MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD

原文（中文）

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a cuboid element body having a multilayer unit alternately laminating ceramic layers and internal electrodes composed primarily of metal, a pair of covering portions arranged at both ends of the multilayer unit in the laminating direction and covering surfaces of the multilayer unit, and margin portions covering at least some of the end portions of the ceramic layers and the internal electrodes in the multilayer unit, and connecting the pair of covering portions to each other; and a plurality of terminal electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes, and arranged in a spaced-apart manner on a mounting surface, which is one of the surfaces forming the surfaces of the element body, facing the circuit board during circuit board mounting, wherein the plurality of terminal electrodes are arranged in m units in a first direction on the mounting surface and n units in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction (where m is a natural number equal to or greater than 2 and n is a natural number), a region in which the terminal electrodes are not arranged on the mounting surface has a mounting surface side intersection portion in which a first straight line and a second straight line intersect, and a mounting surface side non-intersection portion in which the first straight line and the second straight line do not intersect, when the first straight line is drawn to extend in the first direction without touching any of the terminal electrodes and the second straight line is drawn to extend in the second direction without touching any of the terminal electrodes, and the element body satisfies T1<T2, where T1 is a dimension in the laminating direction of the element body, as measured with reference to a mounting surface side intersection portion, and T2 is a dimension in the laminating direction of the element body, as measured with reference to a mounting surface side non-intersection portion.