This application is a U.S. National Phase of International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2017/002650 filed on Jan. 26, 2017, which claims priority benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. JP 2016-063174 filed in the Japan Patent Office on Mar. 28, 2016. Each of the above-referenced applications is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present technology relates to a coil component, an electronic component, and an electronic apparatus.
In recent years, an electronic apparatus such as a television device and a smartphone is being made thinner, and accordingly, a power supply circuit board and inner structural components (electronic components) are also being made thinner. A transformer is used as one of such structural components (for example, see Patent Literature 1 below). In such a transformer, it is usual practice to perform soldering with a terminal end of a secondary-side winding wire secured to a terminal (pin).
Patent Literature 1: JP 2009-218425A
Since a large current flows in a transformer depending on the application, it is necessary to adapt to a large current by increasing the wire diameter of a secondary-side winding wire, increasing the number of bundles, or connecting a plurality of winding wires in parallel. However, in the case of connecting the terminal end of a winding wire to a terminal in this manner, thickening of a secured point may cause that point and an adjacent terminal to come into contact and cause a short circuit. In addition, a plurality of winding wires may fall apart to come into contact. If the interval between terminals is increased in order to avoid this, a problem arises in that the transformer increases in size.
Therefore, the present technology has an object to provide a coil component, an electronic component, and an electronic apparatus that are adaptable to a large current and reduced in size.
To solve the above-described problem, the present technology is, for example, a coil component including: a terminal for external connection to which a plurality of secondary-side winding wires are connected; and a gathering member configured to gather vicinities of terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires.
In addition, the present technology is, for example, an electronic component including: a winding body part around which a plurality of winding wires are wound; and a gathering member configured to gather vicinities of terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires so as to be laminated in a winding direction.
In addition, the present technology is, for example, an electronic apparatus including: a first functional block; a second functional block; and a transformer including a first secondary-side winding wire configured to supply a first current to the first functional block and a second secondary-side winding wire configured to supply a second current larger than the first current to the second functional block.
According to at least one embodiment of the present technology, a coil component that is adaptable to a large current can be reduced in size. Note that effects described herein are not necessarily limited, but any effect described in the present technology may be obtained. In addition, the contents of the present technology should not be construed limitedly by the illustrated effects.
Hereinafter, an embodiment(s) of the present technology and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that description will be provided in the following order.
An embodiment(s) and the like which will be described below are suitable specific examples of the present technology, and the contents of the present technology are not limited to these embodiment(s) and the like. Note that description of sizes, materials, shapes, their relative arrangement, directions such as vertical and horizontal, and the like of structural components described in one embodiment and the like are not intended to limit the scope of the present technology only to them, but are mere description examples unless there is particularly limiting description.
In one embodiment which will be described below, a transformer for use in a thin television device as a coil component will be described as an example.
The transformer 1 includes a core 10, a primary-side bobbin 20, a secondary-side bobbin 30, terminal plates 41, 42, and a gathering member 50, for example. A primary-side winding wire is wound around the primary-side bobbin 20, and a secondary-side winding wire is wound around the secondary-side bobbin 30.
The core 10 includes a first core 10a and a second core 10b. The first and second cores 10a and 10b include E-type cores, for example, and are arranged such that the respective leg parts of the first and second cores 10a and 10b are opposite to each other. The respective middle legs of the first and second cores 10a and 10b are inserted into holes formed generally at the center of the transformer 1.
As a material of the core 10, a magnetic substance such as ferrite can be used. Depending on the application of the transformer 1, it is also possible to change the material of the core 10 from ferrite to a silicon-containing material such as a highlight material, an orient material, or an amorphous material, and permalloy or the like can also be used as the material of the core 10.
The primary-side bobbin 20 includes a cylindrical winding body part 21, an elliptical collar part 22A formed on one end side of the winding body part 21, and a flat-plate-like collar part 22B formed on the other end side of the winding body part 21.
The secondary-side bobbin 30 includes a cylindrical winding body part 31, an elliptical collar part 32A formed on one end side of the winding body part 31, and a flat-plate-like collar part 32B formed on the other end side of the winding body part 31. Examples of materials of the primary-side and secondary-side winding body parts 20 and 30 can include polyethylene terephthalate, phenolic resin, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene, and the like.
As shown in
A primary winding wire (primary coil) C1 including an insulation coated wire or the like such as a litz wire or stranded wire is wound around the winding body part 21 by a predetermined number of turns. A secondary-side winding wire such as a litz wire or stranded wire is wound around the winding body part 31 by a predetermined number of turns. In the present embodiment, a secondary winding wire (secondary coil) C2, a tertiary winding wire (tertiary coil) C3, and a quaternary winding wire (quaternary coil) C4 are wound around the winding body part 31.
The terminal plate 41 and the terminal plate 42 are attached to the both ends of the collar part 22B in the lateral direction. The terminal plates 41 and 42 may be configured integrally with the collar part 22B or the like, or may be freely removable. The terminal plate 41 and the terminal plate 42 are provided with a predetermined number of terminals 44 and 45, respectively. In the present embodiment, the terminal plate 41 is provided with two linear terminals 44a and 44b in a manner extending downward. In addition, the terminal plate 42 is provided with seven terminals 45a, 45b, . . . , 45g having a generally L-shape in a manner protruding to the outside (the outside of the winding body part 21 in the axial direction) and having the leading ends extending downward. The terminals 44 and 45 include copper, copper alloy, or the like. The terminals 45 to which the secondary-side winding wires are connected are used as terminals whose polarity corresponds to the ground (GND) in accordance with the control system of the transformer 1.
The gathering member 50 is a member that gathers vicinities of terminal ends of a plurality of secondary-side winding wires. As the material of the gathering member 50, an electrically conductive member such as metal (for example, aluminum) can be used. Note that illustration of the gathering member 50 is omitted in
Next, secondary-side winding wires for use in the transformer 1 will be described in detail. The present embodiment adopts a structure in which a plurality of types of winding wires are used as the secondary-side winding wires to enable a plurality of outputs (multi-output). The secondary winding wire C2 is adaptable to 60V (volt) output, for example, and is used as one example for a power supply for a backlight which is one of functional blocks of an electronic apparatus such as a television device, for example. In the case of this application, the need for adapting the secondary winding wire C2 to a large current is not very high. On the other hand, the tertiary winding wire C3 and the quaternary winding wire C4 are adaptable to 12V output, for example, and are connected to terminals to which an external apparatus for universal serial bus (USB) or the like is connected, and are thus used for various applications. In the case where there are a plurality of terminals for USB or the like, a functional block for supplying a sufficient current to all of these terminals for USB or the like requires a large current. Thus, the need for adapting the tertiary winding wire C3 and the quaternary winding wire C4 to a large current is higher than the secondary winding wire C2.
To address such a need, it is considered to increase the wire diameter of the tertiary winding wire C3 and the quaternary winding wire C4 to become thick, whilst a problem caused by thickening of the winding wires may arise as described above. Therefore, the present embodiment adopts a structure in which the tertiary and quaternary winding wires C3 and C4 include a plurality of (for example, three) winding wires (wire rods), and the terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires are gathered by the gathering member 50. With this structure in which lead wires are connected in parallel, a current flowing in one winding wire can be reduced, and ultimately, a current obtained by combining (adding) currents flown in the respective winding wires can be output from the terminal. In addition, since the winding wires do not become thick, it is possible to prevent the difficulty in winding the winding wires around the bobbins. Note that it is preferable to equalize the three winding wires in wire diameter in order to prevent current fluctuation.
Vicinities of terminal ends (the starting point and end point) of the tertiary winding wires C3 including three winding wires are gathered by the gathering member 50, and are connected to the terminals 45d and 45e, respectively. Note that, in the vicinities of the terminal ends of the tertiary winding wires C3, an insulation coating material is peeled. Similarly, vicinities of terminal ends of the quaternary winding wires C4 including three winding wires are gathered by the gathering member 50, and are connected to the terminals 45f and 45g, respectively. Similarly to the vicinities of the terminal ends of the tertiary winding wires C3, the insulation coating material is peeled in the vicinities of the terminal ends of the quaternary winding wires C4. Note that the vicinities of the terminal ends may be locations including the starting point or end point of the winding wires.
Next, an example of the gathering member 50 will be described with reference to
As described above, even in the case where the tertiary winding wires C3 and the like include a plurality of winding wires in order to adapt to a large current, the vicinities of their terminal ends are gathered by the gathering member 50, and thus, it becomes possible to reliably connect and fix the winding wires and the terminal without the respective winding wires being released.
The examples shown in
A gathering member 50e shown in
A gathering member 50f shown in
A gathering member 50g shown in
A gathering member 50h shown in
In gathering members 50i and 50j shown in
A gathering member 50k shown in
A gathering member 501 shown in
By integrating the gathering member with the terminal as described above, cost reduction because of a reduction in the number of components and simplification of manufacturing steps can be achieved.
Note that, when gathering the vicinities of the terminal ends of the three winding wires included in the tertiary winding wires C3, it is preferable to gather them so as to be laminated in the winding direction of the tertiary winding wires C3, in other words, in the thickness direction of the transformer 1, as illustrated in
One embodiment of the present technology has been specifically described above, whilst the contents of the present technology are not limited to the above-described embodiment, but various variants based on the technical idea of the present technology are possible.
In the above-described embodiment, an example of gathering the vicinities of the terminal ends of the three tertiary winding wires C3 has been described, whilst the vicinities of the terminal ends of two or four or more tertiary winding wires C3 may be gathered. The same applies to the quaternary winding wires C4.
The secondary winding wire C2 may include a plurality of winding wires, and similarly to the above-described embodiment, the vicinities of the terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires may be gathered. However, since the need for adapting the secondary winding wire C2 to a large current is low as described above, the need for thickening the winding wires or using a plurality of winding wires is also low. Therefore, a structure may be adopted in which a single winding wire is used for the secondary winding wire C2, the winding wire is secured and soldered to the terminal similarly to a general method, and only the vicinities of the terminal ends of the tertiary winding wires C3 and the quaternary winding wires C4 are gathered.
In the coil component according to the present technology, a plurality of gathering members may be used. For example, a structure may be adopted in which the vicinities of the terminal ends of the tertiary winding wires C3 gathered by a metal wire as the gathering member are supported by a clip which is another gathering member and also serves as a terminal.
The winding method and the number of turns of the primary winding wire C1 and the secondary winding wire C2 may be set appropriately. For example, the secondary winding wire C2 may be obtained by so-called bifilar winding of winding two wire rods around the secondary-side bobbin 30 concurrently in the same winding wire direction.
The transformer adapted to a plurality of outputs has been described in the above-described embodiment, whilst a transformer adapted to only one output (voltage) may be adopted. The output value can be set by appropriately changing the number of turns of winding wires or the wire diameter of the winding wires. In addition, the present technology is not limited to a transformer, but also applicable to other electronic components in addition to a coil component such as a choke coil.
The shape of the core 10 can be a shape in accordance with the shape of the transformer, such as a rod-like core, in addition to the E-type core. The shape of the primary-side and secondary-side winding body parts 20 and 30 can also be changed appropriately.
The structures, methods, steps, materials, numeric values, and the like listed in the above-described embodiment are merely examples, and structures, methods, steps, materials, numeric values, and the like different from these may be used according to necessity. In addition, matters described in the embodiment and variants can be combined to each other unless technical inconsistency arises.
Additionally, the present technology may also be configured as below.
(1)
A coil component including:
a terminal for external connection to which a plurality of secondary-side winding wires are connected; and
a gathering member configured to gather vicinities of terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires.
(2)
The coil component according to (1), in which
The coil component according to (1) or (2), in which
The coil component according to any of (1) to (3), in which
The coil component according to any of (1) to (4), in which
the second winding wire includes a plurality of winding wires, and the vicinities of the terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires are gathered by the gathering member.
(6)
The coil component according to any of (1) to (5), in which
the gathering member includes an electrically conductive member.
(7)
The coil component according to any of (1) to (6), in which
the vicinities of the terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires are gathered so as to be laminated in a direction different from an arrangement direction of the terminal for external connection.
(8)
An electronic component including:
a winding body part around which a plurality of winding wires are wound; and
a gathering member configured to gather vicinities of terminal ends of the plurality of winding wires so as to be laminated in a winding direction.
(9)
An electronic apparatus including:
a first functional block;
a second functional block; and
a transformer including a first secondary-side winding wire configured to supply a first current to the first functional block and a second secondary-side winding wire configured to supply a second current larger than the first current to the second functional block.
(10)
The electronic apparatus according to (9), in which
the second functional block includes a plurality of external connection terminals configured to supply currents to a plurality of external connection apparatuses.
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