MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR
First Claim
1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
- a ceramic body including a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, a first side surface and a second side surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the second end surface, and a first major surface and a second major surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the first side surface, and including a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers of a perovskite-type compound containing Ba and Ti, and internal electrode layers stacked on one another in a direction extending from the first major surface to the second major surface with a respective one of the plurality of dielectric ceramic layer between each adjacent pair of the internal electrodes; and
external electrodes provided on the ceramic body at the first end surface and the second end surface, respectively;
wherein the internal electrodes includes a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode;
each of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode extends out to a respective one of the first end surface and the second end surface, and is electrically connected to a respective one of the external electrodes;
when the ceramic body is seen in a direction in which the layers are stacked, the ceramic body includes a region free of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode defining a side margin portion;
the side margin portion has a multilayer structure.
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Abstract
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body and external electrodes provided on opposite end surfaces of the ceramic body. The ceramic body includes an inner layer portion including a plurality of ceramic layers defining inner layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes each disposed at an interface of adjacent ones of the ceramic layers defining the inner layers, outer layer portions sandwiching the inner layer portion in a direction in which the layers are stacked, and side margin portions sandwiching the inner layer portion and the outer layer portions in a widthwise direction. The side margin portion includes pores that decrease in number along a direction from inside to outside of the ceramic body.
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26 Claims
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1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
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a ceramic body including a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, a first side surface and a second side surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the second end surface, and a first major surface and a second major surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the first side surface, and including a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers of a perovskite-type compound containing Ba and Ti, and internal electrode layers stacked on one another in a direction extending from the first major surface to the second major surface with a respective one of the plurality of dielectric ceramic layer between each adjacent pair of the internal electrodes; and external electrodes provided on the ceramic body at the first end surface and the second end surface, respectively;
wherein the internal electrodes includes a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode;each of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode extends out to a respective one of the first end surface and the second end surface, and is electrically connected to a respective one of the external electrodes; when the ceramic body is seen in a direction in which the layers are stacked, the ceramic body includes a region free of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode defining a side margin portion; the side margin portion has a multilayer structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
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a ceramic body including a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, a first side surface and a second side surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the second end surface, and a first major surface and a second major surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the first side surface, and including a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers of a perovskite-type compound containing Ba and Ti, and internal electrode layers stacked on one another in a direction extending from the first major surface to the second major surface with a respective one of the plurality of dielectric ceramic layer between each adjacent pair of the internal electrodes; and external electrodes provided on the ceramic body at the first end surface and the second end surface, respectively;
whereinthe internal electrodes includes a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode; each of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode extends out to a respective one of the first end surface and the second end surface, and is electrically connected to a respective one of the external electrodes; when the ceramic body is seen in a direction in which the layers are stacked, the ceramic body includes a region free of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode defining a side margin portion; and the side margin portion includes pores that decrease in number along a direction extending from inside to outside of the ceramic body. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
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a ceramic body including a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, a first side surface and a second side surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the second end surface, and a first major surface and a second major surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first end surface and the first side surface, and including a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers of a perovskite-type compound containing Ba and Ti, and internal electrode layers stacked on one another in a direction extending from the first major surface to the second major surface with a respective one of the plurality of dielectric ceramic layer between each adjacent pair of the internal electrodes; and external electrodes provided on the ceramic body at the first end surface and the second end surface, respectively;
whereinthe internal electrodes includes a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode; each of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode extends out to a respective one of the first end surface and the second end surface, and is electrically connected to a respective one of the external electrodes; when the ceramic body is seen in a direction in which the layers are stacked, the ceramic body includes a region free of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode defining a side margin portion; and the side margin portion includes ceramic grains of the ceramic dielectric with Ba between the ceramic grains; and the ceramic grains decrease in number along a direction extending from inside to outside of the ceramic body. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
the inner portion contains Ba in an amount larger than the outer portion.
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