Electronic component with surface electrode layer

An electronic component structure, comprising:

• a plurality of electronic components each including
• an element body portion having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and
• a terminal electrode portion formed on each of a pair of end surfaces of the element body portion, the terminal electrode portions of the respective electronic components being connected to each other, wherein
• at least one of the plurality of electronic components is a first-stage electronic component having an element body lower surface that does not face other electronic components, and
• in the first-stage electronic component,
• the terminal electrode portion includes a base electrode layer that is in direct contact with at least one of the pair of end surfaces and a surface electrode layer that covers the base electrode layer and constitutes an outermost surface of the terminal electrode portion,
• in a cross section passing through a center of the element body portion and perpendicular to the element body lower surface and the end surfaces of the element body portion,
• a thickness of the surface electrode layer changes continuously between a height at the element body lower surface and a reference line that is parallel to the element body lower surface and passes through a height of half of the entire element body portion from the element body lower surface, and
• a relation between a thickness T2 of the surface electrode layer and a thickness T4 of the surface electrode layer satisfies 1.3≤T4/T2≤15.0, the thickness T2 being along a second reference line that is parallel to the element body lower surface and passes through a height of three quarters of the entire element body portion from the element body lower surface, and the thickness T4 being along a fourth reference line that is parallel to the element body lower surface and passes through a height of one quarter of the entire element body portion from the element body lower surface.