Patent ID: 8194389

Claim:
A multilayer chip capacitor comprising: a capacitor body having a stacked structure of a plurality of dielectric layers and including first and second longer side surfaces facing each other and first and second shorter side surfaces facing each other; a first external electrode and a second external electrode having different polarities and disposed at the first longer side surface and the second longer side surface, respectively; one or more first internal electrode pairs each including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode facing each other in the capacitor body with a dielectric layer therebetween; and one or more second internal electrode pairs each including a third internal electrode and a fourth internal electrode facing each other in the capacitor body with a dielectric layer therebetween, wherein: the first to fourth internal electrodes each have one lead and are sequentially disposed in a stacked direction, the first internal electrode has a first lead extending to a first corner at which the first longer side surface meets the first shorter side surface or to a portion adjacent to the first corner, the first lead being connected to the first external electrode, the second internal electrode has a second lead extending to a second corner diagonally facing the first corner or a portion adjacent to the second corner, the second lead being connected to the second external electrode, the third internal electrode has a third lead extending to a third corner at which the first longer side surface meets the second shorter side surface or a portion adjacent to the third corner, the third lead being connected to the first external electrode, the fourth internal electrode has a fourth lead extending to a fourth corner diagonally facing the third corner or a portion adjacent to the fourth corner, the fourth lead being connected to the second external electrode, and the first internal electrode pair causes current to flow only from the first corner toward the second corner along a first diagonal direction, and the second internal electrode pair causes current to flow only from the third corner toward the fourth corner along a second diagonal direction.