Coil component

US9691539B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9691539-B2
Application numberUS-201615175368-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 7, 2016
Priority dateJun 30, 2015
Publication dateJun 27, 2017
Grant dateJun 27, 2017

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Abstract

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A coil conductor has a central axis extending in parallel with a mounting surface. The coil conductor disposed inside a component body extends substantially helically by alternately connecting a plurality of circulating conductive layers and a plurality of via hole conductors. The circulating conductive layers each extend so as to form a part of a substantially quadrangular track having a relatively short side and a relatively long side along an interface between the insulating layers. The via hole conductors each penetrate the insulating layer in a thickness direction. The line width of a short side portion of the circulating conductive layer is wider than that of a long side portion of the circulating conductive layer.

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What is claimed is: 1. A coil component comprising: a component body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape having first and second main faces opposite each other, and first and second side faces opposite each other and first and second end faces opposite each other, each pair of which couples the first and second main faces, respectively, the side faces each having a rectangular shape having long sides and short sides, the component body having a multilayer structure in which a plurality of insulating layers are laminated in a direction orthogonal to the side faces; a coil conductor disposed inside the component body, the coil conductor including a plurality of circulating conductive layers each extending so as to form a part of an annular track along an interface between the insulating layers and a plurality of via hole conductors each penetrating the insulating layer in a thickness direction, the coil conductor extending helically by alternately connecting the circulating conductive layers and the via hole conductors; and first and second external terminal electrodes formed in an outer surface of the component body, the first and second external terminal electrodes being electrically connected to one and the other ends of the coil conductor, respectively, wherein the coil component is mounted such that the second main face faces a mounting surface of a circuit board, in such a posture that a central axis of the coil conductor extends in parallel with the mounting surface, the circulating conductive layer includes a long side portion extending in a direction of the long sides of the side faces and a short side portion extending in a direction of the short sides of the side faces, and a line width of the short side portion of the circulating conductive layer is wider than that of the long side portion of the circulating conductive layer. 2. The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the track formed by the circulating conductive layers has a substantially quadrangular shape having a relatively short side and a relatively long side, the long side portion of the circulating conductive layer forms the long side of the track, and the short side portion of the circulating conductive layer forms the short side of the track. 3. The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the circulating conductive layer is formed with a relatively wide via pad at a connection portion with the via hole conductor, and when viewed through in a direction of the central axis of the coil conductor, every via pad is situated so as to overlap the short side portion of the circulating conductive layer. 4. The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second external terminal electrodes are formed not in the first main face, but at least in areas of the second main face on the side of the first end face and on the side of the second end face, respectively. 5. The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein TL/2 holds true, wherein L represents a dimension of the long sides of the side faces, and T represents the dimension of the short sides of the side faces. 6. The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein T<L/2 holds true, wherein L represents the dimension of the long sides of the side faces, and T represents a dimension of the short sides of the side faces. 7. The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the line width of the short side portion of the circulating conductive layer is 1.3 times or more and 2.7 times or less wider than a line width of the long side portion of the circulating conductive layer.

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Classifications

  • H01F27/292Primary

    Surface mounted devices · CPC title

  • Printed circuit coils (apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits in general H05K3/00) · CPC title

  • Printed windings · CPC title

  • on stacked layers · CPC title

  • Coils (superconducting coils H01F6/06; fixed inductances of the signal type H01F17/00) · CPC title

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What does patent US9691539B2 cover?
A coil conductor has a central axis extending in parallel with a mounting surface. The coil conductor disposed inside a component body extends substantially helically by alternately connecting a plurality of circulating conductive layers and a plurality of via hole conductors. The circulating conductive layers each extend so as to form a part of a substantially quadrangular track having a relat…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Murata Manufacturing Co
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01F27/292. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 27 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 2 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).