Patent ID: 8687344

Claim:
A laminated ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic element assembly including a plurality of laminated ceramic layers, first and second principal surfaces opposed to each other, first and second side surfaces opposed to each other, first and second end surfaces opposed to each other, a first curved surface portion connecting the first principal surface to the first side surface, and a second curved surface portion connecting the first principal surface to the second side surface; first to third internal conductors provided within the ceramic element assembly; and a first external conductor extending from the first curved surface portion via the first principal surface to the second curved surface portion; wherein the first principal surface is divided along a direction connecting the first side surface to the second side surface into a first region located near the first side surface, a second region located near the second side surface, and a third region sandwiched between the first region and the second region; the first internal conductor is exposed in the first curved surface portion and the first region; the second internal conductor is exposed in the second curved surface portion and the second region; the third internal conductor is exposed in the first curved surface portion, the second curved surface portion, and the third region; the third internal conductor is exposed in the first curved surface portion so as to be closer to the second principal surface than the first internal conductor; the third internal conductor is exposed in the second curved surface portion so as to be closer to the second principal surface than the second internal conductor; the third internal conductor is exposed in the third region so as to extend along the first principal surface; and the first external conductor includes a plating film that directly covers exposed portions of the first to third internal conductors.