| US 7,457,099 B2 | ||
| Multilayer capacitor | ||
| Masaaki Togashi, Tokyo (Japan); and Takeshi Wada, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to TDK Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 16, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/7,831. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-012769 (JP), filed on Jan. 23, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0174935 A1, Jul. 24, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01G 4/228 (2006.01); H01G 4/005 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—306.3 [361/303] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A multilayer capacitor comprising:
an element body made of a dielectric material;
a plurality of inner electrodes arranged within the element body such as to oppose each other at least partly; and
a plurality of terminal electrodes arranged on the element body and connected to corresponding inner electrodes in the plurality
of inner electrodes;
wherein the plurality of terminal electrodes include respective electrode parts arranged in any of a plurality of areas on
two side faces opposing each other and being parallel to a first direction in which the plurality of inner electrodes oppose
each other in outer surfaces of the element body, the plurality of areas, when seen in a second direction in which the two
side faces oppose each other, holding therebetween an element part held between the plurality of inner electrodes in a third
direction orthogonal to the first and second directions and being kept from overlapping the element part.
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