Disclosed are devices and methods for fabricating devices. A device can include a passive portion having at least one metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor and at least one 2-dimensional (2D) inductor. The device further includes a substrate and the passive portion is formed on the substrate. A magnetic core is embedded in the substrate. A 3-dimensional (3D) inductor is also included having windings formed at least in part in the substrate and at least a portion of the windings being formed around the magnetic core.

A laminated substrate embedded type inductor includes a laminated resin substrate in which a pair of first resin substrates are laminated, a sheet-shaped magnetic core placed in the laminated resin substrate, via holes provided so as to pass through the laminated resin substrate, and a coil formed via the via holes. The laminated resin substrate contains an adhesive component, wherein the sheet-shaped magnetic core is a molded body obtained by forming a soft magnetic flat metal powder into a flat plate, the soft magnetic flat metal powder is oriented in a plane of the flat plate, and a generated magnetic flux of the coil circulates in the plane of the flat plate, and wherein the magnetic core is integrated with the laminated resin substrate so that the adhesive component is impregnated in pores of the magnetic core.

An inductor component includes a plurality of stacked layer structures made of component carrier material with electrically conductive plate structures, and a plurality of electrically conductive interconnect structures connecting the electrically conductive plate structures to thereby form an inductance with multiple windings.

A coil electronic component includes a body including metal powder particles having shape anisotropy and a coil unit disposed in the body and having an axis perpendicular with respect to a thickness direction of the body. The metal powder particles having shape anisotropy are arranged such that a plane-shaped surface thereof is parallel to a direction of flow of magnetic flux.

A semiconductor device comprising a substrate is provided. The device further comprises a through-substrate via (TSV) extending into the substrate, and a substantially helical conductor disposed around the TSV. The substantially helical conductor can be configured to generate a magnetic field in the TSV in response to a current passing through the helical conductor. More than one TSV can be included, and/or more than one substantially helical conductor can be provided.

A magnetic material stack comprises a first dielectric layer, a first magnetic material layer on the first dielectric layer, at least a second dielectric layer on the first magnetic material layer and at least a second magnetic material layer on the second dielectric layer. One or more surfaces of the layers are smoothed to remove at least a portion of surface roughness on the respective layers.

A laminated electronic component having a coil formed in the laminated body of pluralities of laminated magnetic material layers and conductor patterns by electrically connecting the conductor patterns adjacent to each other via the magnetic material layers. The magnetic material layers contain a metal magnetic material. The coil has a first end portion close to a bottom surface of the laminated body and a second end portion distant from the bottom surface of the laminated body. The first end portion is electrically connected to a first external terminal disposed on the bottom surface of the laminated body. The second end portion is electrically connected to a second external terminal disposed on the bottom surface of the laminated body via an electrode disposed on a side surface of the laminated body. The electrode is covered with an insulator film.

An inductor includes a substrate as a base material, a core portion, a coil portion, an insulating portion formed between conductors of the coil portion, and a terminal portion connecting the core portion and the coil portion to the outside. A main direction of a magnetic field that is generated in accordance with current flowing through the coil portion extends in a planar direction of the substrate. In at least a portion of the coil portion, both width and thickness of a rectangular cross-sectional area of the coil portion are larger than the width of the insulating portion.

A coil component includes a magnetic body part and a coil part. The magnetic body part has first and second magnetic layers stacked together alternately in one axis direction, and cover parts covering the first and second magnetic layers from the one axis direction. The coil part has conductor patterns provided on the second magnetic layers. The magnetic body part includes: oblate soft magnetic grain-containing layers extending over the entire range of the magnetic body part in the direction perpendicular to the one axis direction, exposed in the direction perpendicular to the one axis direction, and formed by oblate soft magnetic grains whose thickness direction is oriented in the one axis direction; and spherical grain-containing layers adjoining the oblate soft magnetic grain-containing layers in the one axis direction, and formed by insulative spherical grains.

An inductor includes a body including a support member having a first through-hole, a second through-hole, a first via-hole and a second via-hole, the first and second via-holes being spaced apart from the first and second through-holes, a first coil unit and a second coil unit disposed on one surface of the support member, a third coil unit and a fourth coil unit facing the one surface of the support member, and an encapsulant encapsulating the support member and the first to fourth coil units and including a magnetic material, and a first external electrode to a fourth external electrode respectively connected to the first to fourth coil units on an external surface of the body. The encapsulant includes a first encapsulant and a second encapsulant having magnetic permeability different from each other.