Patent ID: 7251115

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising a multilayer body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately laminated, and a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on side faces of the multilayer body, wherein the multilayer body has a first capacitor portion including a plurality of first internal electrodes and a plurality of second internal electrodes alternately arranged, as the plurality of internal electrodes, and a second capacitor portion including a third internal electrode and a fourth internal electrode as the plurality of internal electrodes, wherein the plurality of terminal electrodes include a plurality of first and second terminal electrodes electrically insulated from each other, and a third terminal electrode and a fourth terminal electrode electrically insulated from each other, wherein on the side face of the multilayer body where the plurality of first and second terminal electrodes are formed, the plurality of first and second terminal electrodes are alternately arranged, wherein each of the first internal electrodes is electrically connected through a lead conductor to a first terminal electrode selected from among all the first terminal electrodes, and each of the first terminal electrodes is electrically connected to at least one of the first internal electrodes, wherein each of the second internal electrodes is electrically connected through a lead conductor to a second terminal electrode selected from among all the second terminal electrodes and each of the second terminal electrodes is electrically connected to at least one of the second internal electrodes, wherein the third internal electrode is electrically connected through a lead conductor to the third terminal electrode, wherein the fourth internal electrode is electrically connected through a lead conductor to the fourth terminal electrode, wherein the third internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a laminating direction of the multilayer body, and wherein a capacitance of the first capacitor portion is different from a capacitance of the second capacitor portion.