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Koki Yamada

Naoyoshi Yoshida

Takahiro Itami

Masayuki Uchida

Takeshi Oyanagi

Takehiko Abe

Daisuke Tsuchida

Yoshihiko Satoh

Kazuaki Kajiwara

An NTC thermistor element is of less than 0402 size. A first internal electrode is connected to a first external electrode. A second internal electrode is separated from the first internal electrode and is connected to a second external electrode. A third internal electrode opposes the first and second internal electrodes and is not connected to the first external electrode and the second external electrode. A shortest distance between the first internal electrode and the third internal electrode and a shortest distance between the second internal electrode and the third internal electrode are smaller than a shortest distance between the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode, a shortest distance between the first external electrode and the third internal electrode, and a shortest distance between the second external electrode and the third internal electrode, and are less than or equal to &#xbc; the thickness of the thermistor body.

NTC thermistor element

A voltage nonlinear resistor ceramic comprises: a Zn oxide; a Co oxide; an R (specific rare earth) oxide; a Cr oxide; an M1 (Ca, Sr) oxide; an M2 (Al, Ga, In) oxide; and strontium titanate. When content of the Zn oxide is assumed to be 100 mole portion in terms of Zn, content of the Co oxide is 0.30 to 10 mole portion in terms of Co, content of the R oxide is 0.10 to 10 mole portion in terms of R, content of the Cr oxide is 0.01 to 2 mole portion in terms of Cr, content of the M1 oxide is 0.10 to 5 mole portion in terms of M1, content of the M2 oxide is 0.0005 to 5 mole portion in terms of M2, and content of the strontium titanate is 0.10 to 5 mole portion in terms of SrTiO.

Voltage nonlinear resistor ceramic and electronic component

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