Patent ID: 8233263

Claim:
A multilayer chip capacitor comprising: a capacitor body comprising a stack of a plurality of dielectric layers and having first and second side faces facing each other and first and second end faces facing each other; a plurality of terminal electrodes each extending in a stack direction of the dielectric layers, the terminal electrodes of opposite polarity being alternated on each of the first and second side faces; and a plurality of internal electrodes each comprising one or two leads extending to an outer face of the capacitor body and respectively connected to the terminal electrodes, the internal electrodes of opposite polarity being alternated to face each other, with the dielectric layer located between each facing set of the internal electrodes, wherein a horizontal distance between leads of the internal electrodes of opposite polarity located adjacent to each other in the stack direction is longer than a pitch between the terminal electrodes of opposite polarity located adjacent to each other on the same side face of the capacitor body, wherein the one or two leads of one of the internal electrodes and the one or two leads of another of the internal electrodes having an opposite polarity located adjacent the one of the internal electrodes extend in opposite directions and are offset from one another.