Patent ID: 8300421

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an electronic component in which a first surface mount device and a second surface mount device that each includes electrodes at both sides and that are chip devices are arranged in series on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of: installing the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device on the substrate via joint materials such that either one or both of the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device are shifted from locations corresponding to land electrodes formed on the substrate so as to be aligned with each other; and fixing the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device on the substrate in a state in which either one or both of the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device, which are shifted from the locations corresponding to the land electrodes formed on the substrate, are close to the locations corresponding to the land electrodes formed on the substrate by heating the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device installed on the substrate via the joint materials to melt the joint materials and cooling the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device to solidify the joint materials; wherein among the land electrodes formed on the substrate so as to aligned with each other, remaining land electrodes excluding the land electrode at one end or the land electrodes at both ends are formed at locations corresponding to the electrodes of the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device in a virtual arrangement state in which the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device are arranged in series such that an end surface of the first surface mount device is in contact with an end surface of the second surface mount device; and the land electrode at the one end or the land electrodes at both ends are formed at locations that are shifted from the locations corresponding to the electrodes of the first surface mount device and the second surface mount device in the virtual arrangement state toward the remaining land electrodes.