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Granted Patent B2
US 10,943,727 · App. 15/664,382 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Electronic component

Inventors: Yuta Shimoda (Nagaokakyo, JP); Mitsuru Yamauchi (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01F27/29H01F17/0013H01F27/2804H01F27/292H01F2017/0073H01F2027/2809
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Patent No.
US 10,943,727
App. No.
15/664,382
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic component includes an element body including two end surfaces opposite to each other and a bottom surface connected between the two end surfaces. A coil is provided in the element body and an external electrode is provided in the element body. In a first cross-section intersecting with the two end surfaces and the bottom surface of the element body, the external electrode has a first portion extending along a first surface that is one of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body. The coil is disposed such that an outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the first surface of the element body. A shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the first portion in a direction orthogonal to the first surface.

Claims (66)

1. An electronic component comprising:

an element body including two end surfaces opposite to each other and a bottom surface connected between the two end surfaces;

a coil provided in the element body; and

an external electrode provided in the element body and electrically connected to the coil,

wherein in a first cross-section intersecting with the two end surfaces and the bottom surface of the element body, the external electrode has a first portion extending along a first surface that is one of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body, wherein the first portion is embedded in the element body and exposed from the first surface, wherein the coil is disposed such that an outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the first surface of the element body, and wherein a shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the first portion in a direction orthogonal to the first surface, and

in the first cross-section of the element body,

a minimum width a1 of the first portion and a shortest distance b1 between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body satisfy b1<(⅔)×a1.

2. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

the external electrode has a second portion extending along a second surface that is the other of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body, wherein the second portion is embedded in the element body and exposed from the second surface, wherein

the coil is disposed such that the outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the second surface of the element body, and wherein

a shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the second surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the second portion in a direction orthogonal to the second surface.

3. The electronic component according to claim 2 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

a minimum width c1 of the second portion and an overlapping width d2 between the coil and the second portion satisfy (⅓)×c1≤d2.

4. The electronic component according to claim 2 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

a minimum width c1 of the second portion and a shortest distance d1 between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the second surface of the element body satisfy d1<(⅔)×c1.

5. The electronic component according to claim 2 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

an overlapping width d2 between the coil and the second portion satisfies d2≥3 μm.

6. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

a minimum width a1 of the first portion and an overlapping width b2 between the coil and the first portion satisfy (⅓)×a1≤b2.

7. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

an overlapping width b2 between the coil and the first portion satisfies b2≥3 μm.

8. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein an axis of the coil intersects with the first cross-section of the element body.

9. The electronic component according to claim 8 , wherein the element body is made up of a plurality of insulating layers laminated in a direction intersecting with the first cross-section of the element body, and wherein the coil includes a coil conductor layer wound on the insulating layers.

10. The electronic component according to claim 9 , wherein the coil has a configuration in which a plurality of the coil conductor layers electrically connected to each other in series and having the number of turns less than one is laminated.

11. The electronic component according to claim 9 , wherein

the external electrode is made up of two electrodes that are a first external electrode and a second external electrode respectively electrically connected to one end and the other end of the coil, and wherein

the first external electrode is exposed from one of the two end surfaces and the bottom surface while the second external electrode is exposed from the other of the two end surfaces and the bottom surface.

12. The electronic component according to claim 9 , wherein the external electrode has a configuration in which a plurality of external electrode conductor layers embedded in the element body is laminated, and wherein the external electrode conductor layers have portions extending along the end surface and the bottom surface.

13. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the element body has optical transparency.

14. An electronic component comprising:

an element body including two end surfaces opposite to each other and a bottom surface connected between the two end surfaces;

a coil provided in the element body; and

an external electrode provided in the element body and electrically connected to the coil,

wherein in a first cross-section intersecting with the two end surfaces and the bottom surface of the element body, the external electrode has a first portion extending along a first surface that is one of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body, wherein the first portion is embedded in the element body and exposed from the first surface, wherein the coil is disposed such that an outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the first surface of the element body, and wherein a shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the first portion in a direction orthogonal to the first surface, and

in the first cross-section of the element body,

a minimum width a1 of the first portion and an overlapping width b2 between the coil and the first portion satisfy (⅓)×a1≤b2.

15. The electronic component according to claim 14 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

the external electrode has a second portion extending along a second surface that is the other of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body, wherein the second portion is embedded in the element body and exposed from the second surface, wherein

the coil is disposed such that the outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the second surface of the element body, and wherein

a shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the second surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the second portion in a direction orthogonal to the second surface.

16. The electronic component according to claim 14 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

an overlapping width b2 between the coil and the first portion satisfies b2≥3 μm.

17. The electronic component according to claim 14 , wherein an axis of the coil intersects with the first cross-section of the element body.

18. The electronic component according to claim 14 , wherein the element body has optical transparency.

19. An electronic component comprising:

an element body including two end surfaces opposite to each other and a bottom surface connected between the two end surfaces;

a coil provided in the element body; and

an external electrode provided in the element body and electrically connected to the coil,

wherein in a first cross-section intersecting with the two end surfaces and the bottom surface of the element body, the external electrode has a first portion extending along a first surface that is one of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body, wherein the first portion is embedded in the element body and exposed from the first surface, wherein the coil is disposed such that an outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the first surface of the element body, and wherein a shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the first portion in a direction orthogonal to the first surface, and

in the first cross-section of the element body,

an overlapping width b2 between the coil and the first portion satisfies b2≥3 μm.

20. The electronic component according to claim 19 , wherein

in the first cross-section of the element body,

the external electrode has a second portion extending along a second surface that is the other of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body, wherein the second portion is embedded in the element body and exposed from the second surface, wherein

the coil is disposed such that the outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the second surface of the element body, and wherein

a shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the second surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the second portion in a direction orthogonal to the second surface.

21. The electronic component according to claim 19 , wherein an axis of the coil intersects with the first cross-section of the element body.

22. The electronic component according to claim 19 , wherein the element body has optical transparency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2017
From: SHIMODA, YUTA; YAMAUCHI, MITSURU
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043145/0221 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-175582 · Sep 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180068780A1 · Mar 8, 2018
Cited By (1)
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