Abstract: A semiconductor composite device is provided that includes a voltage regulator including a plurality of active elements and a plurality of passive elements and arranged with a plurality of channels; a load including a semiconductor element and that is supplied with a direct-current voltage and regulated by the voltage regulator; and a wiring board electrically connected to the plurality of active elements, the plurality of passive elements, and the load. The load is disposed on a first mounting surface of the wiring board, and the first and second inductors are disposed on a second mounting surface of the wiring board that is opposite the first mounting surface. The first inductor is electrically connected to the wiring board via a first capacitor, and the second inductor is electrically connected to the wiring board via a second capacitor.

Abstract: A semiconductor composite device includes active elements and passive elements constituting a voltage regulator and disposed in association with a plurality of channels, a load to be supplied with a direct-current voltage regulated by the voltage regulator, and a wiring board electrically connected to the active elements, the passive elements, and the load. A plurality of capacitors disposed in the channels include an integrally formed capacitor array including a plurality of capacitor portions disposed in a plane. The capacitor array includes a plurality of through hole conductors extending through the capacitor array in a direction perpendicular to a mounting surface of the wiring board. At least a part of the capacitor array is positioned to overlap the load when viewed from the mounting surface of the wiring board.

Abstract: An electronic device that includes: a wiring board having a first main surface and a second main surface that face away from each other in a thickness direction; a first electronic component on the first main surface of the wiring board; a second electronic component on the second main surface of the wiring board; a first heat diffuser plate thermally connected to the first electronic component; a second heat diffuser plate thermally connected to the second electronic component; and a heat conductor extending through the wiring board in the thickness direction and thermally connected to the first heat diffuser plate and the second heat diffuser plate.

Abstract: A passive component includes a substrate having insulating properties and having a surface having a recess, a bottom electrode filling at least a portion of the recess, a dielectric film provided on a surface of the bottom electrode, and a top electrode opposite to the bottom electrode with the dielectric film interposed therebetween. In a height direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, a dimension of the bottom electrode is larger than a dimension of the dielectric film.

Abstract: A power amplification device includes a first member in which a first circuit is formed, a second member in which a second circuit is formed, and a member-member connection conductor that electrically connects the first circuit and the second circuit to each other. The second member is mounted on the first member. The second circuit includes a first amplifier, which amplifies a radio frequency signal to output a first amplified signal. The first circuit includes a control circuit that controls an operation of the second circuit. At least part of a first termination circuit, which is connected to the first amplifier through the member-member connection conductor and which attenuates a harmonic wave component of the first amplified signal, is formed in the first member.

Abstract: A substrate design assisting device that assists in arranging, on a wiring substrate, a bypass capacitor connected to a power supply line and a ground line via at least one pair of a power-side through conductor and a ground-side through conductor. The device includes a storage unit that stores circuit information representing a unit that includes a pair of a power-side through conductor and a ground-side through conductor and a capacitor element connected between the power-side through conductor and the ground-side through conductor, for each of a plurality of predetermined pitches; an input reception unit that acquires a pitch set by a user and that corresponds to one of the plurality of predetermined pitches; and a calculation unit that acquires, from the storage unit, circuit information corresponding to the pitch acquired by the input reception unit, and calculates the impedance of the supply line based on the acquired circuit information.

Abstract: A DCDC converter module is provided that includes an insulating substrate having first and second surfaces; and a circuit section at the insulating substrate. The circuit section includes a switching element and an output filter connected to the switching element in series from an input end to an output. The output filter has an output inductor, and first and second output capacitors connected in parallel to each other and having different capacitance. A current path from the switching element to the output end of the circuit section penetrates through the insulating substrate from the first surface to the second surface. The first and second output capacitors are different from each other in position in a thickness direction and are arranged to the current path. An inductor component is between a plus terminal of the first output capacitor and a plus terminal of the second output capacitor.

Abstract: A capacitor array that includes: a plurality of capacitor units, where an actual overall capacitance corresponding to an electrostatic capacity for a total area of the capacitor units in an electrostatic capacity of an entirety of the capacitor array is larger than virtual overall capacitance obtained by multiplying a total number n of virtual units corresponding to an inter-center distance p between a first through-conductor and a second through-conductor when the electrostatic capacity Cunit per unit reaches a maximum value by the maximum value of the electrostatic capacity Cunit per unit.

Abstract: A capacitor element that includes: a capacitor portion including an anode plate including a porous portion on a core portion, a dielectric layer on the porous portion, and a cathode layer on the dielectric layer; a sealing layer covering the capacitor portion; conductive interconnect layers on the sealing layer; and an outer insulating layer covering the sealing layer and the conductive interconnect layers. In a plan view from a thickness direction of the anode plate, a center-to-center distance between a first anode through conductor and a first cathode through conductor is equivalent to a center-to-center distance between the first anode through conductor and a second cathode through conductor, and a center-to-center distance between a fifth cathode through conductor and the first cathode through conductor is equivalent to a center-to-center distance between the fifth cathode through conductor and the second cathode through conductor.

Abstract: A package board that includes an inductor layer having: a first magnetic layer including first magnetic particles and a resin; an inductor wiring that functions as an inductor in the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic layer on at least one surface of the first magnetic layer, including second magnetic particles that are higher in average flatness than the first magnetic particles and a resin, the second magnetic particles having a shape where the dimension in a direction along the main surface of the second magnetic layer is longer than the dimension in the thickness direction of the second magnetic layer.

Abstract: An electronic component that includes: a sealing body having a first plate, a cover part spaced form the first plate, and a sealing metal layer; a functional part spaced from the first plate and in an airtight internal space of the sealing body; a filling resin part filling a space between the sealing body and the functional part; and a via conductor in a first through hole extending through the first plate and in a second through hole extending through the filling resin part and communicating with the first through hole, the via conductor being electrically connected to a pair of electrodes of the functional part. A water vapor transmission rate of the cover part is less than or equal to one-tenth of a water vapor transmission rate of the filling resin part having the same film thickness, or the cover part is made of glass or metal.

Abstract: A voltage converter is provided that includes a variable inductor device that is disposed between an input line and an output line, a switching device that is disposed between the input line and the variable inductor device, a capacitor that is disposed between the output line and a ground line and a control circuit configured to switch an inductance value of the variable inductor device and to switch a control mode of the switching device according to a load current in the output line. The control circuit is configured to set the inductance value of the variable inductor device to a first value when the load current is less than a threshold value and set the inductance value of the variable inductor device to a second value that is smaller than the first value when the load current is higher than the threshold value.

Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body including a magnetic layer, a first coil and a second coil that are disposed adjacent to each other on a plane in the element body, and a first connection conductor that connects the first coil and the second coil. A first axis of the first coil and a second axis of the second coil are disposed parallel in a first direction that is orthogonal to the plane. A shortest distance between the first coil and the second coil is equal to or greater than a larger wiring width of a first wiring width of the first coil and a second wiring width of the second coil, and is equal to or less than an average value of a first diameter of a first smallest circle enclosing the first coil and a second diameter of a second smallest circle enclosing the second coil.

Abstract: A coil that includes a coil wire spirally wound along an axis. The coil wire includes a first wiring portion and a second wiring portion which are aligned along the axis. The first wiring portion includes a first end surface on a side in a first direction from the first wiring portion toward the second wiring portion, and a second end surface on a side in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first end surface includes a first end in an inner side portion in a radial direction of the coil wire. The second end surface is in an outer side portion in the radial direction of the coil wire with respect to a straight line passing through the first end and parallel to the direction of the axis.

Abstract: A package substrate that includes: an inductor layer having a magnetic body and inductor wires. The magnetic body includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer on at least one main surface of the first magnetic layer. The inductor wires are in the first magnetic layer and include a first wire and a second wire adjacent to each other and magnetically coupled. The second magnetic layer overlaps the first wire and the second wire in a thickness direction. The second magnetic layer has anisotropic magnetic permeability in which magnetic permeability in a main surface direction differs from the thickness direction. The magnetic permeability of the second magnetic layer in the main surface direction is higher than in the thickness direction. The magnetic permeability of the second magnetic layer in the main surface direction is higher than magnetic permeability of the first magnetic layer in a main surface direction.

Abstract: A coil that includes: a coil wire spirally wound along an axis; and an insulator that covers at least a portion of the coil wire. In a cross section including the axis, the insulator includes: a first insulation portion in contact with a first end surface of the coil wire on a first side in a direction of the axis of the coil wire, a second insulation portion in contact with a second end surface of the coil wire on a second side in the direction of the axis of the coil wire, and a third insulation portion between adjacent turns in the direction of the axis of the coil wire. At least one of a first thickness of the first insulation portion and a second thickness of the second insulation portion is thinner than half of a third thickness of the third insulation portion.

Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body having a magnetic material, and a coil that is disposed inside the element body. The coil includes a coil wire that is spirally wound along an axis with a first end of the coil wire at a positive side of the axis and a second end of the coil wire at a negative side of the axis. At least one of a first end surface of the first end of the coil wire and a second end surface of the second end of the coil wire includes a recess, and a portion of the element body is located inside the recess.

Abstract: A capacitor element that includes: a capacitor portion including an anode plate having a porous portion on a core portion, a dielectric layer on the porous portion, and a cathode layer on the dielectric layer; a first cathode through conductor and a second cathode through conductor each penetrating the dielectric layer and the anode plate in a thickness direction and electrically connected to the cathode layer; and an anode through conductor penetrating the dielectric layer and the anode plate in the thickness direction and electrically connected to the anode plate, wherein, in a plan view from a thickness direction of the anode plate, a first center-to-center distance between the first anode through conductor and the first cathode through conductor is equivalent to a second center-to-center distance between the first anode through conductor and the second cathode through conductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate, plural transistor groups disposed on the substrate, an insulating film, and a metal member. Each of the plural transistor groups includes plural unit transistors arranged in a first direction within a plane of a top surface of the substrate. The plural transistor groups are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The insulating film covers the plural unit transistors and includes at least one cavity. The metal member is disposed on the insulating film and is electrically connected to the plural unit transistors via the at least one cavity. A heat transfer path is formed by a metal in a region from each of the plural unit transistors to a top surface of the metal member. Thermal resistance values of the heat transfer paths are different from each other among the plural unit transistors.

Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes a first transistor disposed on a semiconductor substrate; a second transistor that supplies a bias current based on a first current which is a part of a control current to the first transistor; a current output element in which a current flowing therethrough increases in accordance with a rise in temperature; and a wiring portion including a plurality of metal layers that are electrically connected to an emitter of the first transistor and that are stacked one on top of another so as to oppose the semiconductor substrate. At least one metal layer among the plurality of metal layers extends so as to overlap an area extending from at least a part of a first disposition area in which the first transistor is disposed to a second disposition area in which the current output element is disposed in plan view of the semiconductor substrate.