Patent ID: 7696677

Claim:
A lamination-type resistance element comprising: a laminated sinter having a plurality of ceramic resistance layers and a plurality of internal electrodes laminated therein; and a first external electrode and a second external electrode provided on the outer surface of the laminated sinter; wherein the plurality of internal electrodes includes a plurality of internal electrodes of a first group and a plurality of internal electrodes of a second group; each of the plurality of internal electrodes of the first group includes a resistance unit in which at least two internal electrodes are disposed so as to face each other through one of the ceramic resistance layers, a first end of the resistance unit is electrically connected to the first external electrode, and a second end is electrically connected to the second external electrode; each of the internal electrodes of the second group includes a plurality of pairs of internal electrodes in which a first end of one electrode faces a first end of the other electrode with a gap therebetween on the same plane inside the laminated sinter, one internal electrode in each pair is electrically connected to the first external electrode, and the other is electrically connected to the second external electrode; the gaps between the first ends of each of the plurality of pairs of internal electrodes of the second group overlap with each other in a lamination direction of the laminated sinter; each of the internal electrodes of the first group includes a first divided internal electrode electrically connected to the first external electrode and a second divided internal electrode electrically connected to the second external electrode, and a first end of the first divided internal electrode and a first end of the second divided internal electrode face each other with a gap therebetween on the same plane; and a plurality of pairs of first and second divided internal electrodes is laminated and the gaps in neighboring pairs of electrodes in the lamination direction are arranged at different locations when seen from one side in the lamination direction.