An inductor device or filter such as an electromagnetic interference (EMI)
filter which includes an inductor provides cancellation of parasitic
capacitance of the inductor and extends high frequency performance of the
inductor or filter by using an inductor network (a special case being
split windings) and including capacitors to couple signals corresponding
to those which are passed by the equivalent parallel capacitance of an
inductor of a network of inductors such as in a multi-phase power supply
of voltage converter to another inductor terminal, ground or an inductor
in the ground return path. Cancellation of parasitic capacitance is
provided for differential mode and common mode windings where the
windings may be either inductively coupled or not. Forming the windings
as a bifilar winding to increase coupling coefficient further improves
performance and allows cancellation (as distinct from parasitic
capacitance reduction) and avoidance of resonance in circuits in which an
inductor is not permitted in the ground return path. Different inductance
values and turns ratios of any or all inductors of the network, including
multi-phase networks, may be accommodated.