Abstract:
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers stacked on each other and having first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, parallel to a stacking direction and connected to the first and second surfaces, and fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a third direction and connected to the first to fourth surfaces, first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, first and second conductive thin films disposed on at least one of the third and fourth surfaces, connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, and having a thickness lower than that of the first and second external electrodes, and first and second solder preventing films disposed on the first and second external electrodes, respectively.
Abstract:
There is provided an embedded multilayer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers, having first and second lateral surfaces opposing one another, and having a thickness equal to or less than 250 μm; a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode disposed to face one another with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; a first external electrode formed on the first lateral surface of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first internal electrode and a second external electrode formed on the second lateral surface and electrically connected to the second internal electrode; and metal layers formed on the first external electrode and the second external electrode, respectively, and including copper (Cu), wherein when a thickness of the metal layers is tp, tp≧5 μm may be satisfied.
Abstract:
There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor to be embedded in a board, including: a ceramic body; first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through end surfaces of the ceramic body; first and second external electrodes formed on end surfaces of the ceramic body; and first and second plating layers enclosing the first and second external electrodes, wherein when distance from one end of bands of the first or second external electrode to the other end thereof is ‘A’ and distance between points at which a virtual line drawn from a point vertically spaced apart from a surface of the first or second plating layer at a point ½×A from one end of the bands inwardly of the ceramic body by 3 μm in length direction of the ceramic body intersects points on the surface of the first or second plating layer is ‘B,’ B/A≧0.6.
Abstract:
There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body having dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked therein; and first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes and formed at both ends of the ceramic body, wherein the ceramic body includes an effective layer contributing to capacitance formation and a protective layer provided on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the effective layer, the protective layer including one or more step absorbing layers provided at both ends thereof, so that the multilayer ceramic electronic component can have excellent reliability by reducing defects such as electrode spreading, cracks, delamination and the like.