Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Murata Manufacturingco., Ltd.

Hiroaki Sugita

Shota Kitano

Takanobu Katsuyama

Mayumi Yamada

Hirobumi Adachi

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including laminated dielectric layers, first and second main surfaces, first and second end surfaces, and first and second side surfaces, first and second internal electrode layers on the dielectric layers and respectively exposed to the first and second end surfaces, and first and second external electrodes respectively on the first and second end surfaces. The multilayer body includes an effective layer portion in which the first and second internal electrode layers are opposite to each other, the effective layer portion includes inner and outer effective layer portions, and a coverage of the first and second internal electrode layers with respect to the dielectric layer in the outer effective layer portion is larger than a coverage of the first and second internal electrode layers with respect to the dielectric layer located in the inner effective layer portion.

Multilayer ceramic capacitor

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including a plurality of dielectric layers laminated one on the other, the laminate being in a cuboid or substantially cuboid shape. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes external electrodes on the end surfaces of the laminate. A first inner electrode layer exposed through the first end surface and a second inner electrode layer exposed through the second end surface are provided on the dielectric layer. A first region and a second region are defined in the first inner electrode layer and the second inner electrode layer, in which coverages of the first inner electrode layer and the second inner electrode layer to the dielectric layer are greater in the first region than in the second region.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor has a cuboid or substantially cuboid multilayer body including a stack of dielectric layers, inner-electrode layers alternating with the dielectric layers and exposed at end surfaces of the multilayer body, and outer electrodes on the end surfaces and coupled to the inner-electrode layers. The dielectric layers are primarily made of barium titanate. At the interfaces between the dielectric and inner-electrode layers, protective layers containing calcium zirconate cover the inner-electrode layers.

Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for producing the same

A printing plate for gravure printing includes a gravure roll with a cylindrical shape, and printing portions corresponding to a graphic pattern to be printed is provided on an outer circumferential surface thereof. Each of the printing portions includes first banks extending in a substantially parallel direction to a rotation direction, second banks extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the rotation direction and in each of which at least one end portion is connected to the first banks, and cells defined by the first banks and the second banks, and in the cell located at a print starting end portion of each of the printing portions which first comes into contact with a printing object in the rotation direction, a partition bank which divides the cell in a diagonal direction is provided.

Printing plate for gravure printing and method for manufacturing multilayer ceramic electronic component using the same

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body which includes stacked dielectric layers, first and second principal surfaces facing each other, first and second end surfaces facing each other, first inner electrode layers alternately stacked with the dielectric layers and exposed on the first end surface, second inner electrode layers alternately stacked with the dielectric layers and exposed on the second end surface, a first outer electrode connected to the first inner electrode layers and disposed on the first end surface, and a second outer electrode connected to the second inner electrode layers and disposed on the second end surface.

Multilayer ceramic capacitor and multilayer ceramic capacitor-mounting structure

A body of a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an inner layer portion and first and second outer layer portions sandwiching the inner layer portion therebetween. The inner layer portion includes an area extending from a conductive layer positioned closest to a first main surface to a conductive layer positioned closest to a second main surface in the stacking direction. The height of the body is smaller than the width of the body. The height of the inner layer portion is smaller than the width of the inner layer portion. The first outer layer portion includes a dielectric layer positioned closest to the first main surface. The second outer layer portion includes a dielectric layer positioned closest to the second main surface, and is thicker than the first outer layer portion. The total height of the first and second outer layer portions is smaller than the height of the inner layer portion.

Multilayer ceramic capacitor, multilayer ceramic capacitor series including the same, and multilayer ceramic capacitor mount body including the same

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body and first and second outer electrodes that include first and second base electrode layers, respectively, first and second electroconductive resin layers, respectively, and first and second plating layers, respectively. The first and second base electrode layers are only located on the end surfaces of the multilayer body. The first and second electroconductive resin layers reach portions of the surfaces of the primary surfaces and portions of the surfaces of the lateral surfaces of the multilayer body. The first and second plating layers cover at least a portion of the base electrode layers and at least a portion of the electroconductive resin layers.

In a width direction of a ceramic laminate, one end portion of a first internal electrode and one end portion of a second internal electrode each include metal phases of a Ni region, a Ni&#x2014;O region, and a Ni&#x2014;O&#x2014;Mg region disposed in this order from a first internal electrode side and a second internal electrode side, respectively, to a first side surface of the ceramic laminate. The other end portion of the first internal electrode and the other end portion of the second internal electrode each include metal phases of a Ni region, a Ni&#x2014;O region, and a Ni&#x2014;O&#x2014;Mg region disposed in this order from the first internal electrode side and the second internal electrode side, respectively, to a second side surface of the ceramic laminate.

Multilayer ceramic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body and at least two outer electrodes. The body includes first and second main surfaces, an inner layer portion and first and second outer layer portions. In the inner layer portion, dielectric layers and conductive layers are alternately stacked on each other. The second outer layer portion includes an outer portion and an inner portion. A boundary region adjacent to the inner portion in the outer portion inclines toward the first main surface.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer unit, thickness-direction first and second outer layer sections, and length-direction first and second outer layer sections. A dimension of the thickness-direction second outer layer section is greater than a dimension of the thickness-direction first outer layer section. The thickness-direction second outer layer section includes an inner portion and an outer portion. A composition ratio of Si to Ti in a ceramic dielectric layer included in the outer portion is higher than that in the inner portion. A Si content ratio is higher in a boundary portion between the outer portion and the inner portion. The inner portion has a higher composition ratio of Mn to Ti than the outer portion. Both of minimum dimensions in the length direction of the length-direction first and second outer layer sections are greater than a dimension in the thickness direction of the thickness-direction first outer layer section.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer unit, thickness-direction first and second outer layer sections, length-direction first and second outer layer sections, and width-direction first and second outer layer sections. A dimension of the thickness-direction second outer layer section is greater than a dimension of the thickness-direction first outer layer section. The thickness-direction second outer layer section includes an inner portion and an outer portion. A composition ratio of Si to Ti in a ceramic dielectric layer included in the outer portion is higher than that in the inner portion. A boundary portion between the outer portion and the inner portion has a larger Si content than the outer portion. The inner portion has a higher composition ratio of Mn to Ti than the outer portion. Each of minimum dimensions in the length direction of the length-direction first and second outer layer sections is greater than both dimensions in the width direction of the width-direction first and second outer layer sections.

A multilayer body includes an inner layer portion having a dimension in a stacking direction greater than a dimension of the inner layer portion in a width direction, a second outer layer portion including an outer portion including a second principle surface and an inner portion disposed adjacent to both of the outer portion and the inner layer portion, a dimension of the outer portion in the stacking direction being greater than a dimension of the inner portion, and a composition ratio of Si relative to Ti in the outer portion is greater than that in the inner portion.

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