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US 12,488,934 · App. 17/174,997 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Mark-including inductor and mark-including laminated sheet

Inventors: Keisuke Okumura (Osaka, JP); Yoshihiro Furukawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
H01F27/2866H01F17/0013H01F2017/0066
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Patent No.
US 12,488,934
App. No.
17/174,997
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mark-including inductor includes a sheet-shaped inductor including a plurality of wirings and a magnetic layer embedding the plurality of wirings, and a mark disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the inductor and/or formed in the magnetic layer.

Claims (50)

1 . A sheet-shaped inductor extending in a plane direction perpendicular to a thickness direction, and including an adjacent direction in which a plurality of wirings are adjacent to each other, and an extending direction in which the plurality of wirings extend, the extending direction being perpendicular to the adjacent direction,

the sheet-shaped inductor comprising:

the plurality of wirings extending in the extending direction, and including a first wiring and a second wiring that is adjacent to the first wiring in the adjacent direction and parallel with the first wiring in the extending direction;

a magnetic layer embedding the first wiring and the second wiring;

a mark disposed on a one-side surface of the sheet-shaped inductor in the thickness direction; and

a via being a through hole penetrating in the thickness direction from the one-side surface of the sheet-shaped inductor to a one-side surface of the first wiring and/or a one-side surface of the second wiring,

wherein the via and the mark are adjacent to each other in the adjacent direction.

2 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a mark layer in which the mark is disposed.

3 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 2 , wherein

a material for the mark layer is a resin composition.

4 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 3 , wherein

the resin composition includes an epoxy resin or an acrylic resin.

5 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 4 , wherein

the resin composition further includes an inorganic compound.

6 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 5 , wherein

the inorganic compound is an inorganic filler.

7 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 6 , wherein

the inorganic filler is silica or alumina.

8 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 4 , wherein

the resin composition further includes a curing agent.

9 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 2 , wherein

the mark is disposed on a one-side surface of the mark layer in the thickness direction.

10 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 2 , wherein

the mark includes a recessed portion that proceeds from the one-side surface of the mark layer toward an other side to a middle in the thickness direction.

11 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 2 , wherein

the mark includes a through hole penetrating the mark layer in the thickness direction.

12 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnetic layer contains magnetic particles.

13 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 1 , wherein

in the adjacent direction, an interval between the first wiring and the second wiring is 10 μm to 5000 μm.

14 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the via includes a plurality of first vias, each of which is a through hole penetrating from the one-side surface of the sheet-shaped inductor to the first wiring, and a plurality of second vias, each of which is a through hole penetrating from the one-side surface of the sheet-shaped inductor to the second wiring,

wherein the first via and the second via are adjacent to each other in the adjacent direction,

wherein the plurality of first vias are disposed while being spaced apart from each other in the extending direction, and

wherein the plurality of second vias are disposed while being spaced apart from each other in the extending direction.

15 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 1 , wherein

when viewed in the thickness direction, the mark has a generally circular shape including an elliptical shape.

16 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 1 ,

wherein when projected in the thickness direction, the mark is spaced away from the wiring in the adjacent direction, and

wherein when projected in the thickness direction, a lower limit of a shortest distance L between the mark and the wiring in the adjacent direction is 10 μm.

17 . The sheet-shaped inductor according to claim 1 , wherein

the first wiring and/or the second wiring are/is electrically connected to an electronic device or an electronic component through the via.

18 . A method of producing a sheet-shaped inductor extending in a plane direction perpendicular to a thickness direction, and including an adjacent direction in which a plurality of wirings are adjacent to each other, and an extending direction in which the plurality of wirings extend, the extending direction being perpendicular to the adjacent direction,

the method comprising:

a step of preparing an inductor including:

the plurality of wirings extending in the extending direction and including a first wiring and a second wiring that is adjacent to the first wiring in the adjacent direction and parallel with the first wiring in the extending direction, and a magnetic layer embedding the first wiring and the second wiring;

a step of disposing a mark formable layer on a one-side surface of the inductor in the thickness direction;

a step of forming a mark on a one-side surface of the mark formable layer to form a mark layer; and

a step of forming a via in a position in which the via and the mark are adjacent to each other in the adjacent direction, the via being a through hole penetrating in the thickness direction from a one-side surface of the mark layer to the first wiring and/or the second wiring.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2021
From: OKUMURA, KEISUKE; FURUKAWA, YOSHIHIRO
To: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055479/0644 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-024307 · Feb 17, 2020 · national
JP 2021-001687 · Jan 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210257149A1 · Aug 19, 2021
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