# US 2014/0189990 A1 · Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0189990 A1 - Document ID: US20140189990A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/206,898 - Filed: 2014-03-12 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-09 - Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyung Joon KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140189990A1 ## CPC - H01G 4/12: Ceramic dielectrics {(H01G4/085 takes precedence)} - H01G 4/005: Electrodes - H01G 4/012: Form of non-self-supporting electrodes - H01G 4/248: the terminals embracing or surrounding the capacitive element, e.g. caps (H01G4/252 takes precedence) - H01G 4/30: Stacked capacitors (H01G4/33 takes precedence) - Y10T 29/435: Solid dielectric type - 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) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract There are provide a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body having a first side and a second side opposed to each other and having a third side and a fourth side connecting the first side to the second side, inner electrodes formed in the multilayer body and formed to be spaced apart from the third side or the fourth side by a predetermined distance, groove portions formed on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the multilayer body and formed parallel to the third or fourth side by a predetermined distance from the third side or the fourth side, and outer electrodes extended from the third side and the fourth side to the top surface or the bottom surface of the multilayer body to cover the groove portions. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-10. (canceled) ### Claim 11 A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising: preparing a first ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of stripe-type first inner electrode patterns are formed to be spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance and a second ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of stripe-type second inner electrode patterns are formed to be spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance; forming a ceramic green sheet laminate by alternately stacking the first ceramic green sheet and the second ceramic green sheet in such a manner that a central portion of each of the stripe-type first inner electrode patterns and a predetermined distance between the stripe-type second inner electrode patterns overlap with each other; forming groove portions on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the ceramic green sheet laminate, corresponding to a predetermined distance formed between the stripe-type first inner electrode patterns and a predetermined distance formed between the stripe-type second inner electrode patterns; and cutting the ceramic green sheet laminate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the forming of the groove portions is performed by pressing the ceramic green sheet laminate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising forming a first dummy electrode pattern within the predetermined distance formed between the stripe-type first inner electrode patterns or a second dummy electrode pattern within the predetermined distance formed between the stripe-type second inner electrode patterns. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the cutting of the ceramic green sheet laminate is performed by cutting the ceramic green sheet laminate at a predetermined width such that the ceramic green sheet is cut into bar-type laminates, each bar-type laminate having sides to which the distal edges of first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes are exposed, and groove portions formed in a width direction thereof, and the cutting of the ceramic green sheet laminate further includes forming a first side portion and a second side portion made of ceramic slurry at the sides of the bar-type laminate to which the distal edges of the first inner electrode and the second inner electrode are exposed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising after the forming of the first and second side portions, cutting the bar-type laminate into multilayer bodies, each multilayer body having a third side and a fourth side to which respective one ends of the first inner electrodes and the second inner electrodes are exposed, by cutting the central portion of each of the first inner electrodes and a predetermined distance between the second inner electrodes along the same cutting line. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising forming outer electrodes extending from the third or fourth side of the multilayer body to the top surface or the bottom surface of the multilayer body to cover the groove portions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the cutting of the ceramic green sheet laminate may be performed by cutting the ceramic green sheet laminate at a predetermined width such that the ceramic green sheet is cut into bar-type laminates, each bar-type laminate having sides to which the distal edges of first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes are exposed, and groove portions formed in a width direction thereof; and cutting the bar-type laminate into multilayer bodies, each multilayer body having a third side and a fourth side to which respective one ends of the first inner electrodes and the second inner electrodes are exposed, by cutting the central portion of each of the first inner electrodes and a predetermined distance between the second inner electrodes along the same cutting line, and the cutting of the ceramic green sheet laminate further includes forming the first and second side portions made of ceramic slurry on the sides of the multilayer body to which the distal edges of the first inner electrodes and the second inner electrodes are exposed. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising forming outer electrodes extending from the third or fourth side of the multilayer body to the top surface or the bottom surface of the multilayer body to cover the groove portions.