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US 11,600,428 B2Granted
Coil component
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorMitsuhiro Sato
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Abstract
A coil component includes an element body including a magnetic portion containing metal particles and a coil conductor embedded in the magnetic portion, and at least a pair of outer electrodes disposed on the element body and electrically connected to the coil conductor. The magnetic portion includes a region A containing metal particles having a relatively small average particle size and a region B containing metal particles having a relatively large average particle size. The region A is present between outer electrodes of the pair of outer electrodes and the coil conductor.
Claims21
A coil component comprising:
- an element body including a magnetic portion containing metal particles and a coil conductor embedded in the magnetic portion;
- and
- at least a pair of outer electrodes disposed on the element body and electrically connected to the coil conductor,
- wherein
- the magnetic portion includes a region A containing metal particles having a relatively small average particle size and a region B containing metal particles having a relatively large average particle size,
- the region A is present between outer electrodes of the pair of outer electrodes and the coil conductor, and
- in an extension direction of an axis of the coil conductor, the region A extends throughout an entire thickness of the coil conductor.
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