Patent ID: 7394647

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 a first internal conductor layer and a second internal conductor layer 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 a first external conductor layer and a second external conductor layer, which are not overlapping in the stacking direction, are stacked in said dielectric body via said dielectric layer, the external conductor layer portions being adjacent to at least any of both end faces of said internal layer portion in the stacking direction of said first internal conductor layer and said second internal conductor layer; a first terminal electrode connected with said first internal conductor layer and said first external conductor layer, formed at least on a first side face of side faces of said dielectric body, the first side face being parallel to the stacking direction; and a second terminal electrode connected with said second internal conductor layer and said second external conductor layer, formed at least on a second side face opposed to said first side face of said dielectric body, wherein; said first terminal electrode is formed straddling said first side face, and a third and a fourth side faces parallel to said stacking direction of said dielectric layer adjacent to said first side face; and said second terminal electrode is formed straddling said second side face, and said third and said fourth side faces parallel to said stacking direction of said dielectric layer adjacent to said second side face.