Patent ID: 7636230

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor array comprising: a capacitor body including rectangular first and second main faces opposing each other, first and second end faces extending in a shorter-side direction of the first and second main faces so as to connect the first and second main faces to each other, and first and second side faces extending in a longer-side direction of the first and second main faces so as to connect the first and second main faces to each other, the capacitor body having a dielectric characteristic; and first, second, third, and fourth terminal electrodes arranged on outer surface of the capacitor body; wherein a first electrode group including first and second inner electrodes and a second electrode group including third and fourth inner electrodes are arranged in a row in a direction orthogonal to the opposing direction of the first and second main faces in the capacitor body; wherein the first inner electrode is connected to the first terminal electrode; wherein the second inner electrode is connected to the second terminal electrode; wherein the third inner electrode is connected to the third terminal electrode; wherein the fourth inner electrode is connected to the fourth terminal electrode; wherein the first and second inner electrodes are arranged within the capacitor body such as to oppose each other along the opposing direction of the first and second main faces with a portion of the capacitor body therebetween; wherein the third and fourth inner electrodes are arranged within the capacitor body such as to oppose each other along the opposing direction of the first and second main faces with a portion of the capacitor body therebetween; wherein a reference plane is taken parallel to the opposing direction of the first and second main faces between the first and second electrode groups; wherein each of the first and third inner electrodes is arranged in contact with the reference plane; and wherein each of the second and fourth inner electrodes is arranged such as to be separated by a predetermined distance from the reference plane.