Antenna coil and manufacturing method thereof

1. An antenna coil comprising:

a first coil having an X-axis coil wound on an X axis of a first core and a Z-axis coil wound on a Z axis of the first core, the thickness direction of the first core being determined to be the Z-axis, an axis orthogonal to the Z axis being determined to be the X axis;

a second coil having a Y-axis coil wound around a second core, the second core having flanges at both ends;

four external terminals each connected to a corresponding end of the X-axis coil or the Z-axis coil and additionally provided on the first core; and

two external terminals each connected to a corresponding end of the Y-axis coil and additionally provided on the second core,

wherein the first coil and the second coil are arranged to be close to each other so that winding axis directions of the X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil, and the Z-axis coil are orthogonal to each other,

wherein the first coil and the second coil are integrally molded using an exterior resin, leaving part of each of the external terminals to be connected to an external circuit.

2. The antenna coil according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the external terminals of the first coil comprises a connecting section connected to the corresponding end of the X-axis coil or the Z-axis coil,

wherein a base is resin-molded to one end of the external terminal and a portion except for the connecting section, the base being bonded and fixed to one surface of the first core,

wherein each of the external terminals of the second coil comprises a connecting section connected to the corresponding end of the Y-axis coil, each of the flanges of the second core being bonded and fixed to the end of the corresponding external terminal of the second coil.

3. The antenna coil according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first core is made of ferrite and is flat,

wherein the plane of the first core has any one of a circular shape, a square shape, or a polygonal shape.

4. The antenna coil according to claim 1 ,

wherein an end of a non-molded portion of the external terminal is formed along an outer shape of the exterior resin.

5. The antenna coil according to claim 1 ,

wherein the distance between the core outer circumference of the first coil and the core outer circumference of the second coil is 0.5 mm or more.

6. An antenna coil manufacturing method comprising:

manufacturing a first coil including:

stamping external terminals having connecting sections with respect to a continuous frame;

forming a base with respect to part of opposite ends of the external terminals by resin molding;

bonding and fixing a bottom surface of a first core to the base;

after the bonding and fixing, cutting an end of each of the external terminals from the frame;

determining the thickness direction of the first core to be a Z axis, determining an axis orthogonal to the Z axis to be an X axis, performing winding on the X axis of the first core to form an X-axis coil, and performing winding on the Z axis of the first core to form a Z-axis coil; and

tying each of ends of the X-axis coil and the Z-axis coil to the corresponding connecting section for electrical connection;

manufacturing a second coil including:

stamping external terminals having connecting sections with respect to a continuous frame;

bonding and fixing two opposite ends of the external terminals to bottom surfaces of flanges at both ends of a second core;

after the bonding and fixing, cutting an end of each of the external terminals from the frame;

performing winding around the second core to form a Y-axis coil; and

tying each of ends of the Y-axis coil to the corresponding connecting section for electrical connection;

arranging the first coil and the second coil to be close to each other so that winding axis directions of the X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil, and the Z-axis coil are orthogonal to each other; and

insert molding an exterior resin around the first coil and the second coil so as to integrate the first coil and the second coil.

7. The antenna coil manufacturing method according to claim 6 , further comprising, after the insert molding, forming the end of the non-molded portion of the external terminal along the shape of the exterior resin.