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US 12,609,235 B2Granted
Multilayer inductor
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsNoriaki Hamachi, Toshinori Matsuura, Junichiro Urabe, Kazuya Tobita, Yuto Shiga, Youichi Kazuta, Yuichi Takubo, Shunya Suzuki, Xuran Guo, So Kobayashi
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Abstract
The mainline pattern and the pair of bypass patterns in the multilayer inductor can be regarded as three inductors connected in parallel in the element body. That is, in the multilayer inductor, paralleling of the inductance is realized in the element body by the mainline pattern and the pair of bypass patterns. Therefore, the inductance value of the multilayer inductor as a whole can be reduced.
Claims9
A multilayer inductor comprising:
- an element body having a multilayer structure in which a plurality of insulating layers are laminated, and having a mounting surface and a pair of side surfaces facing each other in a first direction parallel to the mounting surface;
- a mainline pattern made of conductive material, extending linearly in the first direction between the pair of side surfaces of the element body, both end portions of the mainline pattern are exposed from the pair of side surfaces;
- a bypass pattern made of conductive material, branched from and merged with the mainline pattern at positions away from the pair of side surfaces of the element body;
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- a pair of terminal electrodes respectively provided on the pair of side surfaces of the element body and electrically connected to the mainline pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.