Patent ID: 8068329

Claim:
A multilayer electronic component comprising: a ceramic body including a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and having a first main surface and a second main surface that are opposite to each other and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the first and second main surfaces; internal conductors disposed in the ceramic body and having exposed portions at at least one of the plurality of side surfaces, the exposed portions being arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a lamination direction of the ceramic layers; a connection portion disposed on the at least one of the plurality of side surfaces of the ceramic body and extending from the internal conductors in the lamination direction of the ceramic layers so as to connect at least one pair of the adjacent exposed portions to one another, the connection portion being disposed in a recess defined by a partially removed portion of the at least one of the plurality of side surfaces; and external terminal electrodes disposed on at least one of the plurality of side surfaces and arranged to cover the exposed portions of the internal conductors and the connection portion, each of the external terminal electrodes including a base plating film directly plated on the at least one of the plurality of side surfaces.