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US 10,475,570 B2Granted
Electronic component
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorTomohiro Kido
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Abstract
An electronic component includes insulator layers having first and second sides respectively extending in first and second directions from a first point, and outer conductor layers extends in the first and second direction from the first point. Each of the outer conductor layers has second and third points. One of the outer conductor layers has a fixing portion inside a region having a third side connecting the second and third points, and fourth and fifth sides respectively extending from the second point in the reverse first direction and from the third point in the reverse second direction.
Claims17
An electronic component comprising:
- a multilayer body including a plurality of insulator layers stacked in a stacking direction, the insulator layers each having a substantially rectangular principal face that has a first side and a second side, the first side on a line extending in a first direction from a first point, the second side on a line extending in a second direction from the first point, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- an outer electrode including a plurality of outer conductor layers that, when viewed in the stacking direction, extends along the first direction and the second direction from the first point, the outer conductor layers being exposed from the multilayer body;
- an inductor having a substantially helical configuration where a central axis extends in the stacking direction, the inductor including a plurality of inductor conductor layers disposed on the different insulator layers each other;
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- a lead conductor layer that connects one of the outer conductor layers with one of the inductor conductor layers,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a first portion located farthest from the first second side along the first direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the first portion has a second point located farthest from the first point along the second direction,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a second portion located farthest from the first side along the second direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the first side along the second direction,
- wherein the second portion has a third point located farthest from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the outer conductor layers include a first outer conductor layer,
- wherein the first outer conductor layer has a fixing portion different from the lead conductor layer, the fixing portion being located inside a first region of a substantially triangular shape having a third side, a fourth side, and a fifth side, the third side connecting the second point with the third point, the fourth side extending from the second point in a reverse direction of the first direction, the fifth side extending from the third point in a reverse direction of the second direction, and
- wherein one of the insulator layers is located between the first outer conductor layer and one of the outer conductor layers that is adjacent to the first outer conductor layer in the stacking direction.
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An electronic component comprising:
- a multilayer body including a plurality of insulator layers stacked in a stacking direction, the insulator layers each having a substantially rectangular principal face that has a first side and a second side, the first side on a line extending in a first direction from a first point, the second side on a line extending in a second direction from the first point, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- an outer electrode including a plurality of outer conductor layers that, when viewed in the stacking direction, extends along the first direction and the second direction from the first point, the outer conductor layers being exposed from the multilayer body;
- an inductor having a substantially helical configuration where a central axis extends in the stacking direction, the inductor including a plurality of inductor conductor layers disposed on the different insulator layers each other;
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- a lead conductor layer that connects one of the outer conductor layers with one of the inductor conductor layers,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a first portion located farthest from the second side along the first direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the first portion has a second point located farthest from the first point along the second direction,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a second portion located farthest from the first side along the second direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the first side along the second direction,
- wherein the second portion has a third point located farthest from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the outer conductor layers include a first outer conductor layer,
- wherein the first outer conductor layer has a fixing portion different from the lead conductor layer, the fixing portion being located inside a first region of a substantially triangular shape having a third side, a fourth side, and a fifth side, the third side connecting the second point with the third point, the fourth side extending from the second point in a reverse direction of the first direction, the fifth side extending from the third point in a reverse direction of the second direction,
- wherein the fixing portion has an outer edge that connects the second point with the third point, and
- wherein the outer edge has an irregularity.
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An electronic component comprising:
- a multilayer body including a plurality of insulator layers stacked in a stacking direction, the insulator layers each having a substantially rectangular principal face that has a first side and a second side, the first side on a line extending in a first direction from a first point, the second side on a line extending in a second direction from the first point, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- an outer electrode including a plurality of outer conductor layers that, when viewed in the stacking direction, extends along the first direction and the second direction from the first point, the outer conductor layers being exposed from the multilayer body;
- an inductor having a substantially helical configuration where a central axis extends in the stacking direction, the inductor including a plurality of inductor conductor layers disposed on the different insulator layers each other;
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- a lead conductor layer that connects one of the outer conductor layers with one of the inductor conductor layers,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a first portion located farthest from the second side along the first direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the first portion has a second point located farthest from the first point along the second direction,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a second portion located farthest from the first side along the second direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the first side along the second direction,
- wherein the second portion has a third point located farthest from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the outer conductor layers include a first outer conductor layer,
- wherein the first outer conductor layer has a fixing portion different from the lead conductor layer, the fixing portion being located inside a first region of a substantially triangular shape having a third side, a fourth side, and a fifth side, the third side connecting the second point with the third point, the fourth side extending from the second point in a reverse direction of the first direction, the fifth side extending from the third point in a reverse direction of the second direction,
- wherein the fixing portion includes a portion having a substantially arcuate shape when viewed in the stacking direction.
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An electronic component comprising:
- a multilayer body including a plurality of insulator layers stacked in a stacking direction, the insulator layers each having a substantially rectangular principal face that has a first side and a second side, the first side on a line extending in a first direction from a first point, the second side on a line extending in a second direction from the first point, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- an outer electrode including a plurality of outer conductor layers that, when viewed in the stacking direction, extends along the first direction and the second direction from the first point, the outer conductor layers being exposed from the multilayer body;
- an inductor having a substantially helical configuration where a central axis extends in the stacking direction, the inductor including a plurality of inductor conductor layers disposed on the different insulator layers each other;
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- a lead conductor layer that connects one of the outer conductor layers with one of the inductor conductor layers,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a first portion located farthest from the second side along the first direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the first portion has a second point located farthest from the first point along the second direction,
- wherein each of the outer conductor layers has a second portion located farthest from the first side along the second direction in an uninterruptedly extending part of the outer conductor layer from the first side along the second direction,
- wherein the second portion has a third point located farthest from the second side along the first direction,
- wherein the outer conductor layers include a first outer conductor layer,
- wherein the first outer conductor layer has a fixing portion different from the lead conductor layer, the fixing portion being located inside a first region of a substantially triangular shape having a third side, a fourth side, and a fifth side, the third side connecting the second point with the third point, the fourth side extending from the second point in a reverse direction of the first direction, the fifth side extending from the third point in a reverse direction of the second direction, and
- wherein an outer edge of the fixing portion connects to the fourth side at a point closer to the second point than a point connecting the fourth side and the fifth side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.