Surface-mount inductor

A surface-mount inductor comprising:

• an element assembly including a magnetic body containing magnetic powder, a core containing magnetic powder in at least a partial region, and a coil including a conductive wire having an insulating coating and having a pair of flat surface portions opposing each other;
• and
• a pair of external terminals provided on the element assembly,
• wherein
• the magnetic body covers at least a part of the core and the coil,
• the core includes a base portion having a lower surface that is a mounting surface, an upper surface at a side opposite to the mounting surface, and side surfaces adjacent to the upper surface and the lower surface, and a columnar portion disposed on the upper surface of the base portion,
• the coil is disposed on the base portion, and the coil includes:
• a wound portion formed by winding the conductive wire on the columnar portion in upper and lower two stages such that the flat surface portion of the conductive wire is in contact with the columnar portion and the flat surface portions oppose each other, wherein both ends of the wound portion are located at an outer peripheral portion of the wound portion and the two stages of the conductive wire are connected to each other at an inner peripheral portion of the wound portion, and
• a pair of extended portions extended from the wound portion toward the side surface of the base portion,
• the pair of external terminals are disposed on the mounting surface of the element assembly and connected to the pair of extended portions, respectively, and
• a curved portion that is curved toward the side opposite to the mounting surface is provided at the mounting surface side of the wound portion, the curved portion being formed by an edge of the conductive wire of the coil that faces toward the mounting surface and is curved inward toward the side opposite to the mounting surface.