Patent ID: 8130484
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
1. A monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic element assembly including a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and including first and second principal surfaces which extend parallel or substantially parallel to the ceramic layers and which are opposed to each other, first and second side surfaces, which connect the first and the second principal surfaces and which are opposed to each other, and first and second end surfaces, which connect the first and the second principal surfaces and which are opposed to each other; first internal electrodes which are disposed between the ceramic layers in the ceramic element assembly and which extend to the first end surface; second internal electrodes which are disposed between the ceramic layers in the ceramic element assembly, which extend to the second end surface, and which are electrically insulated from the first internal electrodes with at least one layer of the plurality of the ceramic layers disposed therebetween; a first external terminal electrode including a first end surface portion which is arranged on the first end surface so as to be electrically connected to the first internal electrodes, and a first wraparound portion which is connected to the first end surface portion and which extends onto the first and the second principal surfaces and the first and the second side surfaces; and a second external terminal electrode including a second end surface portion which is electrically connected to the second internal electrodes and which is disposed on the second end surface, and a second wraparound portion which is connected to the second end surface portion and which extends onto the first and the second principal surfaces and the first and the second side surfaces; wherein the monolithic ceramic capacitor has an outside dimension of about 2.00±0.10 mm×about 1.25±0.10 mm×about 1.25±0.10 mm; the first internal electrode includes a first region extending to the first end surface and a second region which is connected to the first region and which is disposed inward from the first region in the ceramic element assembly; a dimension in a width direction of the second region is less than a dimension in a width direction of the first region; the dimension in the width direction of the first region is less than a dimension between the first side surface and the second side surface; the first side surface defines a mounting surface and a relationship d an edge of the second region disposed closest to the second end surface is arranged between the second end surface and a line connecting both front ends of the second wraparound portion.