Inductor component and manufacturing method thereof
An inductor component comprising a base body including first and second magnetic layers laminated in order along a first direction; and an inductor wire between the first and second magnetic layers and on a plane that is orthogonal to the first direction. The first magnetic layer is in a reverse direction to the first direction of the inductor wire, the second magnetic layer is in the first direction of the inductor wire and in a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and when a main surface of the second magnetic layer is viewed from a direction which is orthogonal to the main surface of the second magnetic layer in the first direction, the second magnetic layer includes a dark region corresponding to the inductor wire and a bright region whose brightness is higher than that of the dark region.
1 . An inductor component comprising:
a base body including a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer laminated in order along a first direction; and
an inductor wire disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer and on a plane orthogonal to the first direction,
the second magnetic layer includes flat-shaped magnetic powder particles and resin containing the flat-shaped magnetic powder particles,
the first magnetic layer is present in a reverse direction to a first direction of the inductor wire, the second magnetic layer is present in the first direction of the inductor wire and in a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction,
when a main surface of the second magnetic layer is viewed from a direction which is orthogonal to the main surface of the second magnetic layer in the first direction, the second magnetic layer includes a dark region corresponding to the inductor wire and a bright region that is a region other than the dark region and whose brightness is higher than that of the dark region, and the main surface of the second magnetic layer is flat.
2 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the second magnetic layer in the first direction between the main surface of the second magnetic layer and a top face of the inductor wire in the first direction is equal to or smaller than a three-fold amount of a height of the inductor wire in the first direction.
3 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein
the base body further comprises a covering film that covers the main surface of the second magnetic layer, and
the dark region and the bright region are indistinguishable from each other through the covering film.
4 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the base body further comprises a covering film that covers the main surface of the second magnetic layer, and
the dark region and the bright region are indistinguishable from each other through the covering film.
5 . The inductor component according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an external terminal disposed on the main surface of the second magnetic layer and electrically connected to the inductor wire,
wherein
the covering film is disposed on a portion of the main surface of the second magnetic layer to expose the external terminal, and
a main surface of the first magnetic layer in a reverse direction to the first direction is an outermost face of the base body.
6 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the first magnetic layer has a flat plate-like shape.
7 . The inductor component according to claim 6 , wherein
when the main surface of the first magnetic layer is seen from a direction that is orthogonal to the main surface of the first magnetic layer in the reverse direction to the first direction, the first magnetic layer includes a first region corresponding to the inductor wire, and a second region that is a region other than the first region and that is indistinguishable in brightness from the first region.
8 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cylindrical wire connected to the inductor wire, the cylindrical wire extending in the first direction to penetrate the second magnetic layer.
9 . The inductor component according to claim 8 , wherein
at least one of the inductor wire and the cylindrical wire is in contact with the magnetic powder particles.
10 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the inductor wire includes a side face that faces in a direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
the inductor component further comprises a side face insulating part that covers only a portion of the side face.
11 . The inductor component according to claim 10 , wherein
the inductor wire includes a bottom face that faces in a reverse direction to the first direction, and
the inductor component further comprises a bottom face insulating part in contact with the bottom face.
12 . The inductor component according to claim 11 , wherein
the inductor wire includes a top face that faces in the first direction,
the inductor component further comprises a circumferential face insulating part in contact with the side face and the top face,
a composition of the circumferential face insulating part differs from a composition of the side face insulating part and from a composition of the bottom face insulating part, and
a thickness of the side face insulating part is larger than a thickness of the circumferential face insulating part.
13 . The inductor component according to claim 10 , wherein
a height of the side face insulating part in the first direction is equal to or smaller than one half of a height of the inductor wire in the first direction.
14 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the inductor wire includes a side face that faces in a direction orthogonal to the first direction,
in a cross-section in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the inductor wire,
the second magnetic layer includes a side face nearby region that is present between the side face of the inductor wire and a position distant from the side face by a predetermined distance in the direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
an angle defined by a long axis of each of the flat-shaped magnetic powder particles contained in the side face nearby region with respect to the side face is equal to or smaller than 45°.
15 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the inductor wire includes a side face that faces in the direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
in a cross-section in the direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the inductor wire,
an angle defined at a point by the long axis of each of the flat-shaped magnetic powder particles contained in the second magnetic layer with respect to the side face becomes larger as the point becomes more distant from the side face of the inductor wire in the direction orthogonal to the first direction.
16 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
the first magnetic layer contains flat shaped magnetic powder particles,
the inductor wire includes a bottom face that faces in a reverse direction to the first direction, and
in a cross-section in the direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the inductor wire,
an angle defined by a long axis of each of the flat shaped magnetic powder particles contained in the first magnetic layer with respect to the bottom face is equal to or smaller than 45°.
17 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
in a cross-section that is at a center in an extending direction of the inductor wire and in the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the inductor wire,
denoting a maximum Ferret length of each of the magnetic powder particles as “LF” and denoting a thickness intersecting the maximum Ferret length of each of the magnetic powder particles at a right angle as “TF”, LF/TF is LF/TF≥10 and
D90 of the maximum Ferret length is equal to or smaller than 100 μm.
18 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
in each of the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, a void rate is from 1 vol % to 10 vol %.
19 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of inductor wires are disposed along the first direction, and
the dark region is a region corresponding to the inductor wire positioned on an outermost side in the first direction.