Electronic component and electronic apparatus
An electronic component includes: an insulator part ( 10 ) of rectangular solid shape; a coil element ( 32 ) provided inside the insulator part ( 10 ); bottom electrodes ( 40 ) provided on a bottom face ( 14 ) of the insulator part ( 10 ) and electrically connected to the coil element ( 32 ); a plating layer ( 62 ) provided in a manner overlapping each bottom electrode ( 40 ) so that its end ( 64 ) on the bottom face ( 14 ) is away from the end ( 42 ) of the bottom electrode ( 40 ); a plating layer ( 60 ) which is arranged between the bottom electrode ( 40 ) and the plating layer ( 62 ) and overlaps the bottom electrode ( 40 ), and which is constituted by a metal having lower solder wettability and higher melting point than those of the plating layer ( 62 ); and an insulation layer ( 70 ) provided on the bottom face ( 14 ) in a manner covering the end ( 42 ) of the bottom electrode ( 40 ).
1. An electronic component, comprising:
an insulator part of rectangular solid shape;
an electronic element provided inside the insulator part;
a first metal layer provided on a first face of the insulator part, extending from one end side of the first face toward an opposing end side of the first face, and electrically connected to the electronic element;
a second metal layer provided in a manner extending from the one end side of the first face toward the opposing end side of the first face, overlapping the first metal layer and having an end positioned over the first metal layer on the first face of the insulator part away from an end of the first metal layer toward the one end side of the first face, wherein a portion of the first metal layer between the end of the first metal layer and the end of the second metal layer is not overlapped with the second metal layer, as viewed from a direction toward the first face;
a third metal layer which is arranged between the first metal layer and the second metal layer and overlaps the first metal layer as viewed from the direction toward the first face, wherein the third metal layer is constituted by a metal having a higher melting point and lower solder wettability than those of the second metal layer; and
an insulation layer provided on the first face of the insulator part in a manner covering the end of the first metal layer, wherein the insulation layer has lower solder wettability than that of the second metal layer is, and the end of the second metal layer is positioned over the first metal layer via the insulation layer as viewed from the direction toward the first face.
2. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the end of the second metal layer is provided away from the end of the first metal layer by 3 μm or more.
3. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein:
a pair of the first metal layers are provided away from one another on the first face of the insulator part; and
the insulation layer extends from one to the other of the pair of the first metal layers.
4. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the third metal layer covers the entire first metal layer.
5. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the end of the first metal layer has a curved shape on a plan view of the first face of the insulator part.
6. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein:
a fourth metal layer is provided on a second face of the insulator part in a manner electrically connected to the electronic element;
the second metal layer is provided in a manner overlapping the first metal layer and the fourth metal layer as viewed from the direction toward the first face and the second face, respectively; and
an end of the second metal layer on the second face of the insulator part is away from an end of the fourth metal layer but over the fourth metal layer as viewed from the direction toward the second face.
7. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal layer is a tin plating layer.
8. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic element is a coil element, capacitor element, or a compound element of the foregoing.
9. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
the electronic component according to claim 1 ; and
a circuit board to which the second metal layer of the electronic component has been joined via solder.