IP Library Granted Patent US 12665124
Granted Patent B2
US 12665124 · App. 18/090,240 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Coil component

Inventors: Yusuke Nagai (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Ebina (Tokyo, JP); Kunihiko Kawasaki (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Kondo (Tokyo, JP); Yuya Ishima (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Sato (Tokyo, JP); Kosuke Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
H01F27/292H01F1/24H01F17/0013
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Patent No.
US 12665124
App. No.
18/090,240
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coil component includes: an element body; a coil including a plurality of coil conductors disposed in the element body and electrically connected to each other; an external electrode disposed on the element body; and a connection conductor that connects the coil and the external electrode. The connection conductor has an end portion exposed from an outer surface of the element body and connected to the external electrode. The end portion has a shape extending outward over an entire circumference.

Claims (34)

1 . A coil component comprising:

an element body;

a coil including a plurality of coil conductors disposed in the element body, and electrically connected to each other, and laminated such that at least parts of the coil conductors overlap each other when viewed from a lamination direction;

an external electrode disposed on the element body; and

a connection conductor that connects the coil and the external electrode,

wherein the connection conductor has an end portion exposed from an outer surface of the element body and connected to the external electrode,

the end portion has a shape protruding outward with respect to other parts of the connection conductor over an entire circumference of the end portion, and

the external electrode and the connection conductor are made of different materials from each other.

2 . A coil component comprising:

an element body;

a coil including a plurality of coil conductors disposed in the element body, and electrically connected to each other, and laminated such that at least parts of the coil conductors overlap each other when viewed from a lamination direction;

an external electrode disposed on the element body; and

a connection conductor that connects the coil and the external electrode,

wherein the connection conductor has an end portion exposed from an outer surface of the element body and connected to the external electrode,

an entire region of the end portion has a shape in which a cross-sectional area of the end portion uniformly and monotonically increases toward the external electrode, and

the external electrode and the connection conductor are made of different materials from each other.

3 . The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the element body includes a plurality of element body layers laminated in a first direction, and

each of the plurality of element body layers includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles.

4 . A coil component comprising:

an element body;

a coil including a plurality of coil conductors disposed in the element body, and electrically connected to each other, and laminated such that at least parts of the coil conductors overlap each other when viewed from a lamination direction;

an external electrode disposed on the element body; and

a connection conductor that connects the coil and the external electrode,

wherein the element body includes a plurality of element body layers laminated in a first direction,

each of the plurality of element body layers includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles,

the connection conductor has an end portion exposed from an outer surface of the element body and connected to the external electrode, the end portion having a shape protruding outward with respect to other parts of the connection conductor over an entire circumference of the end portion,

a length of the end portion in the first direction is longer than a length of each of the plurality of coil conductors in the first direction, and

two or more soft magnetic metal particles are disposed along the first direction between a coil conductor of the plurality of coil conductors and the connection conductor that are adjacent to each other in the first direction.

5 . The coil component according to claim 3 , wherein a line width of the end portion is greater than a line width of each of the plurality of coil conductors when viewed from the first direction.

6 . The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the external electrode is a conductive resin layer.

7 . The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the end portion in a length direction of the connection conductor is half or less of a separation distance between the plurality of coil conductors and the external electrode.

8 . The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the end portion is curved so as to taper inward in a cross section orthogonal to the outer surface on which the end portion is exposed.

9 . The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein a separation distance between the plurality of coil conductors and the external electrode is longer than a separation distance between adjacent coil conductors of the plurality of coil conductors.

10 . The coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the connection conductor is a plated conductor.