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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ikuo Kakiuchi, Wakayama, JP;
Masataka Kohara, Wakayama, JP;
Ichiro Yokoyama, Wakayama, JP;
Keiichi Nozawa, Wakayama, JP;
Masakazu Okazaki, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshikazu Maruyama, Wakayama, JP;
Masuo Yatabe, Tokyo, JP;
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
One object of the present invention is to enable identification of the direction of an electronic component, while suppressing increase in cost. The present invention provides an electronic component comprising: an insulator portion having a plurality of surfaces (e.g., a top surface, a bottom surface, end surfaces, and side surfaces), the insulator portion including a plurality of regions having different transmissivities of a light beam entering one of the plurality of surfaces (e.g., a top surface, a bottom surface, end surfaces, and side surfaces); an internal conductor portion provided in the insulator portion; and external electrodes provided on the insulator portion and electrically connected to the internal conductor portion.