Patent ID: 6995967

Claim:
A stacked capacitor comprising: a dielectric element having at least one side surface and comprising a plurality of stacked sheet-like dielectric layers each defining a predetermined surface area; a plurality of internal electrodes alternately stacked with the dielectric layers, each internal electrode comprising a conductor falling within the predetermined surface area and having a first edge positioned near the one side surface, the dielectric layers and the internal electrodes defining a stacking direction; a plurality of extraction electrodes each extending from each first edge to the one side surface without contact with one another, and having a width W 1 at the one side surface in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction, a distance P being defined between widthwise centers of neighboring extraction electrodes in the direction orthogonal to the stacking direction; a plurality of external electrodes provided on the side surface and extending in the stacking direction and arrayed in the orthogonal direction, each external electrode having a width W 2 on the side surface in the orthogonal direction and being connected to a corresponding extraction electrode; and wherein the widths W 1 and W 2 and the distance P are set such that 0.6P≦W 1 <W 2 and 0.7P≦W 2 <P.