Patent ID: 7843701

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a chip body including a circuit block sandwiched between a pair of substrate elements, the circuit block including a circuit pattern having end portions thereof exposed from the circuit block; a plurality of outer electrodes extending from a first surface of one of the substrate elements to a second surface of the other substrate element, each outer electrode being connected to at least one of the exposed end portions of the circuit pattern; and a dielectric layer interposed between the outer electrodes and the chip body and not in contact with the exposed end portions of the circuit pattern, wherein a width of the dielectric layer is greater than or equal to a width of each of the outer electrodes, and wherein at least one groove is provided on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the substrate elements proximal to at least one of the exposed end portions of the circuit pattern, and a length of the at least one groove is greater than or equal to a width of the exposed end portion.