# US 12,763,256 B2 · Multilayer electronic component

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- Number: US 12,763,256 B2
- Document ID: US12763256B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/826,966
- Filed: 2024-09-06
- Published: 2025-05-15
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2023-11-15
- Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Dae Jin Shim; Jung Jin Park; Hyo Sung Choi; Ho Sam Choi; Seung Yong Lee; Yong Hwa Lee; Hyo Sub Kim; Jong Ho Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763256B2

## CPC

- H01G 4/1227: {based on alkaline earth titanates}
- H01G 4/30: Stacked capacitors (H01G4/33 takes precedence)
- 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 according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces; and side margin portions disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces, and the cover portion and the side margin portion may include titanium (Ti) and gallium (Ga), and a ratio (B/A) of the number of moles (B) of gallium (Ga) compared to 100 moles of titanium (Ti) included in the side margin portion to the number of moles (A) of gallium (Ga) compared to 100 moles of titanium (Ti) included in the cover portion may satisfy 1.5≤B/A.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multilayer electronic component, comprising:
a body including a capacitance formation portion including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer in a first direction, and a cover portion disposed on both end surfaces of the capacitance formation portion in the first direction, the body 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;
an external electrode disposed on the third and fourth surfaces; and
a side margin portion disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces,
wherein the cover portion and the side margin portion include titanium (Ti) and gallium (Ga), and
a ratio (B/A) of a number of moles (B) of gallium (Ga) compared to 100 moles of titanium (Ti) included in the side margin portion to a number of moles (A) of gallium (Ga) compared to 100 moles of titanium (Ti) included in the cover portion satisfies 1.5≤B/A.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein 0 mole<B≤1.0 mole is satisfied.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein 0 mole<A≤1.0 mole is satisfied.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the dielectric layer is free of gallium (Ga).

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 4, wherein 0 mole<A≤1.0 mole is satisfied.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the cover portion and the side margin portion includes a secondary phase including gallium (Ga).

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the cover portion and the side margin portion includes a plurality of grains, a grain boundary disposed between adjacent grains, and a triple point disposed in a point at which three or more grain boundaries are in contact with each other, and
the secondary phase is disposed in the triple point.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 7, wherein the grain boundary includes a region in which an atomic percentage (at %) of gallium (Ga) is 2.0 at % or more, and an average atomic percentage (at %) of gallium (Ga) in the grain boundary is 0.5 at % or more and 2.0 at % or less.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein when the dielectric layer of the capacitance formation portion is referred to as a first dielectric layer, the cover portion includes a second dielectric layer, and the side margin portion includes a third dielectric layer, and
a composition of the first dielectric layer is different from the composition of at least one of the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the cover portion and the side margin portion includes a secondary phase including gallium (Ga).

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the cover portion and the side margin portion includes a plurality of grains, a grain boundary disposed between adjacent grains, and a triple point disposed in a point at which three or more grain boundaries are in contact with each other, and
the secondary phase is disposed in the triple point.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 10, wherein the secondary phase further includes silicon (Si).

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the cover portion and the side margin portion includes a plurality of grains and a grain boundary disposed between adjacent grains, and
the grain boundary includes gallium (Ga).

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 13, wherein the grain boundary includes a region in which an atomic percentage (at %) of gallium (Ga) is 2.0 at % or more.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 13, wherein in the grain boundary, an average atomic percentage (at %) of gallium (Ga) is 0.5 at % or more and 2.0 at % or less.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein, in a cross-section of the cover portion in the first and third directions, a number of pores included in 1 μm2 is 0.30 or less.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The multilayer electronic component according to claim 1, wherein, in a cross-section of the side margin portion in the first and third directions, a number of pores included in 1 μm2 is 0.22 or less.