A multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including a principal surface and insulating base material layers made of a thermoplastic resin that are stacked, and a coil including coil conductors. The coil includes a winding axis in a stacking direction. The coil conductors includes a first coil conductor closest to the principal surface, and a second coil conductor adjacent to or in a vicinity of the first coil conductor. The second coil conductor includes a wide portion of which a line width is larger than a line width of the first coil conductor. The wide portion includes an overlapping portion that overlaps with the first coil conductor, and a non-overlapping portion that does not overlap with the first coil conductor, when viewed from the stacking direction. The non-overlapping portion is curved to be closer to the principal surface than to the overlapping portion.

An electric element includes a substrate including a resin layer and a first conductive body, and a magnet. The substrate includes a first principal surface facing the magnet. The first conductive body includes a coil portion having a winding axis orthogonal to the first principal surface and located on a side closest to the first principal surface. The coil portion includes a continuous coil conductor including a first coil surface facing the first principal surface and a second coil surface opposite to the first coil surface. The coil conductor has a non-uniform thickness in a winding axis direction varying a distance between the first and second coil surfaces, and a difference of maximum and minimum values of distance between the first coil surface and the first principal surface is smaller than a difference of maximum and minimum values of distance between the second coil surface and the first principal surface.

A planar coil (10) of the present disclosure includes a base (1) having a first surface (1a) and including a magnet material, and a first metal layer (2a) located on the first surface (1a) and having voids (3).

A magnetic field generator includes: an upper layer coil composed of a first conductive material and forming a loop circuit having a coil portion; a lower layer coil composed of a second conductive material and forming a loop circuit having a coil portion arranged opposite to the coil portion of the upper layer coil at a predetermined distance; and a substrate supporting the upper layer coil and the lower layer coil and having a dielectric material between the upper layer coil and the lower layer coil. High-frequency currents of opposite phases are passed through the upper layer coil and the lower layer coil, respectively, and a length per loop of the coil portion in the upper layer coil and the coil portion in the lower layer coil is matched to one wavelength of the high-frequency current.

A method for manufacturing a device having a three-dimensional magnetic structure includes applying or introducing magnetic particles onto or into a carrier element. A plurality of at least partly interconnected cavities are formed between the magnetic particles, which contact one another at points of contact, by coating the arrangement of magnetic particles and the carrier. The cavities are penetrated at least partly by the layer generated when coating, resulting in the three-dimensional magnetic structure. A conductor loop arrangement is provided on the carrier or a further carrier. When a current flows through the conductor loop, an inductance of the conductor loop is changed by the three-dimensional magnetic structure, or a force acts on the three-dimensional magnetic structure or the conductor loop by a magnetic field caused by the current flow, or when the position of the three-dimensional magnetic structure is changed, a current flow is induced through the conductor loop.

A curved haptic actuator according to an embodiment may comprise: a housing having a receiving space and having a shape where the receiving space and an outer appearance thereof are bent outward; a vibration unit disposed in the receiving space, being movable along the longitudinal direction of the housing, and having a shape bent upward; elastic bodies connected to an inner wall of the housing and both sides of the vibration unit; and a magnetic field generation unit which is installed on the inner wall of the housing and generates a magnetic field and applies the magnetic field to the vibration unit.

The present invention relates to a voice coil plate having a multi-patterned coil for a slim speaker, the voice coil plate enabling weight reduction, impedance value reduction and inductance value enhancement; and a slim flat speaker enabling weight reduction, impedance value reduction and inductance value enhancement. In one embodiment, the voice coil plate comprises: a base substrate; and a voice coil formed on one surface of the base substrate comprising: a first pattern part arranged along a first direction; and a second pattern part arranged along a second direction different from the first direction. The first pattern part comprises a plurality of first patterns spaced apart at predetermined intervals, and the second pattern part comprises a plurality of second patterns spaced apart at predetermined intervals. At least two of the second patterns, among the plurality of second patterns, are connected in parallel to one of the first patterns.

To provide a circuit board in which a curvature of a display surface can be controlled, or to provide a highly portable circuit board. A circuit board includes a substrate with flexibility and a curvature control mechanism. The curvature control mechanism includes a first electromagnet and a second electromagnet provided over a first surface of the substrate, an insulating film provided over the first and second electromagnets, and wirings electrically connected to the first and second electromagnets.

Various embodiments of electric lighting devices and, in particular, electric candles are described. The devices can include a flame element onto which light can be projected from a light source. Preferably, the light is projected within a focal area on the flame element. The housing of the devices can include projections that help maintain a vertical position of a circuit board within the housing.

A planar actuator device, including a base plate including a first, second, and third pair of planar coils, each pair of planar coils having an inner coil and an outer coil, each pair of planar coils arranged along a first, second, and third linear motion axis, respectively, the first, second, and third linear motion axis arranged in a star configuration, and an actuation mechanism including a first, second, and third planar legs and a centerpiece, the first, second and third planar legs pivotably connected to the centerpiece, the planar legs including a first, second, and third sliding element and a first, second, and third middle section, respectively, a sliding element and middle section of a respective leg pivotably connected to each other, each sliding element including a permanent magnet.