Patent ID: 7365957

Claim:
A ceramic capacitor mounting structure for mounting a ceramic capacitor to a substrate formed with first and second land electrodes; the ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic sintered body; first and second inner electrodes arranged so as to oppose each other with a ceramic interposed therebetween in the ceramic sintered body; a first terminal electrode electrically connected to the first inner electrode and formed on an outer surface of the ceramic sintered body; and a second terminal electrode electrically connected to the second inner electrode and formed on an outer surface of the ceramic sintered body; wherein the first terminal electrode is electrically connected to the first land electrode formed on the substrate through a first metal terminal; wherein the second terminal electrode is electrically connected to the second land electrode formed on the substrate; wherein the first metal terminal has a first capacitor connecting portion mechanically connected to the first terminal electrode, a first terminal portion mechanically connected to the first land electrode, and a first intermediate portion connecting the first capacitor connecting portion and the first terminal portion to each other; wherein the first capacitor connecting portion of the first metal terminal is parallel to the substrate; and wherein all of the side faces of the ceramic capacitor which are perpendicular to the substrate are not covered by the first metal terminal at all.