Patent ID: 8004820

Claim:
A ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic element assembly having opposing first and second principal surfaces and first to fourth side surfaces each of which connects the first and second principal surfaces; and an external conductor on the first principal surface of the ceramic element assembly; and a plurality of recessed grooves on the first side surface extending from the first principal surface toward the second principal surface, wherein a first edge portion of the first principal surface which contacts the first side surface has two first regions in which an edge of the external conductor is disposed; and a second region which is located between the two first regions and in which an edge of the external conductor is not disposed, and wherein the plurality of recessed grooves comprise a plurality of first recessed grooves disposed only in the two first regions having a pitch P 1 and each of the plurality of first recessed grooves along the first edge portion having a length D 1 ; and a second recessed groove in the second region having a length D 2 along the first edge portion; wherein (a) there are a plurality of second recessed grooves having a pitch P 2 such that either all second recessed grooves are disposed only in the second region or a second recessed groove is disposed so as to have a portion in both the second region and a first region, and P 1 >P 2 , or (b) D 1 <D 2 .