Patent ID: 7271499

Claim:
An electronic component, comprising: a base substrate that includes an electrode; a passivation film formed on a surface of the base substrate in a region avoiding at least a part of the electrode; a metal layer having a first portion electrically connected to the electrode and having a second portion formed at a given spacing from the surface on which the passivation film is formed; an external electrode formed on the second portion of the metal layer; and an intermediate layer formed between the passivation film and the second portion of the metal layer to support the second portion, a depression being formed in the intermediate layer, between the second portion and the passivation film, under a part of the second portion that includes a connection of the second portion with the external electrode, the depression having an internal wall descending toward the passivation film and a substantially flat internal bottom surface, the second portion being formed at a second given spacing from the internal wall of the depression.