Patent ID: 11972903
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  C | IPC C  H

Claim 3:
4. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
a multilayer body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes, the dielectric layers and the internal electrodes being stacked alternately; and
external electrodes provided on end surfaces of the multilayer body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes; wherein
the dielectric layers each include:
main crystal grains including calcium (Ca) and/or strontium (Sr), and zirconium (Zr); and
an additive component including lithium (Li);

the internal electrodes include copper (Cu);
the dielectric layers include lithium (Li) concentrations with a standard deviation of about 1.03 atomic percent or less in a thickness direction; and
the dielectric layers include about 0.005% by mass or more and about 0.145% by mass or less of lithium (Li).