Patent ID: 8902563

Claim:
A multilayer ceramic electronic component, comprising: a ceramic body formed by laminating dielectric layers having an average thickness of 0.7 μm or less; at least two external electrodes formed on external surfaces of the ceramic body; and internal electrodes printed on the dielectric layers so as to be printed on a single dielectric layer and thus have a gap formed therebetween, the internal electrodes constituting at least two internal electrode lamination portions, the gap between the internal electrode of one internal electrode lamination portion and the internal electrode of the other internal electrode lamination portion adjacent to the one internal electrode lamination portion being defined by curved-shape sides, adjacent to one another, when a narrowest gap between the curved-shape sides adjacent to one another is denoted by Gmin, 10 μm≦Gmin≦60 μm, and when a width of a central portion of the internal electrode is denoted by Wa, and a width of an end portion of an outline of the internal electrode is denoted by Wb, 1.1≦Wa/Wb≦1.35.