Patent ID: 7808770

Claim:
A monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising: a capacitor main body including a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and having a pair of principal surfaces facing each other, a pair of side surfaces facing each other, and a pair of end surfaces facing each other; at least one pair of internal electrodes provided inside the capacitor main body and each extending to one of the end surfaces; and a pair of external terminal electrodes provided on the end surfaces of the capacitor main body and each electrically connected to any of the internal electrodes; wherein a dimension of each end surface in the extending direction of the ceramic layers is greater than a dimension of each side surface in the extending direction of the ceramic layers; the internal electrodes include at least one of nickel and a nickel alloy; each of the external terminal electrodes includes a first layer, a second layer provided on the first layer, and a third layer provided on the second layer; the first layer includes a wrap-around portion extending from one of the end surfaces to the principal surfaces and the side surfaces, and includes a glass component and a compound oxide that reacts with the at least one of the nickel and the nickel alloy; the second layer covers the first layer such that the edge of the wrap-around portion of the first layer remains exposed, and includes a metal; and the third layer covers the edge of the wrap-around portion of the first layer and the second layer, and is made of plated material.