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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Yasuhiro Nishisaka, Echizen, JP;
Yukio Sanada, Fukui, JP;
Koji Sato, Echizen, JP;
Kosuke Onishi, Echizen, JP;
Yasuhiro Nishisaka, Echizen, JP;
Yukio Sanada, Fukui, JP;
Koji Sato, Echizen, JP;
Kosuke Onishi, Echizen, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a ceramic electronic component having a thin structure, the occurrence of cracks due to stress applied when the ceramic component is being mounted or in a mounted state are prevented. Each of first and second external terminal electrodes has a substantially rectangular region on a principal surface of a ceramic element body, the principal surface being directed to the mounting surface side. An end of the first external terminal electrode, which is arranged in contact with a gap region, and an end of the second external terminal electrode, which is positioned in contact with the gap region, each preferably have a concave-convex shape on the principal surface.