Wound-Wire Inductor Coil Layout for High Turn Count Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wound-wire-type inductor components face challenges in achieving a high number of turns while maintaining a prescribed inductance value, which limits their performance as antenna coils in wireless communication circuits.

Innovation Solution

The design includes a core with a column-shaped shaft and support parts, with a wire wound around it, where the interval between turns is optimized to increase the number of turns wound around the shaft, thereby achieving a high inductance value suitable for antenna coils.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If the wire is wound tightly around the shaft part, then the number of turns increases for a given inductance value, but the interval between adjacent turns becomes small which may cause manufacturing difficulties and increased complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of turnsVSAvoidwinding interval precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the interval between adjacent turns as a controllable parameter. By setting the interval to a specific range (0.5mm to 2.0mm), the patent achieves a balance between increasing the number of turns and maintaining manufacturability. This parameter optimization allows more turns to be wound within the available length while avoiding excessive tightness that would complicate the winding process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces flexibility in the winding structure by allowing the wire to be wound with controlled intervals rather than perfectly tight winding. This dynamic approach to winding density enables adaptation to different manufacturing conditions while still achieving the desired inductance value through increased turn count.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Quantity of substance

If the number of turns is increased to achieve high induced voltage, then the communication range improves, but the inductance value may deviate from the prescribed value

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of turnsVSAvoidinductance value control
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent simultaneously optimizes multiple parameters including the interval between turns, wire diameter, and shaft part dimensions to achieve the prescribed inductance value. By controlling the interval parameter within a specific range, the patent enables increased turn count while maintaining precise inductance control through the relationship between these parameters.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent establishes a design methodology where the interval between turns is determined based on the desired inductance value and number of turns. This creates a feedback mechanism where the winding parameters are adjusted to achieve both high turn count and precise inductance specification, ensuring the inductor meets performance requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

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

This configuration allows for a higher induced voltage and improved performance as an antenna coil by increasing the number of turns while maintaining a prescribed inductance value, thus enhancing the communication range and reducing losses.

Implementation Method 1

an electrical signal generated in the wound-wire-type inductor component in response to magnetic flux incident on the wound-wire-type inductor component from the outside

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentUS11869703B2Wound-wire-type inductor component
Publication Date: 2024.01.09 MURATA MFG CO LTD
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AI summary

A wound-wire-type inductor component includes a core including a column-shaped shaft part that extends in a first direction, and a first support part and a second support part that are respectively provided at a first end portion and a second end portion of the shaft part; a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode that are respectively provided on the first support part and the second support part; and a wire including a wound wire part that is wound around the shaft part and a first end and a second end that are respectively connected to the first terminal electrode and the second terminal electrode. The interval between adjacent turns of the wound wire part in the first direction is set so that the number of turns wound around the shaft part is high with respect to a prescribed inductance value.