Multilayer coil component
A multilayer coil component includes an element assembly that has a first surface and second surfaces and extending in a direction orthogonal to the first surface, and terminal electrodes that has first electrode parts extending in a direction orthogonal to the first surface along the second surfaces. At least a portion of the first electrode parts of the terminal electrodes is disposed inside the element assembly. The element assembly is present between imaginary lines extending in a direction parallel to the first surface toward the second surfaces from a position farthest from the first surface in a direction orthogonal to the first surface in the first electrode parts positioned inside the element assembly and the first surface.
1. A multilayer coil component comprising:
an element assembly that has a first surface and a second surface extending in a direction orthogonal to the first surface;
a coil that is disposed inside the element assembly; and
a terminal electrode that has a first electrode part extending in the direction orthogonal to the first surface along the second surface,
wherein at least a portion of the first electrode part of the terminal electrode is disposed inside the element assembly,
the element assembly is present between an imaginary line extending in a direction parallel to the first surface toward the second surface from a position farthest from the first surface in the direction orthogonal to the first surface in the first electrode part positioned inside the element assembly, and the first surface,
the terminal electrode is formed by stacking a plurality of electrode layers in a stacking direction,
a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, which is another one of the plurality of electrode layers next and adjacent to the first electrode layer in the stacking direction, have an identical shape,
the first electrode layer has a first protrusion that is inside the element assembly, is distanced from the second surface and protrudes from the first electrode layer in the direction orthogonal to the first surface along the second surface away from the first surface, the first protrusion having a first curved tip distal from the first surface,
the second electrode layer next and adjacent to the first electrode layer has a second protrusion that is inside the element assembly, is distanced from the second surface and protrudes from the second electrode layer in the direction orthogonal to the first surface along the second surface away from the first surface, the second protrusion having a second curved tip distal from the first surface,
the second protrusion is next and adjacent to the first protrusion in the stacking direction,
the first protrusion and the second protrusion have an identical shape,
the element assembly is present between a first imaginary line extending in a direction parallel to the first surface toward the second surface from a position farthest from the first surface in the direction orthogonal to the first surface in the first protrusion, and the first surface, and
the element assembly is present between a second imaginary line extending in a direction parallel to the first surface toward the second surface from a position farthest from the first surface in the direction orthogonal to the first surface in the second protrusion, and the first surface.
2. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the terminal electrode has a second electrode part extending in a direction orthogonal to the second surface along the first surface.
3. The multilayer coil component according to claim 2 ,
wherein at least a portion of the second electrode part of the terminal electrode is disposed inside the element assembly, and
wherein the element assembly is present between an imaginary line extending in a direction parallel to the second surface toward the first surface from a position farthest from the second surface in a direction orthogonal to the second surface in the second electrode part positioned inside the element assembly, and the second surface.
4. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first surface of the element assembly is a mounting surface.
5. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first surface of the element assembly is a mounting surface, and
wherein the terminal electrode has a second electrode part extending in a direction orthogonal to the second surface along the first surface and being disposed on the first surface.
6. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the coil is electrically connected to the first electrode part only by direct connection with the first electrode layer.
7. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the position farthest from the first surface in the direction orthogonal to the first surface in the first protrusion and the position farthest from the first surface in the direction orthogonal to the first surface in the second protrusion have a same distance from the first surface in the direction orthogonal to the first surface.
8. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 , wherein the coil is connected to the first electrode part only at the first electrode layer of the plurality of electrode layers.