Patent ID: 7663862

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising: a capacitor element body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having first and second principal faces of a substantially rectangular shape opposed to each other, first and second side faces extending in a longer-side direction of the first and second principal faces so as to connect the first and second principal faces, and opposed to each other, and first and second end faces extending in a shorter-side direction of the first and second principal faces so as to connect the first and second principal faces, and opposed to each other; a first terminal electrode placed on the first side face; and a second terminal electrode placed on the second side face; wherein the capacitor element body has a plurality of insulator layers laid in an opposing direction of the first and second principal faces, a first internal electrode pair including first and second internal electrodes arranged so as to be opposed with at least one insulator layer out of the plurality of insulator layers in between, and a second internal electrode pair including third and fourth internal electrodes arranged so as to be opposed with at least one insulator layer out of the plurality of insulator layers in between; wherein the first internal electrode includes a main electrode portion whose longer-side direction agrees with the longer-side direction of the first and second principal faces, and a lead portion extending from an end of the main electrode portion on the first end face side toward the first side face and connected to the first terminal electrode; wherein the second internal electrode includes a main electrode portion whose longer-side direction agrees with the longer-side direction of the first and second principal faces, and a lead portion extending from an end of the main electrode portion on the first end face side toward the second side face and connected to the second terminal electrode; wherein the third internal electrode includes a main electrode portion whose longer-side direction agrees with the longer-side direction of the first and second principal faces, and a lead portion extending from an end of the main electrode portion on the second end face side toward the first side face and connected to the first terminal electrode; and wherein the fourth internal electrode includes a main electrode portion whose longer-side direction agrees with the longer-side direction of the first and second principal faces, and a lead portion extending from an end of the main electrode portion on the second end face side toward the second side face and connected to the second terminal electrode.