Patent ID: 7859822

Claim:
A monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising: a capacitor body comprising: a capacitance-forming section including a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers, the internal electrodes and the dielectric ceramic layers being alternately arranged, and an outer layer section disposed on each of the upper or lower face of the capacitance-forming section; a first outer electrode; and a second outer electrode, the first and second outer electrodes being disposed on different and opposing surface portions of the capacitor body, wherein the internal electrodes comprise first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes, each first internal electrode and each second internal electrode being paired to form a capacitance therebetween, the first internal electrodes being electrically connected to the first outer electrode, the second internal electrodes being electrically connected to each second outer electrode, each outer layer section comprising an outermost layer and a second layer disposed internally of the outermost layer, the second layer having a thermal expansion coefficient greater than that of the outermost layer, the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the second layer and that of the outermost layer being 1×10 −6 /° C. to 3×10 −6 /° C., the outermost layer having a thickness of 50 to 80 μm, and the second layer having a thickness of 20 to 50 μm.