Patent ID: 7684204

Claim:
A circuit board comprising: a substrate having a mounting area for mounting a vertical multilayer chip capacitor having first and second external electrodes of a first polarity and a third external electrode of a second polarity; first to third pads arranged on the mounting area of the substrate, the first and second pads having the first polarity and disposed separately from each other on the mounting area to be connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, the third pad having the second polarity and disposed between the first and second pads to be connected to the third external electrode; at least one first via formed in the substrate and connected to the first pad; at least one second via formed in the substrate and connected to the second pad; and a plurality of third vias formed in the substrate and connected to the third pad, wherein the first via is disposed adjacent to the third pad relative to a central line of the first pad, the second via is disposed adjacent to the third pad relative to a central line of the second pad, one or more of the third vias are disposed adjacent to the first via relative to a central line of the third pad, and the rest of the third vias are disposed adjacent to the second via relative to the central line of the third pad.