A multilayer coil component includes a body including multiple insulating layers stacked in a direction of stacking and having first and second end surfaces opposite each other in a length direction, first and second primary surfaces opposite each other in a height direction, perpendicular to the length direction, and first and second lateral surfaces opposite each other in a width direction, perpendicular to the length direction and to the height direction; a coil inside the body and including multiple coil conductors electrically connected together; and a first outer electrode extending from at least part of the first end surface of the body to part of the first primary surface and electrically coupled to the coil. The direction of stacking of the insulating layers and the direction of the coil axis of the coil are parallel with the first primary surface, which is the mounting surface, of the body.

A soft magnetic alloy includes a main body and a surface layer. The main body has a soft magnetic alloy composition including Fe and Co. The surface layer is located on a surface side of the main body. A ratio of Co concentration to a sum of Co concentration and Fe concentration in the surface layer is Co/(Fe+Co). A distribution of Co/(Fe+Co) in a thickness direction of the surface layer includes a local minimum point and one or more local maximum points.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of high Q, temperature stable materials with low dielectric constants. In one aspect, a low loss dielectric material includes one or more transition metal oxides based on the (Zn, Ni, Co)OAl.sub.2O.sub.3TiO.sub.2 system comprising an aluminate comprising one of cobalt (Co) or nickel (Ni) crystallized in a spinel structure. The low loss dielectric material additionally comprises one or more of: a titanate comprising the one of Co or Ni crystallized in a spinel structure, an aluminum oxide and a titanium oxide crystallized in a rutile structure.

An integrated inductor is disclosed. The integrated inductor can include a dielectric structure having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a spiral coil structure between the first side and the second side of the dielectric structure, and a ferromagnetic material structure. The integrated inductor can include a support substrate, and the first side of the dielectric structure can face the support substrate. The ferromagnetic material structure can be positioned at least partially between the support substrate and the second side

A magnetoelectric multiferroic nanocomposite. The nanocomposite comprises a ferroelectric perovskite oxide and a rare-earth substituted mixed ternary transition metal ferrite of the formula A.sub.1-xB.sub.xR.sub.yFe.sub.2-yO.sub.4. The nanocomposite has a high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, both stable over a wide frequency range. These properties may make the nanocomposite desirable for applications in microelectronic devices, sensors and antennas.

An inductor component is capable of suppressing formation of a leak path between vertical wires. Such an inductor component includes an element body that includes a plurality of magnetic powders, at least one of which contains an Fe element as a main component, and has a first principal surface and a second principal surface; an inductor wire that is provided in the element body and extends along a plane parallel to the first principal surface; a vertical wire that is provided in the element body, is connected to an end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface in a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface; and a conductive protection film that covers at least a part of a side surface of the vertical wire extending along a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface and has a higher hardness than the vertical wire.

A magnetoelectric multiferroic nanocomposite. The nanocomposite comprises a ferroelectric perovskite oxide and a rare-earth substituted mixed ternary transition metal ferrite of the formula A.sub.1-xB.sub.xR.sub.yFe.sub.2-yO.sub.4. The nanocomposite has a high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, both stable over a wide frequency range. These properties may make the nanocomposite desirable for applications in microelectronic devices, sensors and antennas.

A coil component includes an element assembly including a coil conductor formed by winding a conductor coated with an electrically insulating film and a magnetic portion containing metal magnetic particles and resin, and an outer electrode electrically connected to an exposed surface, exposed on a surface of the element assembly, of an extended part of the coil conductor and disposed on a surface of the element assembly. The metal magnetic particles include first and second metal magnetic particles. A particle size distribution of the magnetic particles, calculated in accordance with a circle equivalent diameter obtained from a cross-sectional image in a cross section of the magnetic portion, has at least two peaks and at least one bottom. The first magnetic particles are larger than or equal to the bottom having a minimum frequency, and the second metal magnetic particles are smaller than the bottom having the minimum frequency.

A coil component includes an element assembly including a coil conductor formed by winding a conductor coated with an electrically insulating film and a magnetic portion containing metal magnetic particles and resin, and an outer electrode electrically connected to an exposed surface of an extended part of the coil conductor, exposed on a surface of the element assembly and disposed on the surface of the element assembly. The metal magnetic particles include first and second metal magnetic particles. A particle size distribution of the metal magnetic particles, calculated in accordance with a circle equivalent diameter obtained from a cross-sectional image in a cross section of the magnetic portion, has at least two peaks and at least one bottom. The large magnetic particles are larger than or equal to the bottom having a minimum frequency.