Patent ID: 8773840
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H01G,H01L

Abstract:
1. A monolithic ceramic electronic component comprising: a parallelepiped ceramic sintered body including first and second surfaces extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, third and fourth surfaces extending in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions and in the first direction, fifth and sixth surfaces extending in the second and third directions, and a plurality of ceramic layers stacked in the third direction; and a plurality of first and second inner electrodes, each including a metal, alternately arranged inside the ceramic sintered body to be opposed to each other in the third direction with at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers interposed between the adjacent first and second inner electrodes; wherein the first and second inner electrodes are each arranged to be exposed to one of the third and fourth surfaces without being exposed to the fifth and sixth surfaces; and heterogeneous regions, which include solid solutions of the metals included in the first and second inner electrodes and a metal included in the ceramic sintered body, are arranged continuously in opposite end portions of the ceramic sintered body in the first direction to extend from one side end to an opposite side end of a region in which the first and second inner electrodes are disposed in the third direction.