# US 12,217,897 B2 · Multilayer coil component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,897 B2 - Document ID: US12217897B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/368,332 - Filed: 2021-07-06 - Published: 2022-01-13 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-06 - Assignees: TDK Corporation - Applicants: TDK Corporation - Inventors: Yuya Oshima; Junichi Otsuka; Shinichi Kondo; Yohei Tadaki; Kazuo Iwai; Masayuki Suzuki; Emiri Matsuhashi; Takuya Niibori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217897B2 ## CPC - H01F 17/0013: {with stacked layers} - H01F 27/2804: {Printed windings} - H01F 27/29: Terminals; Tapping arrangements {for signal inductances} - H01F 27/292: {Surface mounted devices} - H01F 27/323: {Insulation between winding turns, between winding layers} - H01F 27/34: Special means for preventing or reducing unwanted electric or magnetic effects, e.g. no-load losses, reactive currents, harmonics, oscillations, leakage fields - H01F 41/041: {Printed circuit coils (apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits in general H05K3/00)} - H01F 27/2809: {on stacked layers} - H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ## Abstract A multilayer coil component includes an element body, first and second coils, and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes a plurality of insulator layers laminated in a first direction. The element body has a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first coil and the second coil are disposed in the element body and respectively have coil shafts along the second direction. The pair of external electrodes are disposed on the pair of end surfaces and electrically connected to both ends of the first coil and the second coil. The first coil includes a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and a first through hole conductor. The coil shaft of the first coil is disposed inside the second coil. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multilayer coil component comprising: an element body including a plurality of insulator layers laminated in a first direction and having a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a first coil and a second coil disposed in the element body and respectively having coil axes along the second direction; and a pair of external electrodes disposed on the pair of end surfaces and electrically connected to both ends of the first coil and the second coil, wherein the first coil includes a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and a first through hole conductor extending in the first direction and connecting the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, the second coil includes a third conductor layer, a fourth conductor layer, and a second through hole conductor extending in the first direction and connecting the third conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer, the first coil and the second coil are electrically connected in parallel between the pair of external electrodes, the coil axis of the first coil is disposed inside the second coil, the first conductor layer and the third conductor layer are separated from each other in the first direction and intersect with each other when viewed from the first direction, a fifth conductor layer is arranged between the first conductor layer and the third conductor layer in the first direction, and wherein the fifth conductor layer is configured to supply current to both the first conductor layer and the third conductor layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein the second conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer are separated from each other in the first direction and intersect with each other when viewed from the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer are disposed at the same position in the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein the second conductor layer and the third conductor layer are disposed at the same position in the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein the fifth conductor layer is one of a plurality of fifth conductor layers electrically connecting the first coil and the second coil to the external electrode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The multilayer coil component according to claim 5, wherein a thickness of each of the fifth conductor layers is smaller than a thickness of the first conductor layer, a thickness of the second conductor layer, a thickness of the third conductor layer, and a thickness of the fourth conductor layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The multilayer coil component according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of fifth conductor layers are disposed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer in the first direction and are disposed between the third conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer in the first direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The multilayer coil component according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of fifth conductor layers are laminated in the first direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein each of the first through hole conductor and the second through hole conductor includes a plurality of conductor parts arranged along the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein the first through hole conductor and the second through hole conductor are separated from each other in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein first coil further includes a sixth conductor layer and a third through hole conductor extending in the first direction and connecting the first conductor layer and the sixth conductor layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The multilayer coil component according to claim 11, wherein the second conductor layer and the sixth conductor layer are disposed at the same position in the first direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The multilayer coil component according to claim 11, wherein the sixth conductor layer has an L-shape when viewed from the first direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein first coil further includes a seventh conductor layer and a fourth through hole conductor extending in the first direction and connecting the second conductor layer and the seventh conductor layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The multilayer coil component according to claim 14, wherein the second conductor layer and the seventh conductor layer are disposed at different position in the first direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein second coil further includes an eighth conductor layer and a fifth through hole conductor extending in the first direction and connecting the fourth conductor layer and the eighth conductor layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The multilayer coil component according to claim 16, wherein the third conductor layer and the eighth conductor layer are disposed at the same position in the first direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The multilayer coil component according to claim 16, wherein the eighth conductor layer has an L-shape when viewed from the first direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The multilayer coil component according to claim 1, wherein second coil further includes a ninth conductor layer and a sixth through hole conductor extending in the first direction and connecting the third conductor layer and the ninth conductor layer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The multilayer coil component according to claim 19, wherein the fourth conductor layer and the ninth conductor layer are disposed at different position in the first direction.