# US 12,494,316 B2 · Inductive device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,494,316 B2 - Document ID: US12494316B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/707,915 - Filed: 2022-03-29 - Published: 2023-03-30 - Granted: 2025-12-09 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-29 - Assignees: Chilisin Electronics Corp. - Applicants: Chilisin Electronics Corp. - Inventors: Ming-Chieh Chiu; Shan-Cheng Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12494316B2 ## CPC - H01F 17/0013: {with stacked layers} - H01F 27/2804: {Printed windings} - H01F 5/04: Arrangements of electric connections to coils, e.g. leads - 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 27/2809: {on stacked layers} - H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ## Abstract An inductive device is provided. The inductive device includes a laminated body and two external electrodes. The laminated body includes an insulator and a plurality of conductive wiring layers stacked in a first direction. The conductive wiring layers are embedded within the insulator, and any two adjacent ones of the conductive wiring layers are electrically connected to each other to form a coiled conductor extending spirally. The external electrodes are disposed on the laminated body and electrically connected to the coiled conductor, and the external electrodes are spaced apart from each other. Each of the external electrodes includes a base plate, a lateral wall, and a plurality of stress dispersing structures extending toward the coiled conductor and protruding from at least one of the base plate and the lateral wall, and the stress dispersing structures are spaced apart from each other and engaged with the laminated body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An inductive device, comprising: a laminated body including an insulator and a plurality of conductive wiring layers stacked in a first direction, wherein the conductive wiring layers are embedded within the insulator, and any two adjacent ones of the conductive wiring layers are electrically connected to each other to form a coiled conductor that extends spirally; and two external electrodes disposed on the laminated body and electrically connected to the coiled conductor, wherein the two external electrodes are spaced apart from each other; wherein each of the external electrodes includes one or more first stack layers and one or more second stack layers that are stacked in the first direction, each of the first stack layers includes one or more first patterned layers, and each of the second stack layers includes one or more second patterned layers, and an area of each of the first patterned layers is less than an area of each of the second patterned layers, and each of the first patterned layers and each of the second patterned layers partially overlap with each other: wherein, a ratio between a number of the second patterned layers of one second stack layer and a number of the first patterned layers of one first stack layer is 3:2, wherein the first stack layers and the second stack layers form a base plate, a lateral plate, and a plurality of stress dispersion structures, wherein the stress dispersion structures are formed by a portion of each of the second patterned layers that does not overlap with any one of the first patterned layers, wherein the stress dispersion structures extend toward the coiled conductor and protrude from at least one of the base plate and the lateral wall, and the stress dispersing structures are spaced apart from each other and engaged with the laminated body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein each of the stress dispersing structures is a connecting strip, a protruding rib, a protruding column, or a protruding bump. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein each of the stress dispersing structures is a connecting strip, two opposite ends of the connecting strip being respectively connected to the base plate and the lateral wall, and wherein the connecting strip, the base plate, and the lateral wall jointly define a gap, a portion of the insulator being filled into the gap. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein each of the stress dispersing structures has an inner surface facing toward the coiled conductor, and the inner surface is a concave surface, a convex surface, a stepped surface, or an inclined surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein each of the stress dispersing structures has an inner surface facing toward the coiled conductor, and the inner surface protrudes from an inner side surface of the lateral wall to form a step difference. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein the base plates of the two external electrodes are partially exposed at a same side of the insulator, and the lateral walls of the two external electrodes are partially exposed at two opposite side surfaces of the insulator, respectively. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein two of the conductive wiring layers that are respectively closest to two opposite side surfaces of the insulator are connected to the external electrodes, respectively. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein the stress dispersing structures, the lateral wall, and the base plate of each of the external electrodes jointly define at least one recessed space, and a portion of the laminated body fills into the at least one recessed space. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein a quantity of the first stack layers is M, and a quantity of the second stack layers is N, and wherein N, M are each a positive integer that is equal to or greater than 1, and N≥M. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of a difference between the area of each of the second patterned layers and the area of each of the first patterned layers to the area of each of the first patterned layers ranges from 1.02 to 2.15. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The inductive device according to claim 1, wherein the laminated body further includes a plurality of conductive posts, and each of the conductive posts is connected between two adjacent ones of the conductive wiring layers. ### Claim 12 An inductive device, comprising: a laminated body including an insulator and a plurality of conductive wiring layers stacked in a first direction, wherein the conductive wiring layers are embedded within the insulator, and any two adjacent ones of the conductive wiring layers are electrically connected to each other to form a coiled conductor that extends spirally; and two external electrodes disposed on the laminated body and electrically connected to the coiled conductor, wherein the two external electrodes are spaced apart from each other; wherein each of the external electrodes includes one or more first stack layers and one or more second stack layers that are stacked in the first direction, each of the first stack layers includes one or more first patterned layers, each of the second stack layers has a curved inner surface and includes one or more second patterned layers, and an area of each of the first patterned layers is less than that of each of the second patterned layers, and a ratio between a number of the second patterned layers of one second stack layer and a number of the first patterned layers of one first stack layer is 3:2. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The inductive device according to claim 12, wherein a quantity of the first stack layers is M, and a quantity of the second stack layers is N, and wherein N, M are each a positive integer that is equal to or greater than 1, and N≥M. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The inductive device according to claim 12, wherein a ratio of a difference between the area of each of the second patterned layers and the area of each of the first patterned layers to the area of each of the first patterned layers ranges from 1.02 to 2.15. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The inductive device according to claim 12, wherein the laminated body further includes a plurality of conductive posts, and each of the conductive posts is connected between two adjacent ones of the conductive wiring layers.