Patent ID: 9704648
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H01G

Claim:
1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic body having first and second main surfaces opposing each other in a thickness direction and first and second end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction, a thickness of the ceramic body being greater than a width thereof; a first external electrode disposed on the first end surface and having a greater thickness in a region thereof adjacent to the second main surface than in a region thereof adjacent to the first main surface; a second external electrode disposed on the second end surface and having a greater thickness in a region thereof adjacent to the second main surface than in a region thereof adjacent to the first main surface; and first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body and connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, wherein the first and second external electrodes comprise a glass frit through an entire region from an internal surface of the first and second external electrodes to an end surface of the first and second external electrodes both in the region thereof adjacent to the first main surface, and in the region thereof adjacent to the second main surface, and wherein a thickness of the first external electrode at a point corresponding to an uppermost internal electrode among the first internal electrodes is smaller than that at a point corresponding to a lowest internal electrode among the first internal electrodes, and a thickness of the second external electrode at a point corresponding to an uppermost internal electrode among the second internal electrodes is smaller than that at a point corresponding to a lowest internal electrode among the second internal electrodes.