Patent ID: 7602601

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising: a dielectric body formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers having an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape; an internal layer portion in which pluralities of first internal conductor layers and second internal conductor layers to be set at different electric potentials each other are stacked alternately in said dielectric body via said dielectric layer as mutually overlapping in stacking direction to form an internal electrode circuit of a capacitor; an external layer portion in which pluralities of first external conductor layers and second external conductor layers to be set at different electric potentials which are not overlapping in stacking direction, are stacked in said dielectric body via said dielectric layer, the external layer portions being adjacent to at least any of both end faces of said internal layer portion in stacking direction; and a first and a second terminal electrodes to be set at different electric potentials each other, formed at least on a side face parallel to stacking direction of said dielectric body; wherein each of the first terminal electrodes is connected with at least one of said first internal conductor layers and a plurality of said first external conductor layers; each of the second terminal electrodes is connected with at least one of said second internal conductor layers and a plurality of said second external conductor layers; said dielectric layer positioned at said external layer portion comprises, in an area of overlapping a pair of said first external conductor layers or a pair of said second external conductor layers adjacent to said dielectric layer, a plurality of pin hole conducting portions connecting a pair of said first external conductor layers or a pair of said second external conductor layers each other adjacent to said dielectric layer, in stacking direction.