Patent ID: 8125765

Claim:
A laminated ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic element body including a plurality of laminated ceramic layers, first and second main surfaces which face each other, and first to fourth side surfaces which are connected to the first and second main surfaces, the first side surface facing the second side surface and the third side surface facing the fourth side surface; a first effective section which is disposed in the ceramic element body and which includes a first circuit element; a second effective section which is disposed adjacent to the first effective section with a gap interposed therebetween parallel or substantially parallel to the first and second main surfaces in the ceramic element body and which includes a second circuit element; first and second external terminal electrodes which are located on one of the first to fourth side surfaces of the ceramic element body and which are electrically connected to the first circuit element; third and fourth external terminal electrodes which are located on one of the first to fourth side surfaces of the ceramic element body and which are electrically connected to the second circuit element; and a floating internal conductor which is disposed in at least one of a first external layer section located between the first and second effective sections and the first main surface and a second external layer section located between the first and second effective sections and the second main surface, and which is not electrically connected to the first to fourth external terminal electrodes; wherein the floating internal conductor is disposed in the gap when the ceramic element body is viewed from the first main surface.