Patent ID: 7388737

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 first and second terminal electrodes electrically insulated from each other; wherein the plurality of first inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other by way of a first through-hole conductor; wherein the plurality of second inner electrodes are electrically connected to each other by way of a second through-hole conductor; wherein, in the plurality of first inner electrodes, at least one first inner electrode whose number is smaller than a total number of first inner electrodes by at least 1 is electrically connected to the first terminal electrode by way of a first lead conductor; wherein, in the plurality of second inner electrodes, at least one second inner electrode whose number is smaller than a total number of second inner electrodes by at least 1 is electrically connected to the second terminal electrode by way of a second lead conductor; and wherein an equivalent series resistance is set to a desirable value by adjusting each of the number of the at least one first inner electrode electrically connected to the first terminal electrode by way of the first lead conductor and the number of the at least one second inner electrode electrically connected to the second terminal electrode by way of the second lead conductor.