Patent ID: 9443656
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H01G,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic body including first and second principal surfaces extending in a length direction and a width direction, first and second side surfaces extending in the length direction and a height direction, and first and second end surfaces extending in the width direction and the height direction; a first internal electrode extending in the length direction and the width direction, provided in the ceramic body, and exposed at the first end surface; a second internal electrode extending in the length direction and the width direction, provided in the ceramic body, exposed at the second end surface, and the second internal electrode facing the first internal electrode in the height direction with a ceramic portion interposed therebetween; a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrode and provided over the first end surface and over a portion of each of the first and second principal surfaces; and a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrode and provided over the second end surface and over a portion of each of the first and second principal surfaces; wherein the first external electrode includes a first base layer provided over a portion of the ceramic body and including a metal and glass, and a first plated layer provided over the first base layer; the second external electrode includes a second base layer provided over a portion of the ceramic body and including a metal and glass, and a second plated layer provided over the second base layer; and a condition of 2≦(c·d+e·f/2)/(a·b)≦6 is satisfied where: a is a distance in the height direction between the first principal surface and an end in a length direction of an effective portion where the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode are opposed in the height direction; b is a distance in the length direction between the first end surface and the effective portion in the length direction; c is a maximum thickness of a portion of the first base layer provided on the first principal surface; d is a distance in the length direction between a point of the first base layer over the first end surface which is farthest from the first end surface and an end of the first base layer over the first principal surface which is closest to the second end surface; e is a maximum thickness of a portion of the first base layer provided over the first end surface; and f is a dimension of the ceramic body in the thickness direction of the ceramic body.