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Granted Patent B2
US 11,688,544 · App. 16/503,325 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Inductor component

Inventors: Akinori Hamada (Nagaokakyo, JP); Shinji Yasuda (Nagaokakyo, JP); Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01F27/2804H01F27/255H01F27/323H01F41/041H01F41/122H01F2027/2809
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Patent No.
US 11,688,544
App. No.
16/503,325
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inductor component comprising a first magnetic layer, a spiral wiring disposed on the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer covering the spiral wiring. The first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain a magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder, and the spiral wiring includes a spiral-shaped first conductor layer and a second conductor layer disposed on the first conductor layer and shaped along the first conductor layer.

Claims (38)

1. An inductor component comprising:

a first magnetic layer;

a spiral wiring disposed on the first magnetic layer; and

a second magnetic layer covering the spiral wiring, wherein

the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain a magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder,

the spiral wiring includes a spiral-shaped first conductor layer and a second conductor layer disposed on the first conductor layer and shaped along the first conductor layer, and

a density of the magnetic powder is different between a first portion of the second magnetic layer in contact with a side surface of the first conductor layer and a second portion of the second magnetic layer in contact with a side surface of the second conductor layer.

2. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second conductor layer is larger than the thickness of the first conductor layer.

3. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein a main material of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer is Cu or an alloy containing Cu.

4. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the electric conductivity of the first conductor layer and the electric conductivity of the second conductor layer is 5% or less.

5. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductor layer has a thickness of 0.5 μm or more.

6. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the Ni content percentages of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are substantially the same.

7. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductor layer has a Ni content percentage of 5.0 wt % or less.

8. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the line width of the first conductor layer is different from the line width of the second conductor layer.

9. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the line width of the first conductor layer is larger than the line width of the second conductor layer.

10. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein a taper angle of the side surface of the first conductor layer is larger than a taper angle of the side surface of the second conductor layer.

11. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the density of the magnetic powder is different between a portion of the first magnetic layer in contact with a bottom surface of the first conductor layer and the first portion of the second magnetic layer in contact with the side surface of the first conductor layer.

12. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the density of the magnetic powder in a portion of the first magnetic layer in contact with a bottom surface of the first conductor layer is higher than the density of the magnetic powder in the first portion of the second magnetic layer in contact with the side surface of the first conductor layer.

13. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic powder is in contact with a side surface of the spiral wiring.

14. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic powder is in contact with a bottom surface of the spiral wiring.

15. The inductor component according to claim 1 , further comprising a second spiral wiring adjacent to the spiral wiring on the same plane as the spiral wiring.

16. The inductor component according to claim 1 , further comprising

an insulating layer disposed between the spiral wiring and a second spiral wiring and containing no magnetic substance, wherein

the spiral wiring includes a first side surface facing the second spiral wiring, and

the first side surface is at least partially in contact with the second magnetic layer.

17. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the spiral wiring includes an exposed portion exposed to the outside from a side surface parallel to a lamination direction of the inductor component.

18. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein

the first magnetic layer includes a magnetic resin layer made of the magnetic powder and the resin, and a substrate that is a sintered body as well as a magnetic body having a first principal surface in close contact with the magnetic resin layer and a second principal surface, the second principal surface being disposed below the second magnetic layer, and wherein

the spiral wiring is disposed between the second magnetic layer and the substrate.

19. The inductor component according to claim 18 , wherein the thickness of the magnetic resin layer and the thickness of the second magnetic layer are both larger than the thickness of the substrate.

20. An inductor component comprising:

a first magnetic layer;

a spiral wiring disposed on the first magnetic layer; and

a second magnetic layer covering the spiral wiring, wherein

the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain a magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder,

the spiral wiring includes a spiral-shaped first conductor layer and a second conductor layer disposed on the first conductor layer and shaped along the first conductor layer,

a density of the magnetic powder in a portion of the first magnetic layer in contact with a bottom surface of the first conductor layer is higher than a density of the magnetic powder in a portion of the second magnetic layer in contact with a side surface of the first conductor layer, and

the second magnetic layer directly contacts each of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: HAMADA, AKINORI; YASUDA, SHINJI; YOSHIOKA, YOSHIMASA
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049667/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-134187 · Jul 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200027646A1 · Jan 23, 2020