Patent ID: 9142340
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H01C

Abstract:
1. A chip varistor comprising: an element body having a first face and a second face opposed to each other; a first conductor arranged in the element body so as to have one end exposed in the first face and the other end located in the element body; a second conductor arranged in the element body so as to have one end exposed in the second face and the other end located in the element body and so as to be separated from the first conductor; a first terminal electrode arranged on the first face side of the element body and connected to the first conductor; and a second terminal electrode arranged on the second face side of the element body and connected to the second conductor, wherein the element body has a first element body section having the nonlinear voltage-current characteristics, and a second element body section in which an electric current is more likely to flow than in the first element body section, wherein the first element body section is located at least in part between the first conductor and the second conductor, in a direction in which the first conductor and the second conductor are separated from each other, and wherein the other end of the first conductor and the other end of the second conductor are located in the second element body section.