A reactor that includes a coil having a wound portion; a magnetic core; a holding member provided at both ends of the wound portion; a mold resin by which the coil and the holding member are integrated into one piece; a casing that houses an assembly that includes the coil, the magnetic core, and the holding member; and a potting resin that fills up the casing to seal at least a part of the assembly.

An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that can form a magnetic particle-containing film having excellent magnetic permeability and excellent acid resistance, and has excellent sedimentation stability. Another object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic particle-containing film that relates to the composition, and an electronic component that includes the magnetic particle-containing film.

The composition according to an embodiment of the present invention contains magnetic particles that contain 70% to 90% by mass of Fe atoms and have a crystal structure of Fe, an average particle diameter of 2 to 30 μm, and an aspect ratio less than 8, and a rheology control agent.

A ferromagnetic-polymer composite material comprises a polymer and a plurality of ferromagnetic film platelets disposed in the polymer. Each ferromagnetic film platelet comprises first and second insulator layers and a ferromagnetic layer disposed between the first and second insulator layers. The ferromagnetic layer can be magnetically anisotropic in which a hard axis of magnetization is aligned parallel to a plane that passes through and parallel to an interface between the first insulator layer and the ferromagnetic layer. The easy and/or hard axes of magnetization in the ferromagnetic film platelets can be aligned. An inductor can have a core formed of the ferromagnetic-polymer composite material.

Disclosed herein is a method comprising disposing a first particle in a reactor; the first particle being a magnetic particle or a particle that can be influenced by a magnetic field, an electric field or a combination of an electrical field and a magnetic field; fluidizing the first particle in the reactor; applying a uniform magnetic field, a uniform electrical field or a combination of a uniform magnetic field and uniform electrical field to the reactor; elevating the temperature of the reactor; and fusing the first particles to form a monolithic solid.

Disclosed herein is a method comprising disposing a first particle in a reactor; the first particle being a magnetic particle or a particle that can be influenced by a magnetic field, an electric field or a combination of an electrical field and a magnetic field; fluidizing the first particle in the reactor; applying a uniform magnetic field, a uniform electrical field or a combination of a uniform magnetic field and uniform electrical field to the reactor; elevating the temperature of the reactor; and fusing the first particles to form a monolithic solid.

A coil component includes: a coil embedded in a substrate body and having a winding part constituted by a wound conductor; wherein the substrate body has: a first region sandwiched between one end surface of the substrate body and a plane parallel with the one end surface and running through a portion of a first external electrode farthest away from the one end surface; a second region sandwiched between another end of the substrate body and a plane parallel with the another end surface and running through a portion of a second external electrode farthest away from the another end surface; and a third region between the first region and the second region; and the winding part is provided in the third region, and also in the first region where it is wound by one turn or more.

There are provided a magnetic viscous fluid containing magnetic particles, a carrier fluid, and an organic molybdenum compound, in which a content of the magnetic particles is 35% by volume or more and 50% by volume or less with respect to a volume of the magnetic viscous fluid, a viscosity of the carrier fluid, which is measured with an electromagnetic rotary viscometer at a measurement temperature of 25° C., is 10 mPa.Math.sec or more, and a shear viscosity of the magnetic viscous fluid, which is measured at a shear rate of 1,000 sec.sup.-1 at a measurement temperature of 25° C., is 500 mPa.Math.sec or less, as well as a magnetic viscous fluid device including the magnetic viscous fluid and a production method for the magnetic viscous fluid.

There are provided a magnetic viscous fluid containing magnetic particles, a carrier fluid, and an organic molybdenum compound, in which a content of the magnetic particles is 35% by volume or more and 50% by volume or less with respect to a volume of the magnetic viscous fluid, a viscosity of the carrier fluid, which is measured with an electromagnetic rotary viscometer at a measurement temperature of 25° C., is 10 mPa.Math.sec or more, and a shear viscosity of the magnetic viscous fluid, which is measured at a shear rate of 1,000 sec.sup.-1 at a measurement temperature of 25° C., is 500 mPa.Math.sec or less, as well as a magnetic viscous fluid device including the magnetic viscous fluid and a production method for the magnetic viscous fluid.

A structure for wireless communication having a plurality of conductor layers, an insulator layer separating each of the conductor layers, and at least one connector connecting two of the conductor layers wherein an electrical resistance is reduced when an electrical signal is induced in the resonator at a predetermined frequency. The structure is capable of transmitting or receiving electrical energy and/or data at various near and far field magnetic coupling frequencies.

A structure for wireless communication having a plurality of conductor layers, an insulator layer separating each of the conductor layers, and at least one connector connecting two of the conductor layers wherein an electrical resistance is reduced when an electrical signal is induced in the resonator at a predetermined frequency. The structure is capable of transmitting or receiving electrical energy and/or data at various near and far field magnetic coupling frequencies.