Inductor and dc-dc converter
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsHajime KUWAJIMA, Tomofumi KURODA
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Abstract
An inductor includes an element body including a resin, first and second coil conductors, and first through fourth terminals exposed from a surface on one side in a first direction. The first and second terminals connect to the first coil conductor and are spaced apart in a second direction. The third and fourth terminals connect to the second coil conductor and are spaced apart in the second direction. The surface includes a first region located between second and third regions in a third direction. The second and third regions protrude further outward in the first direction than the first region. The first terminal is disposed in the second region, and the third terminal is disposed in the third region.
Claims20
An inductor comprising:
- an element body formed by including a resin;
- a first coil conductor disposed in the element body;
- a second coil conductor disposed in the element body;
- a first terminal connected to the first coil conductor and exposed from a surface on one side in a first direction of the element body;
- a second terminal connected to the first coil conductor and exposed from the surface on the one side;
- a third terminal connected to the second coil conductor and exposed from the surface on the one side;
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- a fourth terminal connected to the second coil conductor and exposed from the surface on the one side,
- wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are disposed apart from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction,
- the third terminal and the fourth terminal are disposed apart from each other in the second direction,
- the surface on the one side has a first region, a second region and a third region, the second region and the third region protruding further out from the element body in the first direction than the first region,
- the first region is provided between the second region and the third region in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction,
- the first terminal is disposed in the second region, and
- the third terminal is disposed in the third region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.