Multilayer ceramic electronic component

A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising:

• a ceramic body including an active portion having a plurality of internal electrodes disposed to face each other with dielectric layers interposed therebetween to form capacitance, and upper and lower cover portions respectively disposed above an uppermost internal electrode and below a lowermost internal electrode of the plurality of internal electrodes in a first stacking direction, the ceramic body having first and second surfaces opposing each other in the first stacking direction of the dielectric layers and internal electrodes, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second 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;
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• external electrodes disposed to cover the third and fourth surfaces of the ceramic body, disposed to extend to the fifth and sixth surfaces of the ceramic body, and electrically connected to the plurality of internal electrodes, respectively,
• wherein each of the external electrodes includes an electrode layer electrically connected to the internal electrodes and extending to the fifth and sixth surfaces of the ceramic body and a conductive resin layer disposed on the electrode layer,
• a sum of maximum thicknesses of the electrode layer and the conductive resin layer on the third or fourth surface of the ceramic body in a cross section of the ceramic body in the first and second directions is 12 μm or more,
• a thickness of each of the upper and lower cover portions in the first stacking direction is 20 μm or less, and
• a sum of maximum thicknesses of the electrode layer and the conductive resin layer on the fifth or sixth surface of the ceramic body in a cross section of the ceramic body in the first and third directions is smaller than a sum of maximum thicknesses of portions, of the electrode layer and the conductive resin layer on the third or fourth surface of the ceramic body, that overlay the upper or lower cover portion in the second direction in the cross section of the ceramic body in the first and second directions.