Patent ID: 8319594

Claim:
A ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic body including a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed to each other, a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface opposed to each other, and a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to each other, the second principal surface being located at to a mounting surface side of the ceramic body; a first external electrode located on the first end surface side of the ceramic body and disposed at least on the second principal surface; and a second external electrode located on the second end surface side of the ceramic body and disposed at least on the second principal surface; wherein the first external electrode and the second external electrode are disposed on the second principal surface so as to face each other with a predetermined gap region therebetween; the first external electrode and the second external electrode each include a base layer and a Cu plating layer which covers the base layer and which includes at least one layer; and in each of the first external electrode and the second external electrode, an expression 0.1≦t/d≦0.5 is satisfied, where t is a thickness of the Cu plating layer at an end of the base layer on the gap region side, and d is a distance from the end of the base layer on the gap region side to an end of the Cu plating layer on the gap region side.