Patent ID: 7436649

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component, comprising the steps of: providing a ceramic electronic component body having a terminal electrode on an end face; providing a metal terminal to be joined to the terminal electrode; providing a binder for joining the metal terminal to the terminal electrode; and joining the metal terminal to the terminal electrode via the binder, wherein the surface of the metal terminal in contact with the binder contains one of a Ag-based metal and a Cu-based metal, the binder contains a metal powder comprising the other of the Ag-based metal and the Cu-based metal and which has an average particle diameter of 2.0 μm or less, the metal terminal or the binder or both of them contain a glass, and the joining step comprises bringing the terminal electrode into contact with the corresponding metal terminal via the binder and heat-treating the resulting structure at a temperature in the range of 550° C. to 750° C. to join the terminal electrode to the corresponding metal terminal by Ag—Cu alloy bonding.