COMMON MODE FILTER

• US 20140176279A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: YANG, Ju Hwan, CHANG, Geon Se, KWEON, Young Do, WI, Sung Kwon
• Granted Patent: US 9,082,536 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 336/192
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 17/04 with magnetic core
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2017/0093 Common mode choke coil
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/29 Terminals; Tapping arrangements for signal inductances
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 5/04 Arrangements of electric connections to coils, e.g. leads

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a common mode filter including: a coil part including a conductor coil provided in an insulating part; a plurality of external electrodes provided on the insulating part while being electrically connected to the conductor coil; and a magnetic material part provided in a region between the plurality of external electrodes on the insulating part. By this configuration, impedance characteristics of the common mode filter may be improved.

Claims

1. A common mode filter comprising:

a substrate;

a coil part including an insulating part provided on the substrate and a conductor coil provided in the insulating part;

a plurality of external electrodes provided on the insulating part while being electrically connected to the conductor coil; and

a magnetic material part provided in a region between the plurality of external electrodes on the insulating part,

wherein each of the plurality of external electrodes has a length of a short side of a transversal cross section corresponding to a half or less of a height thereof.

2. The common mode filter according to claim 1, wherein the conductor coil is formed by winding a conductive material at least once on one layer.

3. The common mode filter according to claim 2, wherein the coil part further includes an outer terminal connected to one end of the conductor coil and an inner terminal connected to the other end of the conductor coil, and

at least some of the plurality of external electrodes are directly connected to the outer terminal.

4. The common mode filter according to claim 3, further comprising a plurality of external terminals each covering at least some of the plurality of external electrodes.

5. The common mode filter according to claim 4, further comprising a cover part made of an insulating material and covering portions of the external electrodes exposed to the outside of the plurality of external terminals.

6. A common mode filter comprising:

a substrate;

a first insulating part provided on the substrate;

primary and secondary coils each formed by winding a conductive material at least once on the first insulating part;

a first primary outer terminal provided at one end of the primary coil;

a primary inner terminal provided at the other end of the primary coil;

a first secondary outer terminal provided at one end of the secondary coil;

a secondary inner terminal provided at the other end of the secondary coil;

a second insulating part formed on the first insulating part and covering the primary coil, the secondary coil, the primary inner terminal, and the secondary inner terminal;

a first primary external electrode provided on the first primary outer terminal to thereby be electrically connected to the first primary outer terminal;

a second primary external electrode electrically connected to the primary inner terminal;

a first secondary external electrode provided on the first secondary outer terminal to thereby be electrically connected to the first secondary outer terminal;

a second secondary external electrode electrically connected to the secondary inner terminal; and

a magnetic material part provided in a region between the first primary external electrode, the second primary external electrode, the first secondary external electrode, and the second secondary external electrode,

wherein at least one of the first primary external electrode, the second primary external electrode, the first secondary external electrode, and the second secondary external electrode has a length of a short side of a transversal cross section corresponding to a half or less of a height thereof.

7. The common mode filter according to claim 6, further comprising:

a first via having one surface contacting the primary inner terminal and the other surface contacting the second primary external electrode while penetrating through the second insulating part; and

a second via having one surface contacting the secondary inner terminal and the other surface contacting the second secondary external electrode while penetrating through the second insulating part.

8. The common mode filter according to claim 7, wherein the second primary external electrode includes:

a primary lead electrode contacting the first via; and

a second primary connection electrode formed to be symmetrical to the first primary external electrode and contacting the primary lead electrode, and

the secondary external electrode includes;

a secondary lead electrode contacting the second via; and

a second secondary connection electrode formed to be symmetrical to the first secondary external electrode and contacting the second lead electrode.

9. The common mode filter according to claim 8, further comprising a plurality of external terminals provided on the magnetic material part and each covering at least some of the first primary external electrode, the second primary external electrode, the first secondary external electrode, and the second secondary external electrode.

10. The common mode filter according to claim 9, further comprising a cover part covering portions of the primary lead electrode and the secondary lead electrode exposed to the outside of the plurality of external terminals.