# US 12,009,155 B2 · Multilayer ceramic capacitor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,155 B2 - Document ID: US12009155B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/489,881 - Filed: 2021-09-30 - Published: 2022-04-07 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-07 - Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Satoshi Yokomizo; Shinobu Chikuma; Yohei Mukobata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009155B2 ## CPC - H01G 4/30: Stacked capacitors (H01G4/33 takes precedence) - H01G 2/06: specially adapted for mounting on a printed-circuit support - H01G 4/012: Form of non-self-supporting electrodes - 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 4/40: Structural combinations of fixed capacitors with other electric elements, the structure mainly consisting of a capacitor, e.g. RC combinations - H05K 3/301: {by means of a mounting structure (H05K3/325 takes precedence)} - H01G 4/248: the terminals embracing or surrounding the capacitive element, e.g. caps (H01G4/252 takes precedence) - H05K 3/3442: {having edge contacts, e.g. leadless chip capacitors, chip carriers} - H05K 2201/10015: Non-printed capacitor - H05K 2201/10378: Interposers - H05K 2201/2045: Protection against vibrations - 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) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitor main body, and two interposers on both sides in a length direction of a surface of the capacitor main body. When a distance between a side surface of one interposer on one side in the length direction, and a side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X1, a distance between another side surface of the one interposer, and another side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X4, a distance between a side surface of another interposer on another side in the length direction, and the side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X2, and a distance between another side surface of the other interposer on the other side in the length direction, and the other side surface of the capacitor main body is defined as X3; X2>X3 and X1>X4 are satisfied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising: a capacitor main body including a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately laminated therein, and external electrodes each at one of two end surfaces of the multilayer body and connected to the internal electrode layers; and two interposers on both sides in a length direction of a surface of the capacitor main body; wherein when a distance between a side surface in a width direction of one of the interposers on one side in the length direction, and a side surface in the width direction of the capacitor main body is defined as X1, a distance between another side surface in the width direction of the one of the interposers on the one side in the length direction, and another side surface in the width direction of the capacitor main body is defined as X4, a distance between a side surface in the width direction of another one of the interposers on another side in the length direction, and the side surface in the width direction of the capacitor main body is defined as X2, and a distance between another side surface in the width direction of the another one of the interposers on the other side in the length direction, and the other side surface in the width direction of the capacitor main body is defined as X3, X2>X3 and X1>X4 are satisfied; each of the two interposers is provided by a block portion; the multilayer body further includes an inner layer portion including the dielectric layers and the internal electrode layers alternately laminated therein, outer layer portions each on one of both sides in a lamination direction of the inner layer portion, and side gap portions each on one of both sides in the width direction of the inner layer portion and the outer layer portions; and the multilayer body satisfies one of the following configurations: a dimension in the lamination direction of each of the outer layer portions is about 17 μm to about 23 μm, a number of layers of each of the dielectric layers and the internal electrode layers is 350 to 380, a deviation amount in the length direction of the internal electrode layers is about 45 μm to about 48 μm, and a dimension in the width direction of each of the side gap portions is about 32 μm to about 42 μm; a dimension in the lamination direction of each of the outer layer portions is about 35 μm to about 45 μm, a number of layers of each of the dielectric layers and the internal electrode layers is 386 to 426, a deviation amount in the length direction of the internal electrode layers is about 72 μm to about 78 μm, and a dimension in the width direction of each of the side gap portions is about 52 μm to about 62 μm; or a dimension in the lamination direction of each of the outer layer portions is about 52 μm to about 63 μm, a number of layers of each of the dielectric layers and the internal electrode layers is 440 to 490, a deviation amount in the length direction of the internal electrode layers is about 72 μm to about 85 μm, and a dimension in the width direction of each of the side gap portions is about 63 μm to about 75 μm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1, wherein X1/X4*0.9