Patent ID: 8405954
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
1. A mounting structure of a monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising: a monolithic ceramic capacitor including: a mounting substrate including first and second lands electrically connected to the first and the second external terminal electrodes, respectively; and first and second electrically conductive adhesives which connect the first and the second external terminal electrodes to the first and the second lands of the mounting substrate; wherein the first internal electrodes include 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; the first region has a substantially rectangular shape and includes opposed edges that are spaced apart from one another in a width direction of the first region and that extend in a longitudinal direction of the monolithic ceramic capacitor; all portions of the second region are spaced inwardly in the width direction of the first region from each of the opposed edges of the first region; the second region includes a front edge that extends in a width direction of the second region that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the monolithic ceramic capacitor; a dimension of the front edge in the width direction of the second region is less than a dimension of the first region in the width direction of the first region that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the monolithic capacitor; 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 of the ceramic element; no portion of the first internal electrodes extends to either of the first side surface or the second side surface; the monolithic ceramic capacitor is mounted on the mounting substrate with the first side surface defining a mounting surface; the second electrically conductive adhesive disposed at least on the second land extends around from the second external terminal electrode to the first side surface of the ceramic element assembly so as to come into contact with the first side surface; an end point which is located at a position closest in the first region of the first internal electrodes to the first side surface and closest to the second end surface does not overlap the second electrically conductive adhesive in a height direction of the monolithic ceramic capacitor in the mounting structure; and the end point is arranged between a midpoint in a length direction of the monolithic ceramic capacitor and the second end surface.