Patent ID: 7298604

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising a multilayer body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of inner electrodes are alternately laminated, and a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on the multilayer body; wherein the plurality of inner electrodes include a plurality of first inner electrodes and a plurality of second inner electrodes alternately arranged; wherein the plurality of terminal electrodes include at least three terminal electrodes; wherein the plurality of first inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other via a through-hole conductor; wherein the plurality of second inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other via a through-hole conductor; wherein at least two first inner electrodes in the plurality of first inner electrodes are electrically connected via a lead conductor to at least two respective terminal electrodes whose number is smaller than the total number of the terminal electrodes by at least 1 in the at least three terminal electrodes; wherein at least one second inner electrode in the plurality of second inner electrodes is electrically connected via a lead conductor to the remainder of terminal electrodes other than the terminal electrodes electrically connected to the first inner electrodes via the lead conductor; and wherein an equivalent series resistance is set to a desirable value by adjusting the number of at least one species of the first and second inner electrodes electrically connected to the terminal electrodes via the lead conductors.