Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.

Gyu Ho Yeon

Won Kuen Oh

Seo Won Jung

Seo Ho Lee

Hye Hun Park

Sung Hyun Kang

A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a first external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the first internal electrode, and a second external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the second internal electrode, wherein the first and second external electrodes include a first electrode layer disposed on the body and including one or more of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and alloys thereof and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer, including silver (Ag) and further including one or more of palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au), wherein the first electrode layer does not include glass and an average thickness of the first electrode layer is 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.

Multilayer electronic component

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes and external electrodes disposed on one surface of the body, wherein the external electrodes respectively include a first electrode layer connected to the internal electrodes and including copper (Cu); a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including silver (Ag) and palladium (Pd); and a copper-palladium intermetallic compound formed at an interface between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the second electrode layer includes a first layer and a second layer formed to be sequentially adjacent to the first electrode layer, and the first layer has a content of palladium higher than a content of palladium of the second layer.

Multilayer ceramic capacitor

A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein the external electrode include a first electrode layer disposed on two end surfaces and a second electrode layer including a center portion disposed on the first electrode layer and a band portion extending from the center portion onto a portion of a first surface and a portion of a second surface, the first electrode layer includes a conductive metal, the second electrode layer includes silver (Ag) and glass and further includes one or more of palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au), and ta<tb in which ta is a maximum thickness of the center portion and tb is a maximum thickness of the band portion.

A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes disposed alternately with the dielectric layer therebetween and including first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and external electrodes disposed on the body. One end of each internal electrode is connected to the third or fourth surface. The external electrodes include a first electrode layer disposed on the third and fourth surfaces and including a conductive metal and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer, including silver (Ag) and glass, and further including one or more of palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au), and the first electrode layer is disposed to cover all of one end of each internal electrode connected to the third and fourth surfaces and does not extend to the other surfaces.

A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a dielectric layer, first and second internal electrodes, alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other in a second direction; and an external electrode disposed on the third or fourth surface of the body. The external electrode includes first electrode layers connected to the internal electrodes and containing copper (Cu), second electrode layers, disposed on the first electrode layers, contain copper (Cu) and silver (Ag), and further contain at least one of palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au), and third electrode layers that are disposed on the second electrode layers and contain silver (Ag), and an average thickness of the third electrode layers may be 3 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes; first electrode layers disposed on the ceramic body and connected to the internal electrodes, respectively; and second electrode layers disposed on the first electrode layers, respectively, and respectively including a conductive metal including silver and palladium, carbon materials, and glass particles, wherein an area ratio of the carbon materials in a cross section of at least a portion of each of the second electrode layers is 1 to 5%.

Multilayer ceramic electronic component

A multilayer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first base electrode disposed to be in contact with the ceramic body and a first conductive layer disposed on the first base electrode; and a second external electrode including a second base electrode disposed to be in contact with the ceramic body and a second conductive layer disposed on the second base electrode, wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer include silver (Ag) and palladium (Pd) and distribution positions of silver (Ag) and palladium (Pd) in central portions of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer match at 95% or more according to a result of TEM mapping.

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