Electronic component and method of manufacturing the same

An electronic component, comprising:

• a substrate;
• a functional element formed on the substrate;
• a plurality of terminals each comprising a first terminal electrode connected to the functional element, and a second terminal electrode layered on the first terminal electrode;
• and
• a feed line, one end of which is electrically connected to the first terminal electrode and the other end of which reaches an edge of the substrate, wherein
• when hypothetical electronic components having the same structure are arranged on the periphery of the substrate such that a hypothetical wire that extends the feed line across the edge is connected with a hypothetical feed line of the hypothetical electronic components, a restored feed line resulting from connection of the feed line, the hypothetical wire extended portion, and the hypothetical feed line, starts from one of the first terminal electrodes, then traverses on an independent line segment a groove between the edge and the hypothetical electronic component, reaches one of hypothetical first terminal electrodes of the hypothetical electronic component, and thereafter repeatedly on an independent line segment traverses the groove and reaches one of the hypothetical first terminal electrodes or one of the first terminal electrodes, to reach from one end of the groove to the other end.

A method of manufacturing an electronic component, comprising the steps of:

• forming a plurality of first terminal electrodes arranged along both sides of a first intended cutting region in which a substrate is to be cut and provided in a plurality of regions to become electronic components, and a feed line starting from one of the first terminal electrodes, then repeatedly traversing on an independent line segment either the first intended cutting region or a second intended cutting region intersecting the first intended cutting region, reaching one of the first terminal electrodes provided in the region reached by the traversal, to reach from one end of the intended cutting region to the other end;
• forming, on top of the first electrodes, second terminal electrodes by electroplating, by current supplied from the feed line;
• and
• cutting the substrate in the intended cutting regions.