Coil component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9349522-B2
Application number	US-201514831761-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2015
Priority date	Jul 4, 2012
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A coil component includes a substrate, a planar spiral conductor formed on a top surface of the substrate, a lead conductor connected to an outer peripheral end of the planar spiral conductor, a dummy lead conductor formed on the top surface of the substrate between an outermost turn of the planar spiral conductor and an end of the substrate and free from an electrical connection with another conductor within the same plane, external electrodes and arranged in parallel with the top surface of the substrate, and a bump electrode formed on a surface of the lead conductor and connects the lead conductor with the external electrode. The external terminals have a larger area than the bump electrodes for securing a bonding strength.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coil component comprising:
a substrate;
first and second spiral conductors that are formed on one and the other of main surfaces of the substrate, respectively;
a first terminal electrode that is formed on the one main surface and connected to an outer peripheral end of the first spiral conductor;
a second terminal electrode that is formed on the other main surface and connected to an outer peripheral end of the second spiral conductor;
a first through-hole conductor that penetrates the substrate to connect inner peripheral ends of the first and second spiral conductors each other;
a first dummy terminal electrode that is formed on the one main surface and vertically overlapped with the second terminal electrode;
a second dummy terminal electrode that is formed on the other main surface and vertically overlapped with the first terminal electrode;
a second through-hole conductor that penetrates the substrate to connect the first dummy terminal electrode with the second terminal electrode;
a first metal magnetic powder-containing resin layer that is formed on the one main surface and covers the first spiral conductor, the first terminal electrode, and the first dummy terminal electrode;
a second metal magnetic powder-containing resin layer that is formed on the other main surface and covers the second spiral conductor, the second terminal electrode, and the second dummy terminal electrode;
a first lead electrode that penetrates the first metal magnetic powder-containing resin layer and is connected to a top surface of the first terminal electrode; and
a second lead electrode that penetrates the first metal magnetic powder-containing resin layer and is connected to a top surface of the first dummy terminal electrode, wherein
outer side surfaces of the first and second terminal electrodes, the first and second dummy terminal electrodes, and the first and second lead electrodes are each exposed without being covered with the first and second metal magnetic powder-containing resin layers, and
side surfaces of the substrate lying on the same planes as the outer side surfaces of the first and second terminal electrodes are exposed without being covered with the first and second metal magnetic powder-containing resin layers.

2. The coil component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the substrate includes first and second side surfaces that are parallel to each other, and third and fourth side surfaces that are orthogonal to the first and second side surfaces,
the first side surface of the substrate forms the same plane as the outer side surface of the first terminal electrode and the outer side surface of the second dummy terminal electrode, and
the second side surface of the substrate forms the same plane as the outer side surface of the second terminal electrode and the outer side surface of the first dummy terminal electrode.

3. The coil component as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a through-hole magnetic body that penetrates a corner portion of the substrate to connect the first metal magnetic powder-containing resin layer with the second metal magnetic powder-containing resin layer, wherein
the first and second sides of the substrate are arranged in areas excluding the forming area of the through-hole conductor.

4. The coil component as claimed in claim 1 further comprising first and second external electrodes that are formed on a main surface of the first metal magnetic powder-containing resin layer and connected to the first and second lead electrodes, respectively, wherein
the first external electrode constitutes a first L-shaped electrode with the first lead electrode, the first terminal electrode, and the first dummy terminal electrode, and
the second external electrode constitutes a second L-shaped electrode with the second lead electrode, the second terminal electrode, and the second dummy terminal electrode.

Assignees

• Tdk Corp

Inventors

• Ohkubo Hitoshi
• Ito Tomokazu
• Itoh Hideto
• Maeda Yoshihiro
• Ohta Manabu
• Kaname Yuuya
• Kawahara Takahiro
• Nakagawa Takashi

Classifications

• H01F27/29

  Terminals; Tapping arrangements {for signal inductances} · CPC title

• H01F2027/2809

  on stacked layers · CPC title

• H01F2017/0073

  with a special conductive pattern, e.g. flat spiral · CPC title

• H01F27/292

  Surface mounted devices · CPC title

• H01F27/255

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