Monolithic ceramic capacitor and structure for mounting the same

A monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising:

• a multilayer body including a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers that are stacked on one another and inner electrodes each disposed along a corresponding one of a plurality of interfaces between the dielectric ceramic layers, wherein the multilayer body has a substantially rectangular-parallelepiped shape having a first principal face and a second principal face that oppose each other and that extend in a direction of principal faces of the dielectric ceramic layers, a first side face and a second side face that oppose each other and that extend in the stacking direction in which the dielectric ceramic layers are stacked on one another, and a first end face and a second end face that oppose each other and that each connect the first principal face, the second principal face, the first side face and the second side face to each other;
• a first outer electrode disposed on the first end face of the multilayer body and a second outer electrode disposed on the second end face of the multilayer body,
• the inner electrodes including first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes that are alternately arranged in the stacking direction, wherein the first inner electrodes extend to a first position at the first end face and are electrically connected to the first outer electrode and the second inner electrodes extend to a second position at the second end face and are electrically connected to the second outer electrode, and the first position and the second position oppose each other,
• the first outer electrode and the first inner electrodes being supplied with an anode potential and the second outer electrode and the second inner electrodes being supplied with a cathode potential when the monolithic ceramic capacitor is mounted and in use;
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• moisture-resistance reliability improving means for providing a higher moisture-resistance reliability at an anode which includes the first outer electrode and the first inner electrodes supplied with the anode potential than at a cathode which includes the second outer electrode and the second inner electrodes supplied with the cathode potential.