Patent ID: 9659689
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H01C,H01F,H01G,H01L

Claim:
1. A monolithic ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic body including a stack of a plurality of ceramic layers, opposing main surfaces, opposing side surfaces, and opposing end surfaces; inner electrodes disposed within the ceramic body and including exposed portions at the end surfaces of the ceramic body; and a pair of outer electrodes arranged on the end surfaces of the ceramic body so as to be connected to the exposed portions of the inner electrodes and so as to extend from the end surfaces of the ceramic body to the main surfaces and the side surfaces of the ceramic body; wherein each of the outer electrodes includes a lower electrode layer located on the ceramic body, an intermediate electrode layer located on the lower electrode layer and defined by a plated Ni layer, and an upper electrode layer located on the intermediate electrode layer and defined by a plated Pd or Pd—Ni alloy layer; and a thickness of the intermediate electrode layer on the main surfaces and the side surfaces of the ceramic body is larger than a thickness of the intermediate electrode layer on the end surfaces of the ceramic body.