Method of producing a laminated ceramic electronic component

A method of producing a laminated ceramic electronic component, the laminated ceramic electronic component including a laminated ceramic element being made of a plurality of ceramic green sheets, having a pair of main faces facing each other, a pair of side faces facing each other, and end faces facing each other, and having an internal electrode layer formed such that one ends thereof are drawn out to said end faces respectively, a function part having said internal electrode layers facing each other with a ceramic layer being interposed, and a lead part to which the internal electrode layer in said function part is drawn out, and an external electrode constituted of an extended part formed from the main face on said lead part of said laminated ceramic element over the main face on said function part and a curled part formed from the end face of said laminated ceramic element over a surface of the extended part on the main face on said lead part, comprising the steps of:

• forming a ceramic green sheet to become a ceramic layer by applying and drying ceramic slurry with ceramic particles dispersed therein onto a substrate;
• printing a metal paste to become the internal electrode layer on said ceramic green sheet;
• forming a laminated body by layering and press-bonding a plurality of said ceramic green sheets to become a protective layer and a plurality of the ceramic green sheets with said metal paste printed thereon;
• forming the extended part by printing and drying a conductive paste for said extended part on the main face of said laminated body;
• forming the laminated ceramic element by cutting off the laminated body with said extended part formed and separating the laminated body into fragments;
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• forming the curled part by applying a conductive paste for said curled part on said end face of said laminated ceramic element,
• in said step of forming a laminated body, the laminated body being press-bonded such that the main face of the lead part of said laminated body is positioned lower than the main face of the function part.