Patent ID: 9633785
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H01G

Claim:
1. A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; an active layer including first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body to be exposed to both end surfaces of the ceramic body in a length direction of the ceramic body, respectively, first floating electrodes each disposed alternatingly with the first and second internal electrodes in a thickness direction of the ceramic body and each having both end portions overlapping end portions of the respective first and second internal electrodes while being spaced apart from each other in the thickness direction of the ceramic body, second floating electrodes each disposed to be spaced apart from the first and second internal electrodes, and first and second dummy electrodes disposed to be spaced apart from the first floating electrodes and exposed to both end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction of the ceramic body, respectively; upper and lower cover layers disposed upwardly and downwardly of the active layer, respectively; third and fourth dummy electrodes disposed in the upper cover layer to be exposed to both end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction of the ceramic body, respectively, and disposed in the lower cover layer to be exposed to both end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction of the ceramic body, respectively; fifth dummy electrodes disposed in the upper and lower cover layers to be spaced apart from the third and fourth dummy electrodes; and first and second external electrodes disposed in both end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction of the ceramic body, and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, wherein the first and second external electrodes are extended onto upper and lower surfaces of the ceramic body, and wherein, based on the length direction of the ceramic body, a distance between the first and second external electrodes on the upper and lower surfaces is defined as Lc′ and a length of the fifth dummy electrode is defined as Lp, Lc′<Lp is satisfied, wherein, based on the length direction of the ceramic body, a length of each of the first and second internal electrodes is defined as Lp′, and a length of a portion of the first external electrode extended onto the upper or lower surface of the ceramic body and a length of a portion of the second external electrode extended onto the upper or lower surface of the ceramic body are each defined as Lb, Lb<Lp′ is satisfied.