Patent ID: 11915851
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An inductor comprising:
an external terminal; and
an element body that includes a magnetic portion containing a magnetic powder and a coil embedded in the magnetic portion,
wherein the magnetic powder has a Vickers hardness of 1000 kgf/mm2 or less, a particle size D50 being 3.53 μm or less at 50% of a cumulative volume in a cumulative particle size distribution on a basis of volume, and a D90/D10 of 19 or less, the D90/D10 being a ratio of a particle size D90 at 90% of a cumulative volume to a particle size D10 at 10% of a cumulative volume, and
in the magnetic portion, a packing density of the magnetic powder on a basis of volume is 60% or greater.