Patent ID: 7847371

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a ceramic element assembly; an internal electrode provided inside the ceramic element assembly; and an external electrode provided on the surface of the ceramic element assembly and electrically connected with the internal electrode, wherein: the external electrode has an electroconductive resin layer including: an electroconductive material, and a hardened product of epoxy resin containing an epoxy compound having a molecular weight ranging from 2000 to 10000 and plural epoxy groups as a base compound; the electroconductive material is 70%-95% by mass of the total mass of the electroconductive material and the epoxy resin hardened product; and the epoxy compound is a compound represented by the following general formula: wherein x is a divalent group represented by the chemical formulae (2a)-(2e): —C(CH 3 ) 2 — (2a) —CH 2 — (2b) —CH(CH 3 )— (2c) —SO 2 — (2d) —CPh 2 - (2e), and n is an integer from 6 to 15.