Patent ID: 11972905
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 ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers laminated alternately in a lamination direction, a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other in the lamination direction, a first side surface and a second side surface opposing each other in a width direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction, and a first end surface and a second end surface opposing each other in a length direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction and the width direction; and
a pair of external electrodes on both end portions in the length direction of the multilayer body to respectively cover at least the first end surface and the second end surface, and respectively connected to the internal electrode layers; wherein
the pair of external electrodes each include:
a base region covering at least each of the first end surface and the second end surface and is connected to the internal electrode layers; and
a cover region on the base region to cover the base region; and
the cover region includes a maximum thickness portion including a maximum thickness in the cover region, in a region corresponding to a range of about ±10 μm in the lamination direction centered around internal electrode layers at both outermost ends in the lamination direction among the plurality of internal electrode layers.