Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising:

• preparing a first ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of first internal electrode patterns are formed at a predetermined interval and a second ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of second internal electrode patterns are formed at a predetermined interval;
• laminating the first ceramic green sheet and the second ceramic green sheet in such a manner that the plurality of first internal electrode patterns and the plurality of second internal electrode patterns intersect each other, to form a ceramic green sheet laminated body;
• cutting the ceramic green sheet laminated body to have side surfaces to which edges of the plurality of first internal electrode patterns and the plurality of second internal electrode patterns are exposed in a width direction;
• forming a first side margin portion and a second side margin portion on the side surfaces of the laminated body, respectively;
• and
• firing the cut laminated body to provide a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes,
• wherein a ratio Db/Da is greater than 1.00 and less than or equal to 1.07, where ‘Db’ is a distance, in a stacking direction of the first and second ceramic green sheets, between both end points of respective edge regions of the first side margin portion and the second side margin portion, and ‘Da’ is a distance in a central region of the ceramic body in the stacking direction, and
• wherein at least one of the first side margin portion or the second side margin portion includes at least a portion having a length in the stacking direction which decreases in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction toward the central region.