Patent ID: 7369395

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising a multilayer body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of inner electrodes are alternately laminated, and a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on the multilayer body, wherein the plurality of terminal electrodes include first and second terminal electrodes electrically insulated from each other; wherein the plurality of inner electrodes include a plurality of first and second inner electrodes alternately arranged; wherein the plurality of first inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other through a connecting conductor; wherein the plurality of second inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other through a connecting conductor; wherein at least one first inner electrode includes a first lead conductor and is directly connected to the first terminal electrode through the first lead conductor and at least one first inner electrode is not directly connected to the first terminal electrode; wherein at least one second inner electrode includes a second lead conductor and is directly connected to the second terminal electrode through the second lead conductor and at least one second inner electrode is not directly connected to the second terminal electrode; wherein the second inner electrode directly connected to the second terminal electrode through the second lead conductor is arranged at a position symmetrical to the respective first inner electrode directly connected to the first terminal electrode through the first lead conductor about a center position in a laminating direction of the multilayer body; and wherein the first inner electrode directly connected to the first terminal electrode through the first lead conductor is arranged at a position symmetrical to the respective second inner electrode directly connected to the second terminal electrode through the second lead conductor about the center position in the laminating direction of the multilayer body.