Electronic component
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKojiro Tokieda, Hideyuki Suzuki, Koichi Yamada, Miki Sasaki
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Abstract
An electronic component includes a ceramic body, and an external electrode on the ceramic body, the external electrode includes a base layer continuously covering an end surface of the ceramic body and a portion of a side surface bordering the end surface, and a plating layer covering the base layer, the ceramic body includes a recess open on the side surface, an opening of the recess includes a pair of edges, one edge of the opening is located within a covered region on the side surface covered with the base layer, and the other edge of the opening is spaced away from the covered region.
Claims20
An electronic component comprising:
- a ceramic body;
- and
- an external electrode on the ceramic body, wherein
- the external electrode includes:
- a base layer continuously covering an end surface of the ceramic body and a portion of a side surface bordering the end surface;
- and
- a plating layer covering the base layer;
- the ceramic body includes a recess open on the side surface, and an opening of the recess includes a pair of edges;
- one edge of the pair of edges of the opening is located within a covered region on the side surface covered with the base layer;
- and
- another edge of the pair of edges of the opening is separated from the covered region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.