Coil, and antenna and transformer using the coil

• US 20070171020A1
• Filed: 12/24/2004
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumida Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sumida Corporation
• Inventors: Morimoto, Yasunori, Kuriki, Hiromitu
• Granted Patent: US 7,382,221 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 336/198
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 17/045 with core of cylindric geometry and coil wound along its longitudinal axis, i.e. rod or drum core
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/086 in a special configuration on the former, e.g. orthocyclic coils or open mesh coils
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/08 Ferrite rod or like elongated core

Abstract

The differences in characteristics among parts or the fluctuations of the inductance value of a coil due to temperature variation is lessened by reducing the stray capacitance components induced among the layers of wound conductor, and size reduction and cost reduction are achieved. A winding portion (30) between two flange portions (22a, 22b) is divided into a plurality of sections (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d). One layer of conductor is wound from one end to the other end in each section, and then layers of conductor are wound in the alternately reversed directions to form the multilayer winding portion (30) by solenoid winding. The conductor is preferably wound in such a way that the boundary surface between adjacent sections inclines to a flange portion, which is the winding start, and the boundary surface of an upper layer is closer to the flange portion than that of a lower layer. Further the conductor is preferably wound in such a way that at least portions near upper layers of end faces facing the flange portions are apart from the flange portions so as to be farther from the flange portions than lower layers of the end faces in each section at both ends. This divided solenoid winding coil can be used for an antenna coil or a transformer coil.

Claims

1. A coil, comprising:

a core which has two flange portions and is made of a magnetic material, and

a winding portion made up of a plurality of layers of conductor wound around the core between the two flange portions of the core,

characterized in that the winding portion is divided into a plurality of sections between the two flange portions, one layer of conductor is wound from one end to the other end in each section, and then layers of conductor are wound in alternately reversed directions to form a multilayer winding portion by solenoid winding.

2. The coil according to claim 1, characterized in that the winding portion is formed by winding the conductor such that a boundary surface between adjacent sections inclines to the flange portion of a winding start and the boundary surface of an upper layer is closer to the flange portion than the boundary surface of a lower layer.

3. The coil according to claim 1, characterized in that the winding portion is formed by winding the conductor such that in each end section, at least a portion near an upper layer of an end face facing the flange portion is apart from the flange portion so as to be farther from the flange portion than a lower layer of the end face.

4. The coil according to claim 1, characterized in that the flange portion includes a main portion and a flexible member which is detachably attached to the main portion and shaped like letter C in cross section.

5. The coil according to claim 4, characterized by further comprising a binding portion on an outer surface of the flexible member, the binding portion being bound with a portion near an end of the conductor.

6. The coil according to claim 1, characterized in that the flange portion is provided on each end of the core.

7. An antenna characterized by using the coil according to claim 1.

8. A transformer characterized by using the coil according to claim 1.