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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Takefu, JP;
Kazuaki Kawabata, Fukui, JP;
Yasushi Ueno, Takefu, JP;
Yasunobu Yoneda, Takefu, JP;
Abstract
A monolithic ceramic capacitor includes a sintered ceramic compact having a core-shell structure, a plurality of internal electrodes arranged in and separated by the ceramic sintered compact so as to overlap in the thickness direction, and a plurality of external electrodes formed on the outermost faces of the ceramic sintered compact. In the core-shell structure, cores are composed of a particulate dielectric ceramic, and shells are formed on the cores and are composed of a material having a dielectric constant lower than that of the dielectric ceramic. The area ratio of the cores to the shells lies in a range of 7:3 to 3:7 in a cross-section of the sintered ceramic compact in an arbitrary direction. The core-shell structure can achieve further miniaturization and higher capacitance of the monolithic ceramic capacitor, in addition to superior temperature characteristics.