Patent ID: 8198972

Claim:
An electronic component comprising, a stack of a plurality of first insulator layers; a plurality of coil electrodes connected to one another in the stack to form a coil; a second insulator layer that is arranged in such a manner as to cut across the coil and that has a permeability lower than that of the first insulator layers; and a third insulator layer that is, when viewed in a stacking direction, formed in a region outside of a region in which the coil is formed, and that has a permeability lower than that of the first insulator layers, wherein a structure of the third insulator layer on the upper side of the second insulator layer in the stacking direction is different from a structure of the third insulator layer on the lower side of the second insulator layer in the stacking direction, and a direct-current superposition characteristic of a portion of the coil on the upper side of the second insulator layer in the stacking direction is different from a direct-current superposition characteristic of a portion of the coil on the lower side of the second insulator layer in the stacking direction.