Patent ID: 8228663

Claim:
A laminated ceramic electronic component, comprising: a ceramic element assembly including a laminate of a plurality of ceramic layers laminated in a lamination direction, a pair of principal surfaces facing each other, a pair of side surfaces facing each other, and a pair of end surfaces facing each other; internal conductors disposed in the ceramic element assembly and having exposed portions on each end surface of the ceramic element assembly; external terminal electrodes each having a plating film directly covering the exposed portions of the internal conductors on the end surfaces of the ceramic element assembly; and substantially rounded corners located on boundaries between the end surfaces and the principal surfaces of the ceramic element assembly; wherein the plating films are arranged such that portions of the plating films extend onto the substantially rounded corners and ends of the plating films are disposed on the substantially rounded corners, are tapered as they approach the pair of principal surfaces, and do not project from either of the pair of principal surfaces in the lamination direction; the external terminal electrodes include auxiliary conductor films arranged to cover the portions of the plating films extending onto the substantially rounded corners and the ends of the plating films disposed on the substantially rounded corners and to extend onto a portion of at least one the pair of principal surfaces.