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Granted Patent B2
US 12,272,487 · App. 17/177,421 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Multilayer coil component

Inventors: Hajime Kato (Tokyo, JP); Junichiro Urabe (Tokyo, JP); Yuto Shiga (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Tobita (Tokyo, JP); Youichi Kazuta (Tokyo, JP); Noriaki Hamachi (Tokyo, JP); Toshinori Matsuura (Tokyo, JP); Yuichi Takubo (Tokyo, JP); Munehiro Takaku (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
H01F27/292H01F17/0013H01F17/02
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Patent No.
US 12,272,487
App. No.
17/177,421
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a coil, and a terminal electrode. The element body includes a first main face, second main face, first end face, second end face, first side face and second side face. The terminal electrode is connected to the coil. The terminal electrode includes a main-face electrode portion provided on the first main face. The coil includes a plurality of coil conductors. The plurality of coil conductors includes a first coil conductor disposed closest to the first main face to oppose to the main-face electrode portion and a second coil conductor disposed closer to the second main face than the first coil conductor. The first coil conductor has a width narrower than a width of the second coil conductor. The first coil conductor has an aspect ratio higher than an aspect ratio of the second coil conductor.

Claims (50)

1. A multilayer coil component comprising:

an element body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and including a first main face and a second main face opposed to each other in a first direction, a first end face and a second end face opposed to each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a first side face and a second side face opposed to each other in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction;

a coil including a coil axis along the first direction and disposed in the element body; and

a terminal electrode electrically connected to the coil, wherein

the terminal electrode includes a main-face electrode portion provided on the first main face,

the coil includes a plurality of coil conductors disposed to be separated from each other in the first direction and electrically connected to each other,

the plurality of coil conductors includes a first coil conductor disposed closest to the first main face to oppose to the main-face electrode portion and a second coil conductor disposed closer to the second main face than the first coil conductor,

the first coil conductor has a width narrower than a width of the second coil conductor,

the first coil conductor has an aspect ratio higher than an aspect ratio of the second coil conductor,

the first coil conductor has, when viewed from the first direction, (i) an outer edge aligning with an outer edge of the second coil conductor and an inner edge not aligning with an inner edge of the second coil conductor, or (ii) an outer edge not aligning with an outer edge of the second coil conductor and an inner edge aligning with an inner edge of the second coil conductor, and

the first coil conductor has a cross-sectional area equal to a cross-sectional area of the second coil conductor.

2. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of coil conductors has a width becoming narrower toward the first main face, and

the plurality of coil conductors has an aspect ratio becoming higher toward the first main face.

3. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 , wherein

the first coil conductor has, when viewed from the first direction, an outer edge aligning with an outer edge of the second coil conductor.

4. The multilayer coil component according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal electrode further includes an end-face electrode portion provided on the first end face,

the first coil conductor is opposed to the end-face electrode portion,

the coil includes a pair of first coil regions opposed to each other sandwiching the coil axis in the second direction, and

the inner edge of the first coil conductor has a first portion aligning with a first portion of the inner edge of the second coil conductor in the pair of first coil regions.

5. The multilayer coil component according to claim 4 , wherein

the coil includes:

a pair of second coil regions opposed to each other sandwiching the coil axis in the third direction, and

the inner edge of the first coil conductor has a second portion that aligns with a second portion of the inner edge of the second coil conductor in the pair of second coil regions.

6. A multilayer coil component comprising:

an element body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and including a first main face and a second main face opposed to each other in a first direction, a first end face and a second end face opposed to each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a first side face and a second side face opposed to each other in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction;

a coil including a coil axis along the first direction and disposed in the element body; and

a terminal electrode electrically connected to the coil, wherein

the terminal electrode includes a main-face electrode portion provided on the first main face,

the coil includes a plurality of coil conductors disposed to be separated from each other in the first direction and electrically connected to each other,

the plurality of coil conductors includes a first coil conductor disposed closest to the first main face to oppose to the main-face electrode portion and a second coil conductor disposed closer to the second main face than the first coil conductor,

the first coil conductor has a width narrower than a width of the second coil conductor,

the first coil conductor has an aspect ratio higher than an aspect ratio of the second coil conductor,

a length of each of the plurality of coil conductors in the first direction is longer than a distance between adjacent coil conductors in the first direction, and

the first coil conductor has a cross-sectional area equal to a cross-sectional area of the second coil conductor.

7. The multilayer coil component according to claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of coil conductors has a width becoming narrower toward the first main face, and

the plurality of coil conductors has an aspect ratio becoming higher toward the first main face.

8. The multilayer coil component according to claim 6 , wherein

the first coil conductor has, when viewed from the first direction, an outer edge aligning with an outer edge of the second coil conductor.

9. The multilayer coil component according to claim 6 , wherein

the terminal electrode further includes an end-face electrode portion provided on the first end face,

the first coil conductor is opposed to the end-face electrode portion,

the coil includes a pair of first coil regions opposed to each other sandwiching the coil axis in the second direction, and

the first coil conductor has, when viewed from the first direction, an inner edge with a first portion aligning with a first portion of an inner edge of the second coil conductor in the pair of first coil regions.

10. The multilayer coil component according to claim 9 , wherein

the coil includes:

a pair of second coil regions opposed to each other sandwiching the coil axis in the third direction, and

when viewed from the first direction, the inner edge of the first coil conductor has a second portion that aligns with a second portion of the inner edge of the second coil conductor in the pair of second coil regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2021
From: KATO, HAJIME; URABE, JUNICHIRO; SHIGA, YUTO; TOBITA, KAZUYA; KAZUTA, YOUICHI; HAMACHI, NORIAKI; MATSUURA, TOSHINORI; TAKUBO, YUICHI; TAKAKU, MUNEHIRO
To: TDK CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-031753 · Feb 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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