Patent ID: 6717506
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H01C

Abstract:
A chip-type resistor element, comprising:a resistor body having-a first and second end surfaces arranged opposite to each other, and a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of side surfaces; a plurality of first inner electrodes disposed in said resistor body and extending out to said first end surface; a plurality of second inner electrodes disposed in said resistor body and extending out to said second end surface, and a tip of each of the plurality of second inner electrodes being opposed to a tip of a corresponding one of the plurality of first inner electrodes with a gap interposed therebetween; first and second outer electrodes arranged to cover said first and second end surfaces, respectively, and each of which has an electrode covering portion extending to the top surface, the bottom surface and the pair of side surfaces of said resistor body; the positions of the gaps between said first inner electrodes and the corresponding second inner electrodes being different in a longitudinal direction, where the longitudinal direction is the direction connecting said first and second end surfaces; and third inner electrodes disposed further outside of the resistor body in a lamination direction than the first and second inner electrodes on the outermost sides in the lamination direction, the third inner electrodes being connected to the outer electrode near the gap between said first and second inner electrodes on said outermost sides, and the third inner electrodes being arranged so that the third inner electrode tips are not aligned in the lamination direction with the tips of said first and second inner electrodes of either of said first inner electrode and said second inner electrode.