Electronic component
In a coil of an electronic component, at least one first conductor layer includes a first end portion and a second end portion located opposite each other. Each of a plurality of connection conductors is connected to the at least one first conductor layer, and extends in the stacking direction. The plurality of connection conductors include a first connection conductor and a second connection conductor. The first connection conductor and the second connection conductor are connected to the same first end portion. The first connection conductor and the first conductor layer are connected to each other at a first connection portion. The second connection conductor and the first conductor layer are connected to each other at a second connection portion. In the first conductor layer, the first connection portion and the second connection portion are arranged in a direction inclined to an extending direction of the first conductor layer.
1 . An electronic component comprising:
an element body including a plurality of insulator layers that are stacked; and
a coil disposed inside the element body, and forming a coil axis along a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plurality of insulator layers,
wherein the coil extends in a direction that intersects the coil axis and that is along the insulator layers, and includes at least one first conductor layer including a first end portion and a second end portion located opposite each other, and a plurality of connection conductors each being connected to the at least one first conductor layer and extending in the stacking direction,
the plurality of connection conductors include a first connection conductor and a second connection conductor connected to the same first end portion,
in the first conductor layer, a first connection portion at which the first connection conductor and the first conductor layer are connected to each other and a second connection portion at which the second connection conductor and the first conductor layer are connected to each other are arranged in a direction inclined to an extending direction of the first conductor layer,
the plurality of connection conductors further include a third connection conductor and a fourth connection conductor connected to the same second end portion of the first conductor layer connected to the first connection conductor and to the second connection conductor, and
in the first conductor layer, a third connection portion at which the third connection conductor and the first conductor layer are connected to each other and a fourth connection portion at which the fourth connection conductor and the first conductor layer are connected to each other are arranged in a direction inclined to the extending direction of the first conductor layer.
2 . The electronic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the coil further includes at least one second conductor layer that is disposed at a position different from a position of the at least one first conductor layer in the stacking direction, extends in a direction that is inclined to the extending direction of the at least one first conductor layer and that is along the insulator layers, and includes a third end portion and a fourth end portion located opposite each other, and
the first end portion and the third end portion are connected to each other by each of the first connection conductor and the second connection conductor.
3 . The electronic component according to claim 2 ,
wherein an arrangement direction of the first connection portion and the second connection portion and an extending direction of the second conductor layer intersect each other.
4 . The electronic component according to claim 2 ,
wherein in a direction along the coil axis, the first connection portion is closer to the fourth end portion than the second connection portion, and
in the extending direction of the first conductor layer, the first connection portion is further apart from the second end portion than the second connection portion.
5 . The electronic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the first conductor layer, an angle formed by an arrangement direction of the first connection portion and the second connection portion and the extending direction of the first conductor layer is 80 degrees or less.
6 . The electronic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein an arrangement direction of the first connection portion and the second connection portion and an arrangement direction of the third connection portion and the fourth connection portion intersect each other, and
a position at which the arrangement direction of the first connection portion and the second connection portion and the arrangement direction of the third connection portion and the fourth connection portion intersect each other is located between the first connection portion and the third connection portion when viewed in a direction along the coil axis.
7 . The electronic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third connection portion and the fourth connection portion are arranged in a direction along an arrangement direction of the first connection portion and the second connection portion.
8 . The electronic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one first conductor layer includes a pair of the first conductor layers electrically connected to each other through the plurality of connection conductors and through the at least one second conductor layer,
the pair of first conductor layers extend in directions along each other when viewed in the stacking direction,
the first connection conductor and the second connection conductor are connected to the first end portion of each of the pair of first conductor layers, and
the third connection conductor and the fourth connection conductor are connected to at least one second end portion of the pair of first conductor layers.
9 . The electronic component according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first connection portion and the second connection portion in one of the pair of first conductor layers are arranged in a direction along an arrangement direction of the first connection portion and the second connection portion in the other of the pair of first conductor layers.
10 . The electronic component according to claim 9 ,
wherein the third connection conductor and the fourth connection conductor are connected to the second end portion of each of the pair of first conductor layers,
an arrangement direction of the first connection portion and the second connection portion in the one of the pair of first conductor layers and an arrangement direction of the third connection portion and the fourth connection portion in the one of the pair of first conductor layers intersect each other, and
the third connection portion and the fourth connection portion in the one of the pair of first conductor layers are arranged in a direction along an arrangement direction of the third connection portion and the fourth connection portion in the other of the pair of first conductor layers.