between said first and second current channels along said second axis is suppressed.