Patent ID: 6288887
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H01F,H01G,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
A ceramic electronic component, comprising:a substantially rectangular ceramic electronic component having opposite end surfaces defined by respective outer electrodes which are substantially parallel to one another and are spaced apart by a length L, the electronic component also having a bottom surface extending between the end surfaces substantially perpendicularly thereto;a pair of outer terminals connected to respective ones of the opposite end surfaces of the electronic component, each of the outer terminals extending below the bottom surface of the electronic component and terminating in surface mounting portions whose bottom surfaces extend in a common plane lying substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the electronic component, the distance from the common plane to the point at which the outer terminals first contact the end surfaces of the electronic component being H1, the distance from the common plane to the bottom surface of the electronic component being H2, each of the outer terminals having a thickness t,the electronic component and outer terminals having the relationship:H1.gtoreq.0.03L and H2.gtoreq.2t.