Patent ID: 8264817

Claim:
A dielectric ceramic comprising barium calcium titanate as its main constituent and Re 2 O 3 , where Re is at least one member selected from the group of Gd, Dy, Ho, Yb, and Y), MgO, MnO, V 2 O 5 , and SiO 2 , as accessory constituents represented by the general formula: 100(Ba 1-x Ca x )TiO 3 +a Re 2 O 3 +b MgO+ c MnO+ d V 2 O 5 +e SiO 2 , in which 0.045≦x≦0.15; 0.98≦y≦1.05 0.65≦a≦1.5; 0.15≦b≦2.0; 0.4≦c≦1.5; 0.2≦d≦0.25; and 0.2≦e≦3.0.