LOW-PROFILE SURFACE-MOUNT ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a miniaturized surface-mount power inductor component that allows the component to capably handle higher current and higher power.SOLUTION: A low-profile surface mount electromagnetic component 100, such as a power inductor, includes first and second core pieces 104 and 106 arranged side by side and having longitudinal side walls 130 and 132 facing one another. A coil winding 108 includes vertical legs that are received in vertical slots of the facing longitudinal sidewalls of a component. Inset depressed surfaces are provided in the top surfaces 122 of the first and second core pieces and receive a main winding section 154 of the coil winding. A surface mount terminal tab 158 extends on the bottom surfaces 124 of both the first and second core pieces.