Patent ID: 8488296

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising: a multilayer body including a plurality of inner electrodes stacked while interposing a dielectric layer therebetween; first and second outer electrodes formed on an outer surface of the multilayer body; and a first connecting conductor formed on the outer surface of the multilayer body; wherein the plurality of inner electrodes include first to fifth inner electrodes; wherein the multilayer body has: a capacitance unit having the first and second inner electrodes connected to the first and second outer electrodes, respectively, the first and second inner electrodes opposing each other as different polarities through the dielectric layer, and an ESR control unit having the third inner electrode connected to at least the first outer electrode, the fourth inner electrode connected to at least the second outer electrode and first connecting conductor, and the fifth inner electrode connected to at least the first connecting conductor, at least two of the third to fifth inner electrodes opposing each other as different polarities through the dielectric layer; and wherein the first or second inner electrode of the capacitance unit and the third or fourth inner electrode of the ESR control unit are kept from opposing each other as different polarities through the dielectric layer at a boundary between the capacitance unit and the ESR control unit.