Capacitor component and method for manufacturing same

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer, wherein the body further includes a withstand voltage layer disposed in a region spaced apart by more than 0 to 30 nm or less in a direction from a boundary of the internal electrode layer toward the dielectric layer, and having ionic mobility, lower than ionic mobility of the dielectric layer.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application claims benefit of priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0154816 filed on Nov. 11, 2021 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a capacitor component and a method for manufacturing the capacitor component.

BACKGROUND

A multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC), a capacitor component, is an important chip component used in industries such as the communications, computing, home appliance, automotive, and other industries, due to their small size, high capacity, and ease of mounting, and, in particular, are a key passive element used in various electric, electronic, and information communication devices such as mobile phones, computers, digital TVs, and the like.

In general, the MLCC may be manufactured by screen-printing a conductive paste for forming an internal electrode layer on a dielectric green sheet, providing and stacking the dielectric green sheet on which the conductive paste is printed as a plurality of dielectric green sheets, and pressing the plurality of stacked dielectric green sheets to form a stack body, and sintering the stack body. The conductive paste may generally be prepared by mixing a conductive powder such as nickel (Ni) or the like, a ceramic powder, a binder, a solvent, and the like.

As a thickness of a dielectric layer decreases, movement of ions expressed by oxygen vacancies or the like becomes easier, and the dielectric layer becomes semiconductor, and as a result, reliability of components may be deteriorated.

SUMMARY

An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a capacitor component capable of securing reliability even when a dielectric layer is thinned.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer, wherein the body further includes a withstand voltage layer disposed in a region spaced apart by more than 0 to 30 nm or less in a direction from a boundary of the internal electrode layer toward the dielectric layer, and having ionic mobility, lower than ionic mobility of the dielectric layer.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrode layers alternately disposed with each other, with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the plurality of internal electrode layers, wherein the dielectric layer has a first region and a second region, the second region disposed between the first region and at least one of the plurality of internal electrode layers, and the second region extends from the at least one of the plurality of internal electrode layers by more than 0 to 30 nm or less in a direction from a boundary with the internal electrode layers to the first region, and wherein the second region of the dielectric layer comprises at least one of Zn and In, and wherein ionic mobility of the second region of the dielectric layer is lower than ionic mobility of the first region of the dielectric layer.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrode layers alternately disposed with each other, with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the plurality of internal electrode layers, wherein the dielectric layer has a first region and a second region, the second region disposed between the first region and at least one of the plurality of internal electrode layers, and the second region extends from the at least one of the plurality of internal electrode layers by more than 0 to 30 nm or less in a direction from a boundary with the internal electrode layers to the first region, wherein the second region of the dielectric layer comprises dielectric ceramic particles in which at least a portion of titanium (Ti) is substituted with at least one of tin (Sn) and zirconium (Zr), and wherein ionic mobility of the second region of the dielectric layer is lower than ionic mobility of the first region of the dielectric layer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The terms used in the description of the present disclosure are used to describe a specific embodiment, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. A singular term includes a plural form unless otherwise indicated. The terms “include,” “comprise,” “is configured to,” etc. of the description of the present disclosure are used to indicate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combination thereof, and do not exclude the possibilities of combination or addition of one or more additional features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combination thereof. Also, the terms “disposed on,” “positioned on,” and the like, may indicate that an element is positioned on or beneath an object, and does not necessarily mean that the element is positioned above the object with reference to a gravity direction.

The term “coupled to,” “combined to,” and the like, may not only indicate that elements are directly and physically in contact with each other, but also include the configuration in which another element is interposed between the elements such that the elements are also in contact with the other component.

Sizes and thicknesses of elements illustrated in the drawings are indicated as examples for ease of description, and the present disclosure are not limited thereto.

In the drawings, a first direction may be defined as a Z-direction or a thickness direction, a second direction may be defined as an X-direction or a length direction, and a third direction may be defined as a Y-direction or a width direction.

Hereinafter, a capacitor component according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components may be denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapped descriptions will be omitted.

FIG.1is a perspective view schematically illustrating a capacitor component according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG.2is a view schematically illustrating a cross-section ofFIG.1, taken along line I-I′.FIG.3shows an SEM image of portion A ofFIG.2.

Referring toFIGS.1to3, a capacitor component1000according to the present embodiment may include a body100and external electrodes210and220. In the present embodiment, the body100may include a dielectric layer110, internal electrode layers121and122, a cover layer130, and a withstand voltage layer140.

The body100may form an exterior of the capacitor component1000according to the present embodiment. Although a specific shape of the body100is not particularly limited, as illustrated, the body100may have a hexahedral shape or a shape similar thereto. Due to shrinkage of a ceramic powder included in the body100during a sintering process, the body100may not have a hexahedral shape having perfectly straight lines, but may have a substantially hexahedral shape.

Based onFIGS.1and2, the body100may include a first surface101and a second surface102opposing each other in a thickness direction (Z), a third surface103and a fourth surface104opposing each other in a length direction (X), and a fifth surface105and a sixth surface106opposing each other in a width direction (Y). Each of the third to sixth surfaces103,104,105, and106of the body100may be a wall surface of the body100connecting the first surface101and the second surface102of the body100. Hereinafter, both end surfaces (one end surface and the other end surface) of the body100may refer to the third surface103and the fourth surface104of the body100, respectively, and both side surfaces (one side surface and the other side surface) of the body100may refer to the fifth surface105and the sixth surface106of the body100, respectively. In addition, one surface and the other surface of the body100may refer to the first surface101and the second surface102of the body100, respectively. The one surface101of the body100may be used as a mounting surface, when the capacitor component1000according to the present embodiment is mounted on a mounting substrate such as a printed circuit board or the like.

The body100may include a dielectric layer110and first and second internal electrode layers121and122, alternately arranged, with the dielectric layer110interposed therebetween. The dielectric layer110, the first internal electrode layer121, and the second internal electrode layer122may be formed as a plurality of layers. Hereinafter, the first and second internal electrode layers121and122will be collectively referred to as internal electrode layers121and122, except for a case in which distinction is required. Therefore, a description of a portion commonly referred to as the internal electrode layers121and122may be commonly applied to the first and second internal electrode layers121and122.

A plurality of dielectric layers110forming the body100may be provided in a sintered state, and a boundary between adjacent dielectric layers110may be integrated to the extent that it may be difficult to check without using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

A raw material for forming the dielectric layer110is not particularly limited as long as it may obtain sufficient capacitance, and may be, for example, barium titanate (BaTiO3) powder. As a material for forming the dielectric layer110, various ceramic additives, organic solvents, plasticizers, binders, dispersants, or the like may be added to powder such as barium titanate (BaTiO3) powder or the like according to the purpose of the present disclosure.

A thickness of the dielectric layer110may be 400 nm or less, preferably 380 nm or less, and more than 0. When the thickness of the dielectric layer110exceeds 400 nm, it may be disadvantageous in reducing an overall thickness of the component. In addition, when the thickness of the dielectric layer110exceeds 400 nm, assuming the same thickness of the component, thicknesses of the internal electrode layers121and122should be reduced. Therefore, connectivity of the internal electrode layers121and122may be deteriorated to reduce capacitance.

A thickness of the dielectric layer110may be measured using an optical image or an SEM image obtained by scanning an X-Z cross-section in which the capacitor component is cut in a central portion in the width direction (Y). For example, a thickness of the dielectric layer110may refer to an arithmetic mean value by selecting one of the dielectric layers110illustrated in the image, and measuring a dimension in the Z-direction of the selected one dielectric layer110multiple times in the X-direction. The plurality of measurements in the X-direction may be performed at equal intervals in the X-direction, but are not limited thereto. In addition, the thickness of the dielectric layer110may refer to those obtained by calculating a thickness of each of the dielectric layers110by the above-described method for each of the plurality of dielectric layers110illustrated in the image, and dividing by the total number of the dielectric layers110illustrated in the image.

The cover layer130may be disposed on and below the body100, e.g., both end portions in the thickness direction (in the Z-direction). The cover layer130may serve to maintain reliability of the capacitor component against external impacts. The cover layer130may be formed using a material for forming the dielectric layer110or a material, different from the material for forming the dielectric layer110. For example, in the latter case, the material for forming the dielectric layer110and the material for forming the cover layer130may be different from each other in terms of at least one of a composition, size, amount, or a dispersion degree of ceramic particles in each of the materials, or may be different from each other in terms of at least one of a composition, size, amount, or a dispersion degree of sub-elements in each of the materials.

The internal electrode layers121and122may be alternately arranged with the dielectric layer110, and may include first and second internal electrode layers121and122. The first and second internal electrode layers121and122may be alternately arranged to oppose each other, with the dielectric layer110interposed therebetween, and may be exposed from the third and fourth surfaces103and104of the body100, respectively. The internal electrode layers121and122may entirely have a shape similar to a plate shape.

The internal electrode layers121and122may be alternately exposed from the third surface103and the fourth surface104of the body100that may be both end surfaces in the length direction X, and may be connected to the first and the second external electrodes210and220, respectively. For example, the first internal electrode layer121may be exposed from the third surface103of the body100, to be connected to the first external electrode210, and may not be exposed from the fourth surface104of the body100, not to be connected to the second external electrode220. The second internal electrode layer122may be exposed from the fourth surface104of the body100, to be connected to the second external electrode220, and may not be exposed from the third surface103of the body100, to not be connected to the first external electrode210. Therefore, the first internal electrode layer121may be spaced apart from the fourth surface104of the body100by a predetermined distance, and the second internal electrode layer122may be spaced apart from the third surface103of the body100by a predetermined distance. In this case, the internal electrode layers121and122may be electrically separated from each other by the dielectric layer110interposed therebetween.

The internal electrode layers121and122may include, for example, one or more conductors of palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), nickel (Ni), and copper (Cu). For example, the internal electrode layers121and122may be formed by stacking a conductive paste including a conductive powder including nickel (Ni), a binder, a solvent, and the like, on a dielectric green sheet and then sintering the same. The internal electrode layers121and122may include nickel (Ni).

The internal electrode layers121and122may have a thickness of 10 nm or more and 500 nm or less, respectively. When the thickness of each of the internal electrode layers121and122is less than 10 nm, connectivity of the internal electrode layers121and122may be deteriorated, to reduce capacitance thereof. When the thickness of each of the internal electrode layers121and122is greater than 500 nm, it may be difficult to achieve electrical insulation between the internal electrode layers121and122, because a dielectric layer110having a thin thickness is formed, based on a component having the same size.

A thickness of each of the internal electrode layers121and122may be measured using an optical image or an SEM image obtained by scanning an X-Z cross-section in which the capacitor component is cut in a central portion in the width direction (Y). For example, a thickness of each of the internal electrode layers121and122may refer to an arithmetic mean value by selecting one of each of the internal electrode layers121and122illustrated in the image, and measuring multiple times in the X-direction a dimension in the Z-direction of the selected one internal electrode layer. The plurality of measurements in the X-direction may be performed at equal intervals in the X-direction, but are not limited thereto. In addition, a thickness of each of the internal electrode layers121and122may refer that thicknesses of each of the internal electrode layers121and122illustrated in the image are obtained by the above-described method, and a sum of the thicknesses may be divided by the total number of each of the internal electrode layers121and122illustrated in the image.

A ceramic particle C may be disposed in the internal electrode layers121and122. The ceramic particle C may be formed by ceramic powder, such as barium titanate (BaTiO3) or the like, additionally added to the conductive paste for forming the internal electrode layer. The ceramic particle C may be made of a barium titanate-based material in the same manner as a dielectric of the dielectric layer110, and in this case, reliability of the capacitor component according to the present embodiment may be improved. A void V may be formed in the internal electrode layers121and122. The void V may be formed due to diffusion and recrystallization in the sintering process of conductive powder particles included in the conductive paste, may be formed by removing an organic material, such as a solvent or the like, included in the conductive paste during the sintering process, or may be formed by diffusing ceramic powder particles included in the conductive paste into the dielectric layer110and/or a withstand voltage layer140to be described later during the sintering process. In addition, since a size of the void V is similar to a thickness of each of the internal electrode layers121and122, the void V may be disposed to form a hole passing through each of the internal electrode layers121and122. At least a portion of a material constituting the dielectric layer110and/or the withstand voltage layer140may be disposed in the hole.

The withstand voltage layer140may be disposed between the dielectric layer110and the internal electrode layers121and122, and may have ionic mobility lower than ionic mobility of the dielectric layer110. In this specification, the withstand voltage layer140may be defined as a region up to 20 nm or as a region up to 30 nm in the thickness direction from a boundary of the internal electrode layers121and122in the thickness direction, and a region exceeding the corresponding range may be defined as the dielectric layer110. In addition, the withstand voltage layer140may be expressed as a portion of the dielectric layer. For example, the dielectric layer110, mentioned above, may be defined as a central region of a dielectric layer that may be a portion of the dielectric layer, and the withstand voltage layer140, mentioned above, may be defined as an upper region of a dielectric layer or a lower region of the dielectric layer that may be a portion of the dielectric layer. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the withstand voltage layer140and the dielectric layer110will be separately distinguished.

In general, a thickness of a dielectric layer should be gradually reduced according to miniaturization and high capacity of a capacitor component, and it may be necessary to control a composition of the dielectric layer, e.g., to develop a new dielectric material to realize high reliability of the component and sufficient capacity in a user environment. In addition, as the thickness of the dielectric layer decreases, a ratio of grain boundaries having relatively excellent insulation resistance may decrease, and therefore, ion mobility represented by oxygen vacancy may increase in the dielectric layer. When ion mobility increases in the dielectric layer interposed between adjacent internal electrode layers, movement of oxygen vacancies into the dielectric layer may be facilitated, which may cause a problem in which the dielectric layer becomes semiconductor. In the present embodiment, the withstand voltage layer140having ionic mobility, lower than ionic mobility of the dielectric layer110, may be disposed between the dielectric layer110and the internal electrode layers121and122, to prevent oxygen vacancies from moving into the dielectric layer110and/or from moving to an outside of the dielectric layer110. Due to a relatively low ion mobility of the withstand voltage layer140, movement of oxygen vacancies may be reduced, and an electric field applied to the dielectric layer110may be primarily offset. Therefore, even when the dielectric layer110is thinned, reliability of a component may be guaranteed on a certain level. The ion mobility represented by oxygen vacancy may be qualitatively measured by measuring the concentration of oxygen vacancies using Raman, XPS, EPR, Rutherford back scattering, Mott-Schottky impedance spectroscopy, and other methods known to one of ordinary skill in the art.

Referring toFIG.3, the withstand voltage layer140applied to the capacitor component1000according to an exemplary embodiment may include at least one of zinc (Zn) or indium (In).

For example, the withstand voltage layer140applied to the present embodiment may be prepared by forming a layer containing at least one of ZnO or In2O3on a dielectric green sheet for a dielectric layer by sputtering, printing a conductive paste for an internal electrode layer on the formed layer, stacking the dielectric green sheet in plural to prepare a stack body, and sintering the stack body. ZnO and In2O3may be materials having a relatively low ion mobility of oxygen vacancies, and may prevent oxygen vacancies from moving into a dielectric layer110and/or from moving to an outside of the dielectric layer110during a manufacturing process. Therefore, the withstand voltage layer140applied to the present embodiment may contain at least one of zinc (Zn) or indium (In).

The withstand voltage layer140may be disposed on at least one of a plurality of interfaces between the internal electrode layers121and122and the dielectric layer110. For example, the withstand voltage layer140may be disposed on each of the plurality of interfaces between the internal electrode layers121and122and the dielectric layer110, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

A thickness of the withstand voltage layer140may be 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less. When the thickness of the withstand voltage layer140is less than 10 nm, the effect of offsetting an electric field, described above, may be insignificant. When the thickness of the withstand voltage layer140is greater than 30 nm, an effective electric field applied to the dielectric layer110may be reduced, such that it may be difficult to implement capacitance. The thickness of the withstand voltage layer140may be measured using an optical image or an SEM image obtained by scanning an X-Z cross-section in which the capacitor component is cut in a central portion in the width direction (Y). For example, the thickness of the withstand voltage layer140may refer to an arithmetic mean value by selecting one of the withstand voltage layers140illustrated in the image, and measuring multiple times in the X-direction a dimension in the Z-direction of the selected one withstand voltage layer140. The plurality of measurements in the X-direction may be performed at equal intervals in the X-direction, but are not limited thereto. In addition, the thickness of the withstand voltage layer140may refer that thicknesses of withstand voltage layers140illustrated in the image are obtained by the above-described method, and a sum of the thicknesses may be divided by the total number of the withstand voltage layers140illustrated in the image.

In the present embodiment, at least one of zinc (Zn) or indium (In) in the withstand voltage layer140may be contained in an amount of 1 at % or more and 10 at % or less. When the amount is less than 1 at %, the effect of offsetting an electric field, described above, of the withstand voltage layer140may be insignificant. When the amount is more than 10 at %, bonding force between the internal electrode layers121and122and the withstand voltage layer140may be reduced to deteriorate reliability.

The presence of Zn and In included in the withstand voltage layer140may be determined through SEM-EDS or TEM line profile analysis. Specifically, as illustrated inFIG.3, when SEM-EDS is performed in a region up to 30 nm externally from a boundary of each of the internal electrode layers121and122in the thickness direction, in the X-Z cross-section in the length direction (X)-thickness direction (Z), taken from the central portion in the width direction (Y), for example, it can be seen that the region includes zirconium (Zr) and/or indium (In) elements, and an amount thereof is also contained therein.

FIG.4is a view corresponding toFIG.3for a capacitor component according to another embodiment. In the following description of the capacitor component according to another embodiment with reference toFIG.4, only the configuration of the withstand voltage layer140different from that ofFIG.3will be described. Therefore, the explanations described with reference toFIG.3may be directly applied to a definition, a thickness, and the like of a withstand voltage layer140, which are not described below.

Referring toFIG.4, a withstand voltage layer140according to another embodiment of the present disclosure may have a composition of dielectric ceramic particles, similar to a composition of dielectric ceramic particles included in a dielectric layer110, but an average size of dielectric ceramic particles141of the withstand voltage layer140may be smaller than an average size of dielectric ceramic particles111of the dielectric layer110. Hereinafter, the dielectric ceramic particles may be used to mean dielectric ceramic crystal grains (grains), but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

The average size of the dielectric ceramic particles141of the withstand voltage layer140may be 20% or more and 50% or less of the average size of the dielectric ceramic particles111of the dielectric layer110. When the ratio is less than 20%, bonding force between the withstand voltage layer140and each of the internal electrode layers121and122and bonding force between the withstand voltage layer140and the dielectric layer110may be reduced to deteriorate reliability of a component. When the ratio is more than 50%, a ratio of a grain boundary may be lowered, such that the effect of offsetting an electric field, described above, of the withstand voltage layer140may be insignificant.

In this case, a size of each of the dielectric ceramic particles111and141may be measured using an SEM image or a TEM image of an X-Z cross-section in which the capacitor component is cut in a central portion in the width direction (Y). For example, a size of each of the grains141of the withstand voltage layer140may be a size obtained by selecting a withstand voltage layer140, which is a region spaced apart by 30 nm in a direction from a boundary of each of the internal electrode layers121and122, among the withstand voltage layers140, in the image, measuring a dimension of a major axis and a dimension of a minor axis for all plurality of grains appearing in the selected withstand voltage layer140, and selecting values corresponding to 50% of the dimensions, respectively. Alternatively, a size of each of the grains141of the withstand voltage layer140may refer to a size obtained by calculating a size of each of the grains in each of the withstand voltage layers140by the method described above for each of the plurality of withstand voltage layers140illustrated in the image, and dividing by the total number of withstand voltage layers140illustrated in the image. The description of the above-described method for measuring the size of each of the dielectric ceramic particles141of the dielectric layer140may be equally applied to a method of measuring a size of each of the dielectric ceramic particles111of the dielectric layer110.

For example, each of the withstand voltage layer140and the dielectric layer110may include dielectric ceramic grains including barium (Ba) and titanium (Ti). The withstand voltage layer140may include dielectric ceramic particles in which at least a portion of titanium (Ti) is substituted with at least one of tin (Sn) or zirconium (Zr), expressed as BaTi1-x(Sn and/or Zr)xO3(where x is 0.2 or more and 0.5 or less). For example, the withstand voltage layer140may include dielectric ceramic grains in which at least a portion of titanium (Ti) in BaTiO3is substituted with at least one of tin (Sn) or zirconium (Zr).

In this example, the withstand voltage layer140may include dielectric ceramic grains similar to that of the dielectric layer110. The withstand voltage layer140may have a size of each of the grains141of the dielectric ceramic grains, smaller than a size of the dielectric layer110, to have a volume fraction of grain boundary in each of the withstand voltage layers140, greater than a volume fraction of grain boundary in the dielectric layer110. Since ion mobility of oxygen vacancy at the grain boundary is relatively lower than ion mobility of oxygen vacancy in each of the grains111and141, it is possible to prevent oxygen vacancy from moving into and/or to an outside of the dielectric layer during the manufacturing process. In this case, whether each of the dielectric ceramic particles of the withstand voltage layer140contain Ba, Ti, Sn, and Zr and an amount thereof may be determined when scanning of each of Ba, Ti, Sn, and Zr is performed in an interfacial region between each of the internal electrode layers121and122and the dielectric layer110in the thickness direction, in the X-Z cross-section in the length direction (X)-thickness direction (Z), taken from the central portion in the width direction (Y). In addition, whether the region has a structure in which portion of titanium of barium titanate is substituted with Sn and/or Zr may be determined by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD).

The withstand voltage layer140applied to the present embodiment, for example, may be prepared by printing a conductive paste for forming an internal electrode layer including ceramic powder and conductive powder on a dielectric green sheet for forming a dielectric layer, stacking the dielectric green sheet in plural to prepare a stack body, and sintering the stack body. In this case, a portion of the ceramic powder included in the conductive paste may remain in the internal electrode layers121and122to form the aforementioned ceramic particles (C), and a portion of the ceramic powder included in the conductive paste may diffuse into the dielectric layer110to form the withstand voltage layer140. In the ceramic powder, a portion of titanium (Ti) of barium titanate (BaTiO3) including barium (Ba) and titanium (Ti) may be substituted with at least one of tin (Sn) or zirconium (Zr). As a non-limiting example, the ceramic powder may be a powder having a so-called core-shell structure including a core of barium titanate and a shell including tin (Sn) and/or zirconium (Zr). In this case, in the shell, at least a portion of titanium of barium titanate may be substituted with tin (Sn) and/or zirconium (Zr). As another expression, the ceramic powder having such a core-shell structure may be expressed as a structure in which a barium titanate is doped with tin (Sn) and/or zirconium (Zr).

The external electrodes210and220may be disposed on the body100, and may be connected to the internal electrode layers121and122. As illustrated inFIGS.1and2, the external electrodes210and220may be respectively disposed on the third and fourth surfaces103and104of the body100, to include first and second external electrodes210and220respectively connected to the first and second internal electrode layers121and122.

The first and second external electrodes210and220may include first and second connection portions respectively disposed on the third and fourth surfaces103and104of the body100and respectively connected to the first and second internal electrode layers121and122, and first and second extension portions respectively extending from the first and second connection portions to the first surface101of the body100. The first and second extension portions may be disposed on the first surface101of the body100to be spaced apart from each other. The first and second extension portions may extend not only on the first surface101of the body100, but also on the second, fifth and sixth surfaces102,105, and106of the body100, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, as illustrated inFIG.1, each of the external electrodes210and220of the present disclosure may be of a normal type formed on five (5) surfaces of the body100, but is not limited thereto, and may be an L-type formed on two (2) surfaces of the body100, a C-type formed on three (3) surfaces of the body100, or the like.

The external electrodes210and220may be formed of any material as long as they have electrical conductivity, such as metal, and specific materials thereof may be determined in consideration of electrical characteristics, structural stability, and the like, and, furthermore, may have a multilayer structure. For example, each of the external electrodes210and220may include a first layer and a second layer, and the first layer may be formed by sintering a sintered conductive paste including a conductive metal and glass, may be formed by curing a curable conductive paste including a conductive metal and a base resin, or may be formed by vapor deposition. The second layer may be a nickel (Ni) plating layer and a tin (Sn) plating layer, sequentially formed on the first layer, by a plating method.

In the present embodiment, although a structure in which the capacitor component1000has two external electrodes210and220is described, the number, a shape, or the like of respective external electrodes210and220may be changed according to a shape, or the like of respective internal electrode layers121and122, or other purpose.

A capacitor component according to an aspect of the present disclosure may secure reliability even when a dielectric layer becomes thin.