Inductor component and method of manufacturing inductor component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12542234-B2
Application number	US-202218065198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2022
Priority date	Dec 14, 2021
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

An inductor component includes an element body, a coil in the element body, and a non-magnetic insulation layer covering at least part of the coil. The element body includes first and second magnetic layers laminated in order in a first direction. The coil includes a small-turn inductor wiring of 0.5 or less turns extending along a plane orthogonal to the first direction between the first and second magnetic layers. In a first cross-section orthogonal to an extending direction of the small-turn inductor wiring, the small-turn inductor wiring has a top surface facing in the first direction, a bottom surface facing in a second direction opposite from the first direction, a first side surface facing in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a second side surface facing in a fourth direction opposite from the third direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An inductor component, comprising:
an element body, a coil disposed in the element body, and an insulation layer that is a non-magnetic layer covering at least part of the coil, wherein the element body includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer laminated in order in a first direction, the coil includes a small-turn inductor wiring of 0.5 or less turns extending along a plane orthogonal to the first direction between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, in a first cross-section orthogonal to an extending direction of the small-turn inductor wiring,
the small-turn inductor wiring has a top surface facing in the first direction, a bottom surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first side surface facing in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a second side surface facing in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, and
the insulation layer includes
at least one portion of a top surface portion located further in the first direction with respect to the top surface or a bottom surface portion located further in the second direction with respect to the bottom surface,
a first side surface portion covering the first side surface,
a second side surface portion covering the second side surface,
a first protrusion protruding from the at least one portion further in the third direction with respect to the first side surface portion, and
a second protrusion protruding from the at least one portion further in the fourth direction with respect to the second side surface portion.

2 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the small-turn inductor wiring includes multiple layers in the first direction, and in the first cross-section, the small-turn inductor wiring positioned further in the first direction has shorter lengths of the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

3 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first cross-section, at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is slanted in the second direction.

4 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first cross-section, at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is slanted in the first direction.

5 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the small-turn inductor wiring includes multiple layers in the first direction, the coil is configured to have one or more turns by connecting in series the multiple layers of the small-turn inductor wiring, and in the first cross-section, all of first protrusions and second protrusions are positioned in either an inner magnetic path or an outer magnetic path of the coil.

6 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first cross-section, a length of the first protrusion is different from a length of the second protrusion.

7 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
n (n≥2) layers of the small-turn inductor wiring are in the first direction, and a material of the insulation layer covering a first layer of the small-turn inductor wiring is different from a material of the insulation layer covering an m-th (2≤m≤n) layer of the small-turn inductor wiring.

8 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain magnetic powder, and a contact surface of the second magnetic layer with the first magnetic layer includes a sectional plane of the magnetic powder, and a contact surface of the first magnetic layer with the second magnetic layer includes a surface of the magnetic powder.

9 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the insulation layer covers the small-turn inductor wiring, continuously extends in an extending direction of the small-turn inductor wiring, and has a first portion covering the small-turn inductor wiring and a second portion not covering the small-turn inductor wiring, in a second cross-section orthogonal to an extending direction of the second portion, the second portion includes
a main body portion at a position corresponding to the extending direction of the small-turn inductor wiring,
at least one portion of a top surface portion positioned further in the first direction with respect to the main body portion or a bottom surface portion positioned further in the second direction with respect to the main body portion,
a first protrusion protruding from the at least one portion further in a fifth direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the main body portion, and
a second protrusion protruding from the at least one portion further in a sixth direction opposite from the fifth direction with respect to the main body portion.

10 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the small-turn inductor wiring includes multiple layers in the first direction, and in the first cross-section, a protrusion with a different length is included in all of first protrusions and second protrusions.

11 . The inductor component according to claim 10 , wherein
the small-turn inductor wiring includes multiple layers in the first direction, and in the first cross-section, the small-turn inductor wiring positioned further in the first direction has shorter lengths of the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

12 . The inductor component according to claim 10 , wherein
in the first cross-section, at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is slanted in the second direction.

13 . The inductor component according to claim 10 , wherein
in the first cross-section, at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is slanted in the first direction.

14 . The inductor component according to claim 10 , wherein
the small-turn inductor wiring includes multiple layers in the first direction, the coil is configured to have one or more turns by connecting in series the multiple layers of the small-turn inductor wiring, and in the first cross-section, all of first protrusions and second protrusions are positioned in either an inner magnetic path or an outer magnetic path of the coil.

15 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , further comprising:
another inductor wiring at a position overlapping at least part of the small-turn inductor wiring when viewed in the first direction.

16 . The inductor component according to claim 15 , wherein
in the first direction, the first magnetic layer or the second magnetic layer at a same position as the small-turn inductor wiring overlaps a portion of the other inductor wiring when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.

17 . The inductor component according to claim 16 , wherein
the first magnetic layer or the second magnetic layer overlapping the portion of the other inductor wiring is the second magnetic layer positioned in the first direction of the other inductor wiring.

18 . The inductor component according to claim 16 , wherein
the first magnetic layer or the second magnetic layer overlapping the portion of the other inductor wiring is the first magnetic layer positioned in the second direction of the other inductor wiring.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Yoshioka Yoshimasa
• Tominaga Ryuichiro
• Hisada Yayoi

Classifications

• H01F2027/2809

  on stacked layers · CPC title

• H01F41/12

  Insulating of windings ({impregnating or encapsulating of transformers H01F41/005} ; of conductors in general H01B13/06) · CPC title

• H01F41/0206

  Manufacturing of magnetic cores by mechanical means (magnetic cores per se H01F27/24) · CPC title

• H01F27/2804

  Printed windings · CPC title

• H01F27/255

  made from particles (H01F27/26 takes precedence) · CPC title