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Granted Patent B2
US 9,966,176 · App. 14/877,426 · Granted May 8, 2018

Electronic component

Inventor: Kenji Nishiyama (Kyoto-fu, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01F17/0013H01F17/04H01F27/292H01F27/306
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Patent No.
US 9,966,176
App. No.
14/877,426
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic component includes a body; a coil including a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a via conductor; and an internal magnetic circuit provided on an inner peripheral side of the coil. The first coil conductor is formed of a plurality of straight portions and a plurality of arc-shaped portions and is substantially spiral shaped. A portion of the first coil conductor located furthermost toward the inner peripheral side is an arc-shaped first connection portion. The second coil conductor is formed of a plurality of straight portions and a plurality of arc-shaped portions and is substantially spiral shaped. A portion of the second coil conductor located furthermost toward the inner peripheral side is an arc-shaped second connection portion. An end of the via conductor is connected to the first connection portion and another end of the via conductor is connected to the second connection portion.

Claims (14)

1. An electronic component comprising:

a body composed of an insulator;

a coil including a first coil conductor provided on a first plane located inside the body, a second coil conductor provided on a second plane parallel to the first plane inside the body so as to be superposed with the first coil conductor when seen from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the first plane, and a via conductor connecting the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor to each other; and

an internal magnetic circuit provided on an inner peripheral side of the coil; wherein

the first coil conductor is substantially spiral shaped as a whole and includes a first portion, which is located furthermost toward the inner peripheral side of the first coil conductor and is substantially arc-shaped, a second portion, which has one end connected to the first portion and is substantially shaped like a straight line, a third portion, which is connected to another end of the second portion and draws a substantially semicircular arc having a larger radius than an arc drawn by the first portion, and a fourth portion, which has one end connected to the third portion, has the same length as the second portion and is substantially shaped like a straight line, and

the second coil conductor is substantially spiral shaped as a whole and includes a fifth portion, which is located furthermost toward the inner peripheral side of the second coil conductor and is substantially arc-shaped, a sixth portion, which has one end connected to the fifth portion and is substantially shaped like a straight line, a seventh portion, which is connected to another end of the sixth portion and draws a substantially semicircular arc having a larger radius than an arc drawn by the fifth portion, and an eighth portion, which has one end connected to the seventh portion, has the same length as the sixth portion and is substantially shaped like a straight line,

one end of the via conductor is connected to the first portion,

another end of the via conductor is connected to the fifth portion,

the internal magnetic circuit has a portion recessed toward an inside of the internal magnetic circuit and having an arc shape when seen from the orthogonal direction,

an angle formed between a first straight line, which connects a center point of the arc drawn by the first portion and the one end of the via conductor, and a second straight line, which connects the center point and the one end of the second portion is around 5° or more and 45° or less, and

the internal magnetic circuit is separated from the first to fourth portions in the first plane, and separated from the fifth to eighth portions in the second plane, by a distance d, and an area of the internal magnetic circuit with the recess is about 95% to 100% of the maximum area of the internal magnetic while maintaining the distance d.

2. The electronic component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor have a certain line width, and

the substantially straight-line-shaped portions of the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor, which are superposed with each other when viewed from the orthogonal direction, have central axes that respectively pass through central points of the substantially straight-line-shaped portions in a width direction of the substantially straight-line-shaped portions and are parallel to an extension direction of the substantially straight-line-shaped portions orthogonal to the width direction, and the central axes are aligned with each other when viewed from the orthogonal direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2015
From: NISHIYAMA, KENJI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036750/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-210610 · Oct 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160111195A1 · Apr 21, 2016