Abstract: A chip antenna comprising a magnetic substrate comprising Z-type ferrite or Y-type ferrite as a main phase and having a through-hole extending linearly along a center axis, and a conductor penetrating the through-hole, the magnetic phase having a c-axis substantially parallel or perpendicular to the through-hole.

Abstract: A chip antenna comprising a magnetic substrate comprising Z-type ferrite or Y-type ferrite as a main phase and having a through-hole extending linearly along a center axis, and a conductor penetrating the through-hole, the magnetic phase having a c-axis substantially parallel or perpendicular to the through-hole.

Abstract: In a coil component of the present invention, a coil member having a plurality of coil lines laminated through an insulating layer is sandwiched by hexagonal ferrite substrates, and the hexagonal ferrite substrate has anisotropy. To have the “anisotropy” means that alignment of the crystal orientation is different according to a direction of the substrate, in other words, that anisotropy is provided in the c-axis orientation of ferrite crystal grains of the hexagonal ferrite substrate. As the result of the “anisotropy”, an initial magnetic permeability is also different according to direction. By using the hexagonal ferrite substrate as a magnetic substrate to sandwich the coil member so as to form a magnetic path, the initial magnetic permeability can be maintained up to a high frequency, and a high-frequency characteristic of impedance generated by the coil lines can be improved.

Abstract: The ferrite sintered body of the present invention is a hexagonal Z-type ferrite sintered body having a high permeability and a low anisotropy of permeability, comprising a c-axis-oriented plane in which a degree of orientation fc? is not less than 0.4, said degree of orientation being given as fc?=?I(HK0)/?I(HKL), when I(HKL) is the integrated intensity of a diffraction peak represented by an index (HKL) in an X-ray diffraction pattern of which measurement range is 2?=20 to 80°, wherein the degree of orientation fc? calculated from fc?=I(0018)/I(110) in an X-ray diffraction is not less than 0.3 in at least two planes which are perpendicular to the aforementioned c-axis-oriented plane and are perpendicular to each other. Where ?I(HKL) is the sum of integrated intensity of all the diffraction peaks of hexagonal Z-type ferrite.

Abstract: A non-reciprocal element with three central conductors and a communication apparatus are disclosed, in which the insertion loss is small and the bandwidth is wide. Three central conductors are arranged in proximity to a ferrite thin plate in such a manner as to cross each other in a mutually electrically insulated state. A static magnetic field is applied to the ferrite thin plate by a permanent magnet. An end each of the three central conductors makes up three input/output terminals, respectively, and the other end thereof is connected to a common portion. Three matching capacitors are connected between an end each of the three input/output terminals, respectively, and the common portion. At least one of the angle between the first and second central conductors and the angle between the second and third central conductors is not more than 90 degrees.

Abstract: A lumped element non-reciprocal circuit device is downsized without an increase in an insertion loss. A lumped element non-reciprocal circuit device comprises a plurality of center electrodes; a microwave magnetic material; a permanent magnet; and a metal case that serves as a magnetic yoke, wherein the center electrode is disposed on a main surface of the microwave magnetic material, the microwave magnetic material has a side surface perpendicular to the main surface, and a shortest distance between the side surface of the microwave magnetic material and the metal case is set to be equal to or larger than a thickness of the microwave magnetic material and equal to or smaller than 2.3 times of the thickness of the microwave magnetic material.

Abstract: A non-reciprocal element with three central conductors and a communication apparatus are disclosed, in which the insertion loss is small and the bandwidth is wide. Three central conductors are arranged in proximity to a ferrite thin plate in such a manner as to cross each other in a mutually electrically insulated state. A static magnetic field is applied to the ferrite thin plate by a permanent magnet. An end each of the three central conductors makes up three input/output terminals, respectively, and the other end thereof is connected to a common portion. Three matching capacitors are connected between an end each of the three input/output terminals, respectively, and the common portion. At least one of the angle between the first and second central conductors and the angle between the second and third central conductors is not more than 90 degrees.