Patent ID: 8304321

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a capacitor comprising a capacitor body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers provided between different dielectric layers, and external electrode layers provided on said capacitor body, the method comprising: forming a laminate including: a plurality of ceramic green sheets containing a plurality of capacitor forming areas, which are to be sintered to become said dielectric layers; and a plurality of internal electrode patterns provided in individual capacitor forming areas and between different ceramic green sheets, which are to be sintered to become said internal electrode layers; forming external electrode patterns extending on said laminate and across two or more of said capacitor forming areas, and electrically connected with said internal electrode patterns in the individual capacitor forming areas, which are to be sintered to become said external electrode layers; forming first break trenches extending through said external electrode patterns, in said laminate having said external electrode patterns formed, and extending along at least portions of a boundary of the individual capacitor forming areas; sintering said laminate having said external electrode patterns formed, after said first break trenches are formed; forming plated films electrolytically on said external electrode layers, after said laminate having said external electrode patterns formed is sintered, by feeding an electric current to said external electrode layers; and dividing said laminate having said plated films formed on said external electrode layers, along said first break trenches.