Patent ID: 7239501

Claim:
A dielectric ceramic composition represented by the chemical composition formula: 100(Ba 1−x Ca x ) m TiO 3 +aMnO+bCuO+cSiO 2 +dRe 2 O 3 wherein coefficients 100, a, b, c, and d each represent a molar amount; Re represents at least one element selected from Y, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb, and wherein m, x, a, b, c, and d satisfy the respective relationships: 0.990≦m≦1.030, 0.04≦x≦0.20, 0.01≦a≦5, 0.05≦b≦5, 0.2≦c≦8, and 0.05≦d≦2.5.