Patent ID: 7454820

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a plurality of laminated structures in which at least a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer and a second electrode layer are stacked in this order, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a dielectric layer; (b) forming a first electrode layer as an upper layer of said dielectric layer formed at step (a) by alternately disposing strips of first electrode materials and strips of second electrode material different from said first electrode material, in contact with each other; (c) forming a dielectric layer as an upper layer of said first electrode layer formed at step (b); (d) forming a second electrode layer as an upper layer of said dielectric layer formed at step (c) by alternately disposing said strips of first electrode materials and said strips of second electrode materials reversely to positional relationship in said first electrode layer and in contact with each other; (e) cutting a laminated structure formed by steps (a) to (d) in a stacked direction to divide the laminated structure into a divided plurality of laminated structures such that, with respect to each of the divided plurality of laminated structures, an end surface of a strip of first electrode material in said first electrode layer and an end surface of a strip of second electrode material in said second electrode layer are exposed in a first side region, and an end surface of a strip of second electrode material in said first electrode layer and an end surface of a strip of first electrode material in said second electrode layer are exposed in a second side region different from said first side region; and (f) forming an insulating film on the end surface of said strip of second electrode material exposed in each of the first and second side regions with respect to each of the divided plurality of laminated structures.