Patent ID: 8233265
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H01G,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A ceramic capacitor for mounting on a substrate, the ceramic capacitor comprising: a capacitor body substantially made of a dielectric material, the capacitor having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and including first and second end surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second main surfaces, the first and second end surfaces extending along vertical directions and first directions perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the vertical directions, the first and second side surfaces extending along second directions and the vertical directions, the second directions being perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first directions and the vertical directions, the first and second main surfaces extending along the first directions and the second directions; first and second internal electrodes disposed at an interval inside the capacitor body; a first external electrode disposed on the first end surface and electrically connected to the first internal electrode; a second external electrode disposed on the second end surface and electrically connected to the second internal electrode; a first electrode terminal having a first edge bonded to the first external electrode and electrically connected to the first external electrode and having a second edge bonded to the substrate; and a second electrode terminal having a first edge bonded to the second external electrode and electrically connected to the second external electrode and having a second edge bonded to the substrate; wherein the capacitor body is supported by the first and second electrode terminals at a distance from the substrate; each of the first and second electrode terminals includes: where a width along the first directions, of a portion of the ceramic capacitor except for the first and second electrode terminals is represented by W where a length along the second directions, of a portion of the ceramic capacitor except for the first and second electrode terminals is represented by L and a distance along the vertical directions between the capacitor body and the substrate is represented by h, a ratio of h to L is about 0.1 or more.