Patent ID: 7911317

Claim:
A multilayer chip varistor comprising: a varistor element body exhibiting a nonlinear voltage-current characteristic and having a first principal face and a second principal face opposed to each other; a plurality of internal electrode layers arranged with a part of the varistor element body in between, in the varistor element body; a first connection electrode arranged on the first principal face and a second connection electrode arranged on the first principal face; and a first terminal electrode arranged on the second principal face and electrically connected to the first connection electrode, and a second terminal electrode arranged on the second principal face and electrically connected to the second connection electrode, wherein an outermost internal electrode layer arranged nearest to the first principal face among the plurality of internal electrode layers has a first internal electrode electrically connected to the first connection electrode and the first terminal electrode through a first internal conductor, and a second internal electrode electrically connected to the second connection electrode and the second terminal electrode through a second internal conductor, and wherein a thickness between the first principal face and the outermost internal electrode layer is smaller than a thickness between the outermost internal electrode layer and the other internal electrode layer opposed to the outermost internal electrode layer on the second principal face side.