Multilayer Coil Component Structure for Firing Shrinkage Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing coil components face issues with cracking and chipping due to differences in firing shrinkage behavior between oxide magnetic layers and insulating layers, particularly when the coil conductor is produced by a plating method, as the locations and volumes of insulating layers with a glass component are not optimized.

Innovation Solution

A coil component design that includes a specific stacking sequence of magnetic and insulating bodies with optimized volume ratios between the first outer insulator, second outer insulator, inner insulator, coil, and magnetic bodies, where 0.05≤A≤0.07, 0.2≤B≤0.4, 0.01≤C≤0.08, 0.03≤D≤0.05, and 0.4≤E≤0.71, with C≤0.2B and A+B+C+D+E=1, to minimize differences in firing shrinkage behavior and prevent cracking and chipping.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If insulating layers containing glass component are simply interposed between oxide magnetic layers, then the structure is simplified, but cracking and chipping occur due to mismatched firing shrinkage behavior

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure complexityVSAvoidproduct integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters of the insulating layers containing glass component, specifically adjusting their locations and volumes relative to the first and second insulating layers based on the proportion of coil conductor included. This parameter adjustment ensures that the firing shrinkage behavior of oxide magnetic layers matches that of the insulating layers, preventing cracking and chipping while maintaining structural simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by making the insulating layers containing glass component have different locations and volumes in different regions, specifically adjusted in accordance with the proportion of coil conductor included in the first and second insulating layers. This localized adjustment optimizes firing shrinkage matching at each interface, preventing defects without requiring complete redesign of the entire structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of manufacture

If the volume ratios of insulating layers and magnetic layers are not optimized, then manufacturing is simpler, but firing shrinkage mismatch causes cracking and chipping

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidfiring shrinkage control
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent specifies optimized volume ratios parameters: 0.05≤A≤0.07 for first outer insulator, 0.2≤B≤0.4 for inner insulator, 0.4≤E≤0.71 for magnetic bodies, with additional constraints C≤0.2B and A+B+C+D+E=1. These parameter specifications provide clear manufacturing targets that balance simplicity with precision, ensuring firing shrinkage matching without overly complex manufacturing procedures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The optimized volume ratios effectively suppress occurrences of cracking and chipping, improve high-frequency impedance characteristics, and enhance the insulating properties of the coil component, reducing the risk of peeling and moisture entry.

Implementation Method 1

the firing shrinkage behavior of the oxide magnetic layers composed of a material different from the first insulating layer approaches the firing shrinkage behavior of the first insulating layer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFiring shrinkage: Thermal Contraction

Data Source

PatentUS11894178B2Coil component
Publication Date: 2024.02.06 MURATA MFG CO LTD
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AI summary

A coil component includes a first outer magnetic body, a first outer insulator, a first inner magnetic body, an inner insulator, a second inner magnetic body, a second outer insulator, and a second outer magnetic body stacked sequentially, and a coil in the inner insulator and an internal magnetic body inside the coil. Volumes A, B, C, and D of the first and second outer insulators, the inner insulator, the coil, and the internal magnetic body, respectively, and volume E of the first outer magnetic body, the first inner magnetic body, the second inner magnetic body, and the second outer magnetic body satisfy 0.05≤A≤0.07, 0.2≤B≤0.4, 0.01≤C≤0.08, 0.03≤D≤0.05, and ≤0.4≤E≤0.71, where 0.05B≤C≤0.2B and A+B+C+D+E=1.