Patent ID: 7589954

Claim:
A multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising: a ceramic laminate including a plurality of ceramic layers; a pair of internal electrodes disposed at different interfaces between the ceramic layers inside the ceramic laminate; and a pair of external electrodes disposed on different outer surfaces of the ceramic laminate, each of which is electrically connected to different internal electrodes, each of said internal electrodes comprising Ni or a Ni alloy, each of said external electrodes comprising an resistive electrode layer, each said resistive electrode layer containing metal which reacts with the Ni or Ni alloy as a main component and which directly contacts the ceramic laminate and one of said pair of internal electrodes or directly contacting a conduction layer which directly contacts the ceramic laminate and one of said pair of internal electrodes and, each of said resistive electrode layers containing 26 to 79% by weight of a complex oxide which reacts with Ni or a Ni alloy, 20 to 56% by weight of a glass component, and 1 to 18% by weight of metal which reacts with the Ni or Ni alloy, said reaction forming a solid solution or compound with said Ni or Ni alloy.