Multilayer capacitor

A multilayer capacitor comprising:

• a capacitor body including an active region including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with each of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, having first and second surfaces opposing each other, and having third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other, wherein one end of each internal electrode of the plurality of stacked internal electrodes is exposed through an alternating one of the third and fourth surfaces;
• and
• first and second external electrodes disposed, respectively, on the third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body, and connected, respectively, to the internal electrodes exposed through the third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body,
• wherein the active region includes a first active region adjacent to the second surface of the capacitor body and a second active region adjacent to the first surface of the capacitor body, the first surface of the capacitor body being a mounting surface of the capacitor body,
• the internal electrodes are provided in the second active region with a lower density than the internal electrodes are provided in the first active region,
• a deviation between the lengths of the internal electrodes in the first active region is 5% or less, and a deviation between the lengths of the internal electrodes in the second active region is 5% or less, and
• the multilayer capacitor further includes a plurality of dummy electrodes each co-planar with a corresponding one of the internal electrodes in the second active region and spaced apart from the corresponding one of the internal electrodes and from the third and fourth surfaces, and both the dummy electrodes and the internal electrodes in the second active region overlap each of the internal electrodes in the first active region in a thickness direction.

A multilayer capacitor comprising:

• a capacitor body including pluralities of first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked with dielectric layers therebetween, and pluralities of third and fourth internal electrodes alternately stacked with dielectric layers therebetween;
• and
• first and second external electrodes disposed on first and second side surfaces of the capacitor body opposite each other in a length direction,
• wherein one end of each first and third internal electrode is exposed to the first side surface having the first external electrode, and one end of each second and fourth internal electrode is exposed to the second side surface having the second external electrode, and
• an area of overlap between adjacent third and fourth internal electrodes is 85% or less of the area of overlap between adjacent first and second internal electrodes, and
• the multilayer capacitor further includes a plurality of first dummy electrodes each co-planar with a corresponding one of the plurality of third internal electrodes and spaced apart from the corresponding one of the third internal electrodes and from the second side surface, and both the first dummy electrodes and the third internal electrodes overlap the second internal electrodes in a thickness direction.