Patent ID: 9355779
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01G,H05K,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic body including first and second principal surfaces each extending in a first direction and a second direction that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction, first and second side surfaces each extending in the first direction and a third direction that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, and third and fourth side surfaces each extending in the second direction and the third direction; first and second inner electrodes provided inside the ceramic body parallel or substantially parallel to the first and second principal surfaces, the first and second inner electrodes facing each other with a ceramic layer disposed therebetween in the third direction; a first outer electrode provided on the first side surface and connected to the first inner electrode; and a second outer electrode provided on the second side surface and connected to the second inner electrode; wherein the first inner electrode and the second inner electrode face each other with the ceramic layer disposed therebetween in the third direction at least at a center of the ceramic body when viewed along the third direction; each of the first and second outer electrodes includes first and second electrode portions that are separated and spaced apart from each other along the respective first or second side surface in the first direction and at positions other than end portions and a center portion of the respective first or second side surface in the first direction; the first and second electrode portions of the first outer electrode are connected to the first inner electrode; the first and second electrode portions of the second outer electrode are connected to the second inner electrode; the first inner electrode extends to the first side surface but does not extend to the second side surface; the second inner electrode extends to the second side surface but does not extend to the first side surface; the first electrode portion is arranged so as to cover a region of the first or second side surface, the region being, when viewed in the third direction, separated from the third side surface by a distance in a range from about L the second electrode portion is arranged so as to cover a region of the first or second side surface, the region being, when viewed in the third direction, separated from the fourth side surface by a distance in a range from about L