Patent ID: 8531817

Claim:
A ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic body having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape including a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface, the first main surface and the second main surface extending in a length direction of the ceramic body and in a width direction of the ceramic body, the first side surface and the second side surface extending in the length direction and in a thickness direction of the ceramic body, the first end surface and the second end surface extending in the width direction and in the thickness direction; a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode provided inside the ceramic body, the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode extending in the length direction and in the width direction and facing each other in the thickness direction; a first external electrode provided on the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first internal electrode; a second external electrode provided on the ceramic body and electrically connected to the second internal electrode; wherein each of the first external electrode and the second external electrode includes a first portion located on an end portion of the first main surface in the length direction, and a second portion located on the first end surface or the second end surface; the ceramic body includes an effective portion in which the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode face each other in the thickness direction, a first outer layer portion that is located closer to the first main surface than the effective portion, and a second outer layer portion that is located closer to the second main surface than the effective portion; a first reinforcement layer provided in the first outer layer portion so as to extend in the length direction and in the width direction, the first reinforcement layer including a portion facing the first portion of the first external electrode in the thickness direction and a portion facing the first portion of the second external electrode in the thickness direction; the first reinforcement layer is not exposed at the first end surface or the second end surface; in a portion of the first main surface of the ceramic body in which the first portion of the first external electrode or the second external electrode is provided, a portion of the first main surface of the ceramic body that does not face the first reinforcement layer is closer to a center of the ceramic body in the thickness direction than a portion of the first main surface of the ceramic body that faces the first reinforcement layer; and a dimension of the ceramic body in the thickness direction is about 0.3 mm or less.