Patent ID: 8358495

Claim:
A laminated ceramic electronic component comprising: a laminate having a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed at different interfaces between the ceramic layers; and two external electrodes at different positions on an outer surface of the laminate and electrically connected to different ones of the internal electrodes, wherein the internal electrodes comprise a base metal and have a thickness of 0.3 μm or less, wherein the ceramic layers comprise a ceramic containing, as its main constituent, ABO 3 in which A is Ba or Ba and at least one of Ca and Sr, and B is Ti or Ti and at least one of Zr and Hf), and containing, as an accessory constituent, at least one alkali metal element selected from the group consisting of Li, K, and Na, wherein the content of the alkali metal element is 0.2 parts by mol or more with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main constituent, and wherein the internal electrodes have edge surfaces which contact the aforesaid ceramic except where electrically connected to an external electrode.