Patent ID: 8546700

Claim:
A capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers, a plurality of inner electrode layers which are respectively disposed between mutually adjacent ones of the dielectric layers, a first main surface located in a laminated direction of the dielectric layers, and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; a first outer electrode formed on the first main surface of the capacitor body and electrically connected to the inner electrode layers, the surface area of the first outer electrode being not less than 45% and not more than 90% of the area of the first main surface; and a second outer electrode formed on the second main surface of the capacitor body and electrically connected to the inner electrode layers, the surface area of the second outer electrode being not less than 45% and not more than 90% of the area of the second main surface, wherein the first and second outer electrodes include metalized layers constituted of sintered metal including nickel as a principle constituent, and copper plating layers constituted of copper plating which is softer than the nickel constituting the metallized layers and covering the metallized layers wherein coarse surfaces are formed on the copper plating layers, wherein at least one of the first outer and second outer electrodes is formed to a capacitor body edge of the capacitor, and wherein thicknesses of each of the first outer and second outer electrodes including the metallized layers and the copper plating layers is not less than 10 μm and not more than 100 μm.