Patent ID: 8362865

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a multilayer body including a plurality of insulating layers stacked on top of one another; and a coil built into the multilayer body, said coil including: a plurality of coil conductors each having a ring-shaped coil portion having a cut out portion in one side of one corner thereof, and a connecting portion that connects a first point located in one end portion of the coil portion at the cut out portion in the one side at the one corner of the ring-shaped coil portion and a second point located in a direction that forms an obtuse angle with a side of the coil portion extending from the first point and in a region enclosed by the coil portion when seen from the first point, the coil conductors each having a length of one turn; and a plurality of via hole conductors connecting the plurality of coil conductors to one another, wherein a center line of the connecting portion passes through a region that is inside a rectangle, said rectangle comprising sides parallel to sides of the ring-shaped coil portion, and a straight line connects the first point and the second point as a diagonal of the rectangle.