Patent ID: 6999300

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising: a dielectric element formed of a stack of dielectric layers; a plurality of first internal electrodes and a plurality of second internal electrodes both in a planar shape alternately arranged in the dielectric element while being separated from each other by the dielectric layers; a first outer columnar electrode extending from a surface of the dielectric element to reach the first internal electrode on an outermost layer; a second outer columnar electrode extending from the surface of the dielectric element to reach the second internal electrode on an outermost layer; a first inner columnar electrode which is connected to all the first internal electrodes while passing through the second internal electrodes and which has a cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of each of the first and second outer columnar electrodes; a second inner columnar electrode which is connected to all the second internal electrodes while passing through the first internal electrodes and which has a cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of each of the first and second outer columnar electrodes; first external electrodes arranged in an island form on the surface of the dielectric element to be connected to the first outer columnar electrode; and second external electrodes arranged in an island form on the surface of the dielectric element to be connected to the second outer columnar electrode.