Patent ID: 11876449
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. An inductor component that includes only three external terminals, the inductor component comprising:
a composite body that includes a composite material including an inorganic filler and a resin, the composite body having an upper end face and a lower end face, the lower end face being provided on a surface of the composite body opposite to the upper end face;
a wire that is disposed inside the composite body, the wire being disposed in a plane parallel to the upper or the lower end face;
a first external terminal that is disposed in the upper end face of the composite body;
a second external terminal that is disposed in the upper end face of the composite body; and
a third external terminal that is disposed in the lower end face of the composite body, wherein
a first end part of the wire is electrically connected to both the first external terminal and the third external terminal,
a second end part of the wire is electrically connected to only the second external terminal of the first, second, and third external terminals,
a first via wire is stacked on and directly contacts a connection wire, an outer circumference part of the wire is stacked on and directly contacts the first via wire, a second via wire is stacked on and directly contacts the outer circumference part of the wire, and the second external terminal is stacked on and directly contacts the second via wire, and
the connection wire, the first via wire, the outer circumference part of the wire, the second via wire, and the second external terminal are each exposed on a side surface of the composite body.