Patent ID: 8804302

Claim:
A ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic base that includes first and second opposed major surfaces extending along a longitudinal direction and a width direction, first and second opposed side surfaces extending along the longitudinal direction and a thickness direction, and first and second opposed end surfaces extending along the width direction and the thickness direction; first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic base such that at least a portion of the first internal electrode is opposed to the second internal electrode in the thickness direction; a first external electrode that includes a first section disposed on a first end portion of the first major surface in the longitudinal direction and that is electrically coupled to the first internal electrode; and a second external electrode that includes a first section disposed on a second end portion of the first major surface and that is electrically coupled to the second internal electrode; wherein a region where the first and second internal electrodes are opposed to each other in the thickness direction defines an effective region that exhibits a specific electric characteristic; the first section of each of the first and second external electrodes is opposed to the effective region in the thickness direction; the first section of each of the first and second external electrodes is embedded in the ceramic base along the thickness direction; and ( 1/10)t 0 ≦t 1 ≦(⅖)t 0 is satisfied, where t 0 is a thickness of the first section of each of the first and second external electrodes and t 1 is a thickness of a portion in which the first section of each of the first and second external electrodes is embedded in the ceramic base.