Patent ID: 6104599
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
A laminated ceramic capacitor comprising:a dielectric ceramic body formed in a hexahedron shape having a thicknesswise direction, a widthwise direction and a lengthwise direction;at least two external terminal electrodes, each external terminal electrode covering one of two opposite end surfaces of said dielectric ceramic body spaced apart by four main surfaces extending in said lengthwise direction, wherein each of the four main surfaces has two longitudinal edges extending in said lengthwise direction with two of the four main surfaces being widthwise main surfaces having two other edges extending in the widthwise direction and two others of the four main surfaces being thicknesswise main surfaces having two other edges extending in the thicknesswise direction and further wherein a widthwise portion of each of the external terminal electrodes extends onto a portion of the two widthwise main surfaces and a thicknesswise portion of each of the external terminal electrodes extends onto a portion of the two different thicknesswise main surfaces; anda plurality of internal electrodes embedded inside said dielectric ceramic body overlapping one another as viewed from said thicknesswise direction, adjacent ones of said plurality of internal electrodes being separated from one another in said thicknesswise direction by intervening dielectric ceramic layers, with alternate ends of the adjacent internal electrodes being connected to said at least two external terminal electrodes at alternate ones of said two opposite end surfaces, each one of said internal electrodes having two sides extending in the lengthwise direction and two other sides extending in the widthwise direction, each one of said connected internal electrodes having an unconnected opposite end central portion extending in the lengthwise direction to an area enclosed by one of said external electrodes with two corner portions cut off from the central portion to form one of the sides extending in the widthwise direction that includes two tapered side portions extending from said central portion to each of the two sides extending in the lengthwise direction, wherein:said two tapered side portions of each of said internal electrodes are shaped to ensure that each of said internal electrodes has no portions contained within a triangular area formed by the shortest hypothetical line connecting the middle point of one of said external electrodes on an edge of each opposite end surface corresponding to one of the sides of a widthwise main surface and an end of said external terminal electrode on each of the two thicknesswise main surfaces said tapered sides being parallel to said shortest hypothetical lines.