An inductive element includes a magnetic core, a flat coil wound on a middle column of the magnetic core, and a magnetic plastic package layer covering the magnetic core and the flat coil. Two electrodes connected to two pigtails of the flat coil are exposed outside of the magnetic plastic package layer. The flat coil is configured to enable a width direction of a flat wire of the flat coil to be perpendicular to an axial direction of the middle column of the magnetic core, and the flat wire is stacked layer by layer in the axial direction of the middle column. A manufacturing method for the inductive element is also disclosed herein. By using the wounding method of the flat coil of the inductive element, a height of a product may be reduced while obtaining a same DCR, so that the product is thinner.

An electronic component includes a wire winding wound around a central axis. The wire winding having first and second ends, and first and second terminals are connected to or formed by the first and second ends. The terminals provide electrical contacts for connecting the component into a circuit. The component has a wet press molded body made of a mixture of magnetic and non-magnetic material that is heated and pressed about the wire winding. The wet press molded body leaves at least a portion of the terminals exposed for mounting the component to the circuit.

An inductance element includes a magnetic core and a coil having a portion embedded in the magnetic core. This portion includes a wound portion formed by winging a wire-shaped coil material including a wire-shaped conductive material and an insulating coating. The insulating coating includes a thin-walled portion reduced in thickness. A biting ratio R is defined by formula: R=ds/B, which is from 0.4 to 0.85 inclusive, where B is the average thickness of inter-coil insulating coatings, and ds is an upper biting limit obtained by measuring a biting depth, approximating a frequency distribution of the results by a normal distribution, and computing, as the upper biting limit, the sum of the mean da of the normal distribution and the product of 3.99 and the standard deviation . The biting depth is obtained by subtracting, from the average thickness B, the thickness of the thin-walled portion.

In an embodiment, an air-core coil 50 includes a winding part 54 formed by winding a coated conductive wire 52, wherein a pair of leader parts 56 and 58 is interposed between a second core 20 and a first core 40 which contain metal magnetic grains. A first gap 72 is provided between a principle face 50A of one end portion of the winding part 54 in the direction of a winding core axis of the winding part 54 and the first core member 40. A second gap 70 is provided between a principle face 50B of the other end portion and the second core member 20. The coil component is a small and high-performance coil component with a high dielectric withstanding voltage.

A circuit assembly that includes an inductor including a core; a fixation member to which the inductor is fixed; a base that is attached to the core, wherein: the fixation member is made of a first material having a coefficient of thermal expansion larger than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the core, and the base is made of a second material having a coefficient of thermal expansion larger than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the core and smaller than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the fixation member; and an adhesive layer that is disposed between the base and the fixation member, and that bonds the base and the fixation member together.

In an exemplary embodiment, a coil component includes: an element body part 10 that is formed containing a magnetic material; a coil 40 that is embedded within the element body part 10 and constituted by a wound conductive wire; lead wires 44a, 44b that are extended from the conductive wire and are led out from the coil 40; and terminal parts 70a, 70b that are joined to the lead wires 44a, 44b; wherein tip parts 46a, 46b of the lead wires 44a, 44b, each having a prescribed length from the tip, are embedded in the element body part 10 and also extend along the bottom face 22 of the element body part 10, and the terminal parts 70a, 70b are joined to the tip parts 46a, 46b of the lead wires 44a, 44b on the bottom face 22 of the element body part 10.

An inductor and a method of making an inductor. The inductor includes a stack of dielectric layers. The inductor also includes a plurality of metal levels comprising patterned metallic features of the inductor. Each metal level is located at an interface between adjacent dielectric layers in the stack. The patterned metallic features include a first plurality of inductor windings arranged in a substantially flat spiral in one of the metal levels. The patterned metallic features also include a second plurality of inductor windings in which each winding is located in a respective one of the plurality of metal levels. The first plurality of windings is connected in series with the second plurality of windings.

A continuous coil for an inductive component includes a plurality of turns formed by at least one conductor. The continuous coil is substantially egg-shaped. Other example coils, transformers, etc. are also disclosed.

An electronic component includes a wire winding wound around a central axis. The wire winding having first and second ends, and first and second terminals are connected to or formed by the first and second ends. The terminals provide electrical contacts for connecting the component into a circuit. The component has a wet press molded body made of a mixture of magnetic and non-magnetic material that is heated and pressed about the wire winding. The wet press molded body leaves at least a portion of the terminals exposed for mounting the component to the circuit.

A coil assembly includes a coil unit in which a coil obtained by winding a winding wire is disposed around a magnetic core, a coil case that accommodates the coil unit, and a potting material with which an inside of the coil case is filled, and the coil case has an elastic fixing portion that is attachable to a resin member to which the coil case is to be fixed. The above-described configuration makes it possible to provide a coil assembly that is unlikely to crack and generate abnormal noises.