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Granted Patent B2
US 12,658,358 · App. 17/929,896 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inductor component

Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi (Nagaokakyo, JP); Kenichi Tani (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01F27/292H01F5/003
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Patent No.
US 12,658,358
App. No.
17/929,896
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inductor component includes a rectangular parallelepiped shaped element body and an inductor wiring extending inside the element body. The body has a first electrode exposed to outside the body in a region from a bottom surface to a first end surface. The inductor wiring includes a first wiring portion extending parallel to a first main surface from a first end and a via extending perpendicular to the first main surface from the first wiring portion. In a direction perpendicular to the first main surface, a first wiring layer is a layer having the first wiring portion and a first via layer is a layer having the via. A first wiring layer height, which is the maximum height of the first electrode in the first wiring layer, is larger than a first via layer height, which is the maximum height of the first electrode in the first via layer.

Claims (72)

1 . An inductor component comprising:

a rectangular parallelepiped shaped element body having six outer surfaces; and

an inductor wiring that extends inside the element body,

wherein

the element body has a first electrode connected to a first end of the inductor wiring and a second electrode connected to a second end of the inductor wiring,

when, among the six outer surfaces of the element body, a first surface is a main surface, a second surface that is perpendicular to the main surface is a first end surface, a third surface that is parallel to the first end surface is a second end surface, and a fourth surface that is perpendicular to both the main surface and the first end surface is a bottom surface,

the first electrode is exposed on the element body in a region from the first end surface to the bottom surface,

the second electrode is exposed on the element body in a region from the second end surface to the bottom surface, and

the inductor wiring includes:

a first wiring portion extending in a direction parallel to the main surface from the first end of the inductor wiring,

a via extending in a direction perpendicular to the main surface from the first wiring portion, the via having a first end and a second end, the first end of the via directly contacting the first wiring portion, and

an intermediate wiring portion directly contacting the second end of the via and extending outward from the second end of the via in the direction parallel to the main surface, and

when, in the direction perpendicular to the main surface, a layer in which the first wiring portion exists is a first wiring layer, a layer in which the via exists is a via layer, a layer in which the intermediate wiring portion exists is an intermediate wiring layer, and a dimension in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface is a height dimension,

a maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the first wiring layer is larger than a maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the via layer and a maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the intermediate wiring layer.

2 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

a value obtained by dividing the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the first wiring layer by the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the via layer is from 1.05 to 1.95.

3 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein

in a direction perpendicular to the main surface, an end of the first electrode on a main surface side is located closer to the main surface than the first wiring layer is located.

4 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein

when an axis that is perpendicular to the bottom surface and passes through a center of the first electrode in a direction perpendicular to the main surface is a symmetry axis and a layer that is located symmetrical to the first wiring layer across the symmetry axis is a symmetrical layer,

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the symmetrical layer is larger than the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the via layer.

5 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in a portion of the first electrode other than the first wiring layer is smaller than the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the first wiring layer.

6 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the via layer is smaller than a distance from the bottom surface to the via in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface.

7 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein

when the via is a first via and the via layer is a first via layer,

the inductor wiring includes a second wiring portion extending parallel to the main surface from the second end of the inductor wiring and a second via extending perpendicular to the main surface from the second wiring portion, and

when, in the direction perpendicular to the main surface, a layer where the second wiring portion exists is a second wiring layer and a layer where the second via exists is a second via layer,

a maximum height dimension of the second electrode in the second wiring layer is larger than a maximum height dimension of the second electrode in the second via layer.

8 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein

when the via is a first via first wiring layer, and the via layer is a first via layer,

the inductor wiring includes a second wiring portion extending parallel to the main surface from the second end of the inductor wiring and a second via extending perpendicular to the main surface from the second wiring portion, and

when, in the direction perpendicular to the main surface, a layer where the second wiring portion exists is a second wiring layer and a layer where the second via exists is a second via layer,

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the second wiring layer is larger than the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the first via layer.

9 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein

when an axis that is perpendicular to the bottom surface and passes through a center of the element body when viewing at the element body in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface is a rotational center axis,

the first electrode and the second electrode have two-fold symmetrical shapes around the rotational center axis.

10 . The inductor component according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a first coating electrode that covers the first electrode and is located outward from the outer surfaces of the element body; and

a second coating electrode that covers the second electrode and is located outward from the outer surfaces of the element body,

wherein a maximum height dimension of the first coating electrode at a position corresponding to the first wiring layer is larger than a maximum height dimension of the first coating electrode at a position corresponding to the via layer.

11 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

in a direction perpendicular to the main surface, an end of the first electrode on a main surface side is located closer to the main surface than the first wiring layer is located.

12 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

when an axis that is perpendicular to the bottom surface and passes through a center of the first electrode in a direction perpendicular to the main surface is a symmetry axis and a layer that is located symmetrical to the first wiring layer across the symmetry axis is a symmetrical layer,

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the symmetrical layer is larger than the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the via layer.

13 . The inductor component according to claim 12 , wherein

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the symmetrical layer is equal to the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the first wiring layer.

14 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in a portion of the first electrode other than the first wiring layer is smaller than the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the first wiring layer.

15 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the via layer is smaller than a distance from the bottom surface to the via in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface.

16 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

when the via is a first via, and the via layer is a first via layer,

the inductor wiring includes a second wiring portion extending parallel to the main surface from the second end of the inductor wiring and a second via extending perpendicular to the main surface from the second wiring portion, and

when, in the direction perpendicular to the main surface, a layer where the second wiring portion exists is a second wiring layer and a layer where the second via exists is a second via layer,

a maximum height dimension of the second electrode in the second wiring layer is larger than a maximum height dimension of the second electrode in the second via layer.

17 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

when the via is a first via and the via layer is a first via layer,

the inductor wiring includes a second wiring portion extending parallel to the main surface from the second end of the inductor wiring and a second via extending perpendicular to the main surface from the second wiring portion, and

when, in the direction perpendicular to the main surface, a layer where the second wiring portion exists is a second wiring layer and a layer where the second via exists is a second via layer,

the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the second wiring layer is larger than the maximum height dimension of the first electrode in the first via layer.

18 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

when an axis that is perpendicular to the bottom surface and passes through a center of the element body when viewing at the element body in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface is a rotational center axis,

the first electrode and the second electrode have two-fold symmetrical shapes around the rotational center axis.

19 . The inductor component according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first coating electrode that covers the first electrode and is located outward from the outer surfaces of the element body; and

a second coating electrode that covers the second electrode and is located outward from the outer surfaces of the element body,

wherein a maximum height dimension of the first coating electrode at a position corresponding to the first wiring layer is larger than a maximum height dimension of the first coating electrode at a position corresponding to the via layer.

20 . The inductor component according to claim 19 , wherein

the maximum height dimension of the first coating electrode is smaller than the maximum height dimension of the first end surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2022
From: TAKAHASHI, DAISUKE; TANI, KENICHI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060998/0561 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-147027 · Sep 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230074711A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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