Patent ID: 6605856
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H01C,Y10T

Abstract:
A resistor element comprising:a ceramic body having a first end surface and a second end surface which are facing away from each other; a first outer electrode on said first end surface and a second outer electrode on said second end surface; and a plurality of mutually oppositely facing pairs of inner electrodes inside said ceramic body, each of said pairs having a first inner electrode extending horizontally from said first end surface towards said second end surface and a second inner electrode extending horizontally from said second end surface towards said first end surface and having a front end opposite and separated from said first inner electrode, said plurality of pairs forming layers in a vertical direction, thickness of portions of the ceramic body between at least one of mutually adjacent pairs of the inner electrodes being different from thickness of portions of the ceramic body between the other mutually adjacent pairs of the inner electrodes.