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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
May. 13, 2019
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Nakamura, Takasaki, JP;
Mikio Tahara, Takasaki, JP;
Masako Kanou, Takasaki, JP;
Fusao Sato, Takasaki, JP;
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer chip in which dielectric layers mainly composed of ceramic and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked so that the internal electrode layers are alternately exposed to two end faces, which face each other, of the multilayer chip, the multilayer chip having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape; and a pair of external electrodes formed from the two end faces of the multilayer chip to at least one side face of side faces of the multilayer chip, wherein each of the pair of external electrodes includes a metal layer and an oxide layer, the metal layer being formed from the end face to the at least one side face and being mainly composed of copper, the oxide layer covering at least a part of the metal layer, being mainly composed of copper oxide, and having a maximum thickness of 0.5 μm or greater.