# US 12,002,629 B2 · Multilayer electronic component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,002,629 B2 - Document ID: US12002629B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/856,452 - Filed: 2022-07-01 - Published: 2023-07-27 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-24 - Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chae Min Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002629B2 ## CPC - H01G 4/30: Stacked capacitors (H01G4/33 takes precedence) - H01G 4/012: Form of non-self-supporting electrodes - H01G 4/12: Ceramic dielectrics {(H01G4/085 takes precedence)} - H01G 4/224: Housing; Encapsulation - H01G 4/232: electrically connecting two or more layers of a stacked or rolled capacitor - H01G 4/2325: {characterised by the material of the terminals} - H01G 4/1209: {characterised by the ceramic dielectric material (H01G4/1272, H01G4/1281 take precedence)} - H01G 4/1227: {based on alkaline earth titanates} - H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10) ## Abstract A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, an external electrode disposed outside the body, and sealing portions disposed on outer surfaces of the body, wherein the external electrodes and the sealing portions include glass, the sealing portions include first sealing portions that are disposed between the body and the external electrodes, and second sealing portions that extend from the first sealing portions in the second direction and are not in contact with the external electrodes, and an average length of the second sealing portion is 20 μm or more. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multilayer electronic component comprising: a body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in a first direction and including first and second surfaces opposing each other in the first direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to fourth surfaces and opposing each other in a third direction; external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and connected to the internal electrodes; and sealing portions disposed on outer surfaces of the body, wherein the external electrodes and the sealing portions include glass, the sealing portions include first sealing portions that are disposed between the body and the external electrodes, and second sealing portions that extend from the first sealing portions in the second direction and are not in contact with the external electrodes, and an average length of the second sealing portions is 20 μm or more. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein an average thickness of the second sealing portions at a distal end of the external electrodes is 1 μm or more. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein an average thickness of the second sealing portions becomes smaller as the second sealing portions becomes more distant from the first sealing portions in the second direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein an average thickness of the first sealing portions is 1 μm or more. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein the sealing portions are disposed except for portions where the internal electrodes and the external electrodes are connected to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein the sealing portions are disposed on an entirety of outer surfaces of the body, but are disposed except for portions where the internal electrodes and the external electrodes are connected to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein the body includes diffusion portions in contact with the sealing portions and disposed on inner surfaces of the body, and the diffusion portions include first diffusion portions in contact with the first sealing portions and second diffusion portions in contact with the second sealing portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The multilayer electronic component of claim 7, wherein the diffusion portions includes glass. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The multilayer electronic component of claim 8, wherein the glass of the diffusion portions is disposed at a dielectric crystal grain boundary. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The multilayer electronic component of claim 7, wherein an average thickness of the second diffusion portions at a distal end of the external electrodes is 5 μm or more. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The multilayer electronic component of claim 7, wherein an average thickness of the second diffusion portions becomes smaller as the second diffusion portions becomes more distant from the first diffusion portions in the second direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The multilayer electronic component of claim 7, wherein |L1−L2|≤1 μm in which L1 is the average length of the second sealing portions, and L2 is an average length of the second diffusion portions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The multilayer electronic component of claim 7, wherein an average thickness of the first diffusion portions is 5 μm or more. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The multilayer electronic component of claim 7, wherein the diffusion portions are disposed except for portions where the internal electrodes and the external electrodes are connected to each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) The multilayer electronic component of claim 7, wherein the diffusion portions are disposed on an entirety of inner surfaces of the body, but are disposed except for portions where the internal electrodes and the external electrodes are connected to each other. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein the external electrodes include: first electrode layers including a first conductive material and glass; and second electrode layers disposed on the first electrode layers and including a second conductive material and a resin, and the first and the second conductive materials include one or more selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), and alloys thereof. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The multilayer electronic component of claim 1, wherein the external electrodes further include plating layers formed on the external electrodes, and the plating layers include one or more selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), tin (Sn), palladium (Pd), and alloys thereof. ### Claim 18 A multilayer electronic component comprising: a body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in a first direction and including first and second surfaces opposing each other in the first direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to fourth surfaces and opposing each other in a third direction; external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and connected to the internal electrodes; margin parts disposed on opposite end surfaces of an active part in the third direction, respectively; and sealing portions disposed on outer surfaces of the body, and including first sealing portions that are disposed between the body and the external electrodes, and second sealing portions that extend from the first sealing portions in the second direction and are not in contact with the external electrodes; cover portions disposed on opposite end surfaces of the active part in the first direction, respectively; and diffusion portions in contact with the sealing portions and disposed on inner surfaces of the body, and including first diffusion portions in contact with the first sealing portions and second diffusion portions in contact with the second sealing portions, wherein the external electrodes, the sealing portions, and the diffusion portions include glass. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The multilayer electronic component of claim 18, wherein an average size of the cover portions in the first direction is 20 μm or less. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The multilayer electronic component of claim 18, wherein an average size of the margin parts in the third direction is 20 μm or less.