Patent ID: 8649155

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped ceramic body including a top surface, a bottom surface, and first to fourth side surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface to each other; a first external electrode provided on one side surface of the first to fourth side surfaces; and a second external electrode provided on another side surface of the first to fourth side surfaces; wherein each of the first and second external electrodes includes a thick-film electrode layer including sintered metal and a plated layer arranged so as to cover the thick-film electrode layer; each of the first and second external electrodes includes an external electrode main body portion covering the side surface on which the one of the first and second external electrodes is provided and turnback portions that extend to the top surface and the bottom surface of the ceramic body; the electronic component further includes a plurality of reinforcing electrodes provided within the ceramic body, wherein an end portion of at least one reinforcing electrode of the plurality of reinforcing electrodes is exposed on the top surface or the bottom surface of the ceramic body closer to a center of the top surface or the bottom surface of the ceramic body at which the end portion of the at least one reinforcing electrode is exposed than the thick-film electrode layer in the turnback portion, the plated layer is arranged so as to cover the thick-film electrode layer and the exposed end portion of the at least one reinforcing electrode, and an end edge of the plated layer is located closer to the center of top surface or the bottom surface of the ceramic body than an end edge of the thick-film electrode layer in the turnback portion; and the exposed end portion of the at least one reinforcing electrode is spaced away from the end edge of the thick-film electrode layer in the turnback portion towards the center of the top surface or the bottom surface of the ceramic body at which the end portion of the at least one reinforcing electrode is exposed such that the thick-film electrode layer does not cover the exposed end portion of the at least one reinforcing electrode and the plated layer directly covers the exposed end portion of the at least one reinforcing electrode without the thick-film electrode being disposed therebetween.