Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic base body containing a magnetic metal material and having a first surface; a conductor disposed inside the magnetic base body; external electrodes electrically connected to the conductor and extending along the first surface of the magnetic base body, each of the external electrodes having a first electrode portion embedded in the magnetic base body and a second electrode portion exposed from the magnetic base body; and an insulation layer covering an area of the first surface that excludes areas on which the external electrodes are disposed.

Abstract: A coil component includes a base body containing metal magnetic particles and a binder binding together the metal magnetic particles and having a first surface extending along a coil axis and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first external electrode, a second external electrode, and a coil conductor electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes. In one embodiment, the coil conductor has a winding portion, the winding portion has first conductor portions and one or more second conductor portions smaller in number than the first conductor portions. The first and second conductor portions alternate with and are connected to each other. A first dimension of the base body representing a dimension between the first surface and the second surface is greater than a second dimension of the base body representing a dimension of the base body between the third and fourth surface.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a coil element includes a base body, an internal conductor provided within the base body, a first external electrode electrically connected to one of ends of the internal conductor, and a second external electrode electrically connected to the other end of the internal conductor. The base body contains a plurality of metal magnetic particles, a resin portion between the metal magnetic particles and a void. The base body includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, and a second area void ratio of the second region is higher than a first area void ratio of the first region. The internal conductor is provided in the first region of the base body.

Abstract: A coil component includes an insulating base body and a coil conductor arranged in the base body and having a winding portion extending around a coil axis. The insulating base body includes a magnetic body portion made of a magnetic material and a magnetic gap portion made of a low-permeability material having a lower relative permeability than the magnetic material. The magnetic gap portion is shaped like a ring when seen in a direction along the coil axis and arranged within the winding portion. The magnetic body portion includes a first region positioned within the winding portion, a second region positioned opposite the first region with respect to the magnetic gap portion in the direction along the coil axis, and a third region arranged within a through hole defined by an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic gap portion, where the third region connects together the first and second regions.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic component including a base body, a first internal element, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The first external electrode has a first outer metal layer and a first inner metal layer that is provided between the first outer metal layer and the first internal element, the second external electrode has a second outer metal layer and a second inner metal layer that is provided between the second outer metal layer and the first internal element, and the first inner metal layer has a lower laser absorption rate than any of the first outer metal layer and the second outer metal layer, and the second inner metal layer has a lower laser absorption rate than any of the first outer metal layer and the second outer metal layer.

Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic base body including magnetic metal particles and resin; a conductor disposed inside or on a face of the magnetic base body; and external electrodes disposed on a first face of the magnetic base body and connected with the conductor. Each external electrode has a central portion and a peripheral portion disposed adjacent to the central portion. The central portion has a contact surface that is in contact with the first face and an exterior surface that is opposite to the contact surface, and the peripheral portion has a contact surface that is in contact with the first face and an exterior surface that is opposite to the contact surface. The distance from the first surface to the exterior surface of the peripheral portion is less than the distance from the first surface to the exterior surface of the central portion.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coil component comprises: forming a coil conductor including a winding portion, the winding portion including a plurality of first conductor portions and one or more second conductor portions smaller in number than the first conductor portions, the first and second conductor portions alternate with and connected to each other; forming a molded body by molding composite magnetic material including metal magnetic particles and a binder with the coil conductor being disposed inside the composite magnetic material; and heating the molded body to produce a magnetic base body. The magnetic base body is formed such that a distance between the first conductor portions and a first surface of the magnetic body is greater than a distance between the second conductor portions and a second surface of the magnetic base body opposite to the first surface, by molding, cutting or polishing.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a coil component including a base body having a first surface extending along a coil axis and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first external electrode provided on the base body, a second external electrode provided on the base body, and a coil conductor electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes, where the coil conductor extends around the coil axis. In one embodiment, the coil conductor has a winding portion, the winding portion has a plurality of first conductor portions and one or more second conductor portions smaller in number than the first conductor portions, and the first and second conductor portions alternate with and are connected to each other, and a distance between the first conductor portions and the first surface is greater than a distance between the second conductor portions and the second surface.

Abstract: A coil component includes: a core part including: a winding shaft, and a flange part provided on an axial-direction end of the winding shaft, which has an exterior face on the opposite side of the winding shaft, first and second side faces, and first and second groove parts provided on the exterior face and having a cut-out part on each the first and second side faces; a coil part including: a winding part of a conductor wound around the winding shaft, and two lead parts of the conductor led out from the winding part; and two terminal parts formed on the exterior face of the flange part; wherein the two lead parts are led in from the cut-out parts on the first and second side faces and fitted inside the groove parts, respectively, on the exterior face, and included in the pair of terminal parts, respectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil component includes providing an intermediate body, heating the intermediate body at a first temperature ranging from 100 to 350° C., and after the heating at the first temperature, heating the intermediate body at a higher second temperature ranging from 600 to 900° C. The providing of the intermediate body including (i) preparing a base material having a flat plate shape or a wire shape, (ii) bending the base material to form a conductor portion, (iii) preparing a metal magnetic paste containing a resin and a plurality of metal magnetic particles mainly composed of iron, and (iv) applying a molding pressure to the metal magnetic paste covering the base material to form the intermediate body including a substrate body containing the plurality of metal magnetic particles and the conductor portion. The magnetic base body including an oxide coating film containing iron oxide on a surface of each of the metal magnetic particles.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil component includes providing an intermediate body including a conductor portion formed by bending a base material mainly composed of a metal having a lower ionization tendency than iron and a substrate body containing metal magnetic particles mainly composed of iron and surrounding at least part of the conductor portion, heating the intermediate body at a first temperature to form an oxide film containing an oxide of the metal that covers a surface of the conductor portion, and after the heating at the first temperature, heating the intermediate body at a higher second temperature to form an oxide coating film containing iron oxide on a surface of each metal magnetic particles so that the substrate body is formed into a magnetic base body, to form the oxide film into an insulating oxide layer containing iron oxide and the metal, and to anneal the conductor portion.

Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a coil component including a base body; a coil conductor provided in the base body; a first external electrode electrically connected to the coil conductor; and a second external electrode electrically connected to the coil conductor. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, the base body includes a first group of metal magnetic particles and a resin binder, where the first group of metal magnetic particles has a plurality of first metal magnetic particles, the first group of metal magnetic particles has a first average circularity greater than 0.8, each of the first metal magnetic particles contains a main component and an additive, the main component includes at least one of Fe or Ni, and the additive accounts for less than 10 wt %.

Abstract: A coil component includes a base body containing metal magnetic particles and a binder binding together the metal magnetic particles and having a first surface extending along a coil axis and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first external electrode, a second external electrode, and a coil conductor electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes. In one embodiment, the coil conductor has a winding portion, the winding portion has first conductor portions and one or more second conductor portions smaller in number than the first conductor portions. The first and second conductor portions alternate with and are connected to each other. A first dimension of the base body representing a dimension between the first surface and the second surface is greater than a second dimension of the base body representing a dimension of the base body between the third and fourth surface.

Abstract: A coil element according to one embodiment of the present invention has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and has a principal surface including long sides and short sides. The coil element includes a drum core, a winding wound around the drum core, a first external electrode, a second external, and a covering portion covering at least a part of the winding core. The drum core in the embodiment includes a first flange, a second flange, and a winding core connecting between the first flange and the second flange. The winding core extends along the short sides of the principal surface. In one embodiment, the coil element has a height less than 0.85 mm.

Abstract: A coil component includes a base body containing metal magnetic particles and a binder binding together the metal magnetic particles and having a first surface extending along a coil axis and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first external electrode, a second external electrode, and a coil conductor electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes. In one embodiment, the coil conductor has a winding portion, the winding portion has first conductor portions and one or more second conductor portions smaller in number than the first conductor portions. The first and second conductor portions alternate with and are connected to each other. A ratio of a first distance between the first conductor portions and the first surface to a second distance between the second conductor portions and the second surface is from 0.5 to less than 1.

Abstract: A coil component according to one or more embodiments includes a base body having first to sixth surfaces, and a coil conductor including a winding portion that extends around a coil axis intersecting the first and second surfaces. The winding portion includes first, second, third, and fourth portions facing the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, respectively when viewed from a direction of the coil axis. The radii of curvature of the first and second portions are both smaller than the radii of curvature of the third and fourth portions. When viewed from the direction of the coil axis, a distance between the first portion and the third surface is larger than a distance between the third portion and the fifth surface.

Abstract: A metal magnetic powder is constituted by metal magnetic grains that each include: a metal phase where the mass percentage of Fe at its center part is lower than that at its contour part; and an oxide film covering the metal phase so as to allow the magnetic body resistant to magnetic saturation and low in iron loss.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic coupling coil component having a coupling coefficient that can be readily adjusted. A coil component according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a drum core including a winding core, a first flange, and a second flange, the first flange being provided on one axial end of the winding core, the second flange being provided on another axial end of the winding core; a spacer provided on a surface of the winding core between the first flange and the second flange, the spacer being separate from the winding core; a first winding wire wound around the winding core between the first flange and the spacer; and a second winding wire wound around the winding core between the second flange and the spacer.

Abstract: A coil element according to one embodiment includes: an insulator body including first insulating layers and second insulating layers laminated in a stacking direction; first conductive patterns formed on the first insulating layers; second conductive patterns formed on the second insulating layers; a first to fourth external electrodes each provided on a bottom surface of the insulator body; and a first to fourth lead via conductive member. The insulator body includes a first portion and a second portion. The electrical resistivity of the first portion is higher than that of the second portion. The first portion covers upper and lower surfaces of at least one of intermediate first conductive patterns in the intermediate region. The first lead via conductive member, the second lead via conductive member, the third lead via conductive member, and the first lead via conductive member are arranged outside the first portion.

Abstract: A coil component includes: a core part including: a winding shaft, and a flange part provided on an axial-direction end of the winding shaft, which has an exterior face on the opposite side of the winding shaft, first and second side faces, and first and second groove parts provided on the exterior face and having a cut-out part on each the first and second side faces; a coil part including: a winding part of a conductor wound around the winding shaft, and two lead parts of the conductor led out from the winding part; and two terminal parts formed on the exterior face of the flange part; wherein the two lead parts are led in from the cut-out parts on the first and second side faces and fitted inside the groove parts, respectively, on the exterior face, and included in the pair of terminal parts, respectively.