Inductor component and method of manufacturing inductor component
An inductor component comprising an element body including a first and second magnetic layers that contain a metal magnetic powder and that are laminated along a first direction, a spiral wiring disposed between the first and second magnetic layers, a vertical wiring connected to the spiral wiring and extending in the first direction to penetrate the element body and an external terminal connected to the vertical wiring and exposed on a first principal surface of the element body orthogonal to the first direction. The spiral wiring is disposed on a first plane orthogonal to the first direction and includes a pad part to which the vertical wiring is connected, a spiral part extending from the pad part on the first plane, and a lead-out part extending from the pad part on the first plane and exposed from a side surface of the element body parallel to the first direction.
1. An inductor component comprising:
an element body including a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that contain a metal magnetic powder and that are laminated along a first direction;
a spiral wiring disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer;
a vertical wiring connected to the spiral wiring and extending in the first direction to penetrate the element body; and
an external terminal connected to the vertical wiring, the external terminal including an exposed surface that is exposed on a first principal surface of the element body orthogonal to the first direction, wherein
the spiral wiring is disposed on a first plane orthogonal to the first direction and includes a pad part to which the vertical wiring is connected, a spiral part extending from the pad part on the first plane, and a lead-out part that extends on the first plane and is exposed from a side surface of the element body parallel to the first direction,
the pad part and the lead-out part are disposed on opposite ends of the spiral wiring,
the pad part is disposed at an innermost end of the spiral part,
when viewed in plan view, the vertical wiring is entirely surrounded by a periphery of the pad part,
the vertical wiring extends, in the first direction, from the spiral wiring to the external terminal,
on the first principal surface of the element body, the external terminal is embedded in, and entirely surrounded by, an insulating coating film,
the exposed surface of the external terminal is aligned in a plane with an exposed surface of the insulating coating film,
the exposed surface of the external terminal is separated from all side surfaces of the element body parallel to the first direction by the insulating coating film, and
the vertical wiring and the pad part have an elliptical shape when viewed in plan view, the elliptical shape having a minor axis in the first direction and a major axis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the major axis and minor axis being different lengths.
2. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-out part extends in a direction without turning back toward the spiral part.
3. The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein the lead-out part extends in a direction opposite to a center side of the spiral part.
4. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the pad part is larger than the width of the spiral part and larger than the width of the lead-out part.
5. The inductor component according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an insulating layer coating a surface of the spiral wiring and containing no magnetic substance, wherein
the vertical wiring includes a columnar wiring penetrating the first magnetic layer or the second magnetic layer of the element body and a via wiring penetrating the insulating layer.
6. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-out part includes an oxide film exposed from the side surface of the element body.
7. The inductor component according to claim 6 , wherein the oxide film is a metal oxide film.
8. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the lead-out part is equal to or less than the width of the spiral part and equal to or greater than 50 μm.
9. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the lead-out part is equal to the thickness of the spiral part.
10. The inductor component according to claim 1 , wherein an area of an exposed surface of the lead-out part exposed from the side surface of the element body is larger than a cross-sectional area of a portion of the lead-out part located inside the element body.
11. The inductor component according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second spiral wiring disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; and
another vertical wiring connected to the second spiral wiring and extending in the first direction to penetrate the element body, wherein
the second spiral wiring is disposed on the first plane and includes another pad part to which the other vertical wiring is connected, another spiral part extending from the other pad part on the first plane, and another lead-out part extending from the other pad part on the first plane and exposed from a side surface of the element body parallel to the first direction.
12. The inductor component according to claim 11 , wherein the side surface exposing the second spiral wiring is orthogonal to the side surface exposing the spiral wiring.
13. The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein the width of the pad part is larger than the width of the spiral part and larger than the width of the lead-out part.
14. The inductor component according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an insulating layer coating a surface of the spiral wiring and containing no magnetic substance, wherein
the vertical wiring includes a columnar wiring penetrating the first magnetic layer or the second magnetic layer of the element body and a via wiring penetrating the insulating layer.
15. The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein the lead-out part includes an oxide film exposed from the side surface of the element body.
16. The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein the width of the lead-out part is equal to or less than the width of the spiral part and equal to or greater than 50 μm.
17. The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein the thickness of the lead-out part is equal to the thickness of the spiral part.
18. The inductor component according to claim 2 , wherein an area of an exposed surface of the lead-out part exposed from the side surface of the element body is larger than a cross-sectional area of a portion of the lead-out part located inside the element body.
19. An inductor component comprising:
an element body including a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that contain a metal magnetic powder and that are laminated along a first direction;
a spiral wiring disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer;
first and second vertical wirings connected to the spiral wiring and extending in the first direction to penetrate the element body; and
first and second external terminals respectively connected to the first and second vertical wirings, the first and second external terminals each including an exposed surface that is exposed on a first principal surface of the element body orthogonal to the first direction, wherein
the spiral wiring is disposed on a first plane orthogonal to the first direction and includes a first pad part to which the first vertical wiring is connected, a second pad part to which the second vertical wiring is connected, a spiral part extending from the first pad part to the second pad part on the first plane, and a lead-out part extending from the second pad part on the first plane and exposed from a side surface of the element body parallel to the first direction,
when viewed in plan view, the first vertical wiring is entirely surrounded by a periphery of the first pad part,
the first vertical wiring extends, in the first direction, from the spiral wiring to the first external terminal,
on the first principal surface of the element body, the first and second external terminals are embedded in, and entirely surrounded by, an insulating coating film,
the exposed surfaces of the first and second external terminals are aligned in a plane with an exposed surface of the insulating coating film,
the exposed surfaces of the first and second external terminals are separated from all side surfaces of the element body parallel to the first direction by the insulating coating film, and
the first and second vertical wirings and the first and second pad parts have an elliptical shape when viewed in plan view, the elliptical shape having a minor axis in the first direction and a major axis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the major axis and minor axis being different lengths.
20. An inductor component comprising:
an element body including a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that contain a metal magnetic powder and that are laminated along a first direction;
a spiral wiring disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer;
a vertical wiring connected to the spiral wiring and extending in the first direction to penetrate the element body; and
an external terminal connected to the vertical wiring, the external terminal including an exposed surface that is exposed on a first principal surface of the element body orthogonal to the first direction, wherein
the spiral wiring is disposed on a first plane orthogonal to the first direction and includes a pad part to which the vertical wiring is connected, a spiral part extending from the pad part on the first plane, and a lead-out part that extends on the first plane and is exposed from a side surface of the element body parallel to the first direction,
the pad part and the lead-out part are disposed on opposite ends of the spiral wiring,
the pad part is disposed at an innermost end of the spiral part,
the vertical wiring is entirely buried within the element body such that, of the lead-out part and the vertical wiring, only the lead-out part is exposed on the side surface of the element body,
on the first principal surface of the element body, the external terminal is embedded in, and entirely surrounded by, an insulating coating film,
the exposed surface of the external terminal is aligned in a plane with an exposed surface of the insulating coating film,
the exposed surface of the external terminal is separated from all side surfaces of the element body parallel to the first direction by the insulating coating film, and
the vertical wiring and the pad part have an elliptical shape when viewed in plan view, the elliptical shape having a minor axis in the first direction and a major axis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the major axis and minor axis being different lengths.
21. An inductor component comprising:
an element body including a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that contain a metal magnetic powder and that are laminated along a first direction;
a spiral wiring disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer;
first and second vertical wirings connected to the spiral wiring and extending in the first direction to penetrate the element body; and
first and second external terminals respectively connected to the first and second vertical wirings, the first and second external terminals each including an exposed surface that is exposed on a first principal surface of the element body orthogonal to the first direction, wherein
the spiral wiring is disposed on a first plane orthogonal to the first direction and includes a first pad part to which the first vertical wiring is connected, a second pad part to which the second vertical wiring is connected, a spiral part extending from the first pad part to the second pad part on the first plane, and a lead-out part extending from the second pad part on the first plane and exposed from a side surface of the element body parallel to the first direction,
the first vertical wiring is entirely buried within the element body such that, of the lead-out part and the first vertical wiring, only the lead-out part is exposed on the side surface of the element body,
on the first principal surface of the element body, the first and second external terminals are embedded in, and entirely surrounded by, an insulating coating film,
the exposed surfaces of the first and second external terminals are aligned in a plane with an exposed surface of the insulating coating film,
the exposed surfaces of the first and second external terminals are separated from all side surfaces of the element body parallel to the first direction by the insulating coating film, and
the first and second vertical wirings and the first and second pad parts have an elliptical shape when viewed in plan view, the elliptical shape having a minor axis in the first direction and a major axis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the major axis and minor axis being different lengths.