Patent ID: 7567427

Claim:
A monolithic ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic laminate including a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and having a first principal surface, a second principal surface opposed to the first principal surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface; first external terminal electrodes arranged on the first side surface; second external terminal electrodes arranged on the second side surface; first internal electrodes arranged in the ceramic laminate; and second internal electrodes arranged in the ceramic laminate; wherein the first internal electrodes include first opposed portions opposed to the second internal electrodes with one of the ceramic layers disposed therebetween, first lead portions which extend from the first opposed portions to the first side surface and which are electrically connected to the first external terminal electrodes, and first projecting portions which extend from the first opposed portions toward the second external terminal electrodes arranged on the second side surface but which do not extend to the second side surface; the second internal electrodes include second opposed portions opposed to the first internal electrodes with one of the ceramic layers disposed therebetween, second lead portions which extend from the second opposed portions to the second side surface and which are electrically connected to the second external terminal electrodes, and second projecting portions which extend from the second opposed portions toward the first external terminal electrodes arranged on the first side surface but which do not extend to the first side surface; the first lead portions have a width less than that of the first opposed portions; the second lead portions have a width less than the second opposed portions; both sides of each first projecting portion are located outside both sides of each second lead portion that is opposed to the first projecting portion with one of the ceramic layers disposed therebetween; and both sides of each second projecting portion are located outside both sides of each first lead portion that is opposed to the second projecting portion with one of the ceramic layers disposed therebetween.