Patent ID: 7558049

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor array comprising: a laminate body having a plurality of laminated dielectric layers; and a plurality of external conductors placed on the laminate body, the laminate body having: rectangular first and second principal surfaces facing each other in a laminating direction of the dielectric layers, first and second side surfaces facing each other and extending in a longitudinal direction of the first and second principal faces so as to connect the first and second principal faces, third and fourth side surfaces facing each other and extending in a transverse direction of the first and second principal faces so as to connect the first and second principal faces, a first inner electrode group including a plurality of first electrodes and a second electrode, and a second inner electrode group including a third electrode and a fourth electrode, wherein the external conductors include first to fourth terminal conductors disposed on one of the first and second side surfaces, and a first external connection conductor disposed on a side surface placed on at least one of the first to fourth terminal conductors, wherein the first inner electrode group and the second inner electrode group are adjacent to each other in an opposed direction of the third and fourth side surfaces in the laminate body, wherein at least one of the first inner electrodes and the second inner electrode are arranged as opposed with at least one of the dielectric layers in between, wherein the third and fourth inner electrodes are arranged as opposed with at least one of the dielectric layers in between, wherein the first inner electrodes are electrically connected to the first external connection conductor via lead conductors, wherein the second inner electrode is electrically connected to the second terminal conductor via a lead conductor, wherein the third inner electrode is electrically connected to the third terminal conductor via a lead conductor, wherein the fourth inner electrode is electrically connected to the fourth terminal conductor via a lead conductor, and wherein, among all the first inner electrodes, one to multiple first inner electrodes that are less than the total first inner electrodes are electrically connected to the first terminal conductor via lead conductors.