Patent ID: 7586174

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprised of dielectric layers stacked to form a device body in which a plurality of first internal electrode layers and a plurality of second internal electrode layers formed in planar shapes are alternately arranged while being separated through the dielectric layers, said multilayer capacitor comprising: first external electrodes and second external electrodes arranged on only a first end face of said device body in a stacking direction of said dielectric layers, and a second end face of said device body being parallel to the first end face being an insulator, first lead use columnar electrodes connecting to only one of said first internal electrode layers stacked closest to the first end face of said device body and said first external electrodes through first lead through holes, second lead use columnar electrodes connecting to only one of said second internal electrode layers stacked closest to the first end face of said device body and said second external electrodes through second lead through holes, first interlayer connection use columnar electrodes connecting said first internal electrode layers stacked at the inside of said device body through first interlayer through holes, and second interlayer connection use columnar electrodes connecting said second internal electrode layers stacked at the inside of said device body through second interlayer through holes, wherein said first and second interlayer connection use columnar electrodes have horizontal cross-sectional areas larger than horizontal cross-sectional areas of said first and second lead use columnar electrodes, the first interlayer connection use columnar electrodes and the second interlayer connection use columnar electrodes are alternately arranged at the inside of the device body only along the side faces of the device body, and the first lead use columnar electrodes and the second lead use columnar electrodes are alternately arranged in a matrix form viewed from plane angle at the inside of the device body with respect to first interlayer connection use columnar electrodes and the second interlayer connection use columnar electrodes.