Patent ID: 8810350

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a laminate in which plural insulator layers are stacked and having a mounting surface, the mounting surface being a series of outer edges of the plurality of insulator layers; and an external electrode including an exposed edge exposed to an exterior of the laminate and comprising plural conductive layers stacked in a stacking direction, each of said conductive layers passing through a first part of the plural insulator layers in the stacking direction, wherein at least one side of the external electrode facing in the stacking direction is overlaid with a second part of the plural insulator layers, at least one side surface of the external electrode facing in the stacking direction includes a portion that is uneven with another portion of the side surface, and the uneven portion and the another portion each include the exposed edge, the external electrode being exposed to the exterior of the laminate so as to extend over a border between the mounting surface and an end surface which is adjacent to the mounting surface and is a series of outer edges of the plurality of insulator layers, and the external electrode having a first width and a second width in the stacking direction, the first width of the external electrode being located at an intersection of the mounting surface and the end surface, the second width of the external electrode being spaced away from the intersection of the mounting surface and the end surface, the first width being less than the second width.