Inductor
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMi Sun HWANG, Jin Gul HYUN
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Abstract
An inductor includes a body structure, a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed externally on the body structure and spaced apart from each other, and a conductive structure disposed inside the body structure and including a first end portion in contact with the first external electrode and a second end portion in contact with the second external electrode, wherein each of the first and second external electrodes includes an electroless plated layer and an electrolytic plated layer formed of a material different from that of the electroless plated layer and covering the electroless plated layer.
Claims18
An inductor comprising:
- a body structure;
- a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed externally on the body structure and spaced apart from each other;
- and
- a conductive structure disposed inside the body structure and including a first end portion in contact with the first external electrode and a second end portion in contact with the second external electrode,
- wherein each of the first and second external electrodes includes an electroless plated layer and an electrolytic plated layer, the electrolytic plated layer being formed of a material different from a material of the electroless plated layer and covering the electroless plated layer.
An inductor comprising:
- a body structure;
- a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed externally on the body structure and spaced apart from each other;
- and
- a conductive structure disposed inside the body structure and including a first end portion in contact with the first external electrode and a second end portion in contact with the second external electrode,
- wherein each of the first and second external electrodes includes a first plated layer having a first thickness, a second plated layer covering the first plated layer and having a second thickness, and a third plated layer covering the second plated layer and having a third thickness, and
- wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.