Patent ID: 11967461
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
a multilayer body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately laminated in a layered manner therein, and two end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction which intersects a lamination direction, and two side surfaces opposing each other in a width direction which intersects the lamination direction and the length direction; and
two external electrodes respectively on the two end surfaces of the multilayer body; wherein
at least one of two opposed main surfaces of the multilayer body in the lamination direction includes raised portions respectively on one side and another side with a middle portion of the main surface interposed therebetween;
each of the raised portions becomes thicker in the lamination direction from the middle portion toward an outer periphery of the main surface;
a distance in the lamination direction between a lowermost internal electrode and an uppermost internal electrode in each of the raised portions is greater than a distance in the lamination direction between the lowermost internal electrode and the uppermost internal electrode in the middle portion; and
in a cross-section in the length direction and the lamination direction, a thickness in the lamination direction of at least one of the raised portions is greater than a thickness in the lamination direction at at least one of the two end surfaces.