Multilayer ceramic capacitor, method of manufacturing the same, and board having the same mounted thereon

A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor, the method comprising:

• preparing a plurality of ceramic green sheets;
• producing a conductive paste for internal electrodes including a conductive powder and a ceramic additive;
• forming internal electrode patterns on the ceramic green sheets using the conductive paste for internal electrodes;
• stacking the ceramic green sheets having the internal electrode patterns formed thereon to form a multilayer body;
• cutting the multilayer body while allowing one ends of the internal electrode patterns to be alternately exposed, to form a multilayer chip;
• sintering the multilayer chip to form a ceramic body including internal electrodes;
• and
• forming external electrodes so as to be electrically connected to the internal electrodes,
• wherein, on a cross section of the ceramic body in a width-thickness direction thereof, when a distance between an uppermost internal electrode and a lowermost internal electrode measured at centers thereof in a width direction thereof is defined as a and a distance between the uppermost internal electrode and the lowermost internal electrode measured at edges thereof in the width direction thereof is defined as b, 0.953≦a/b≦0.996 is satisfied.

A board having a multilayer ceramic capacitor mounted thereon, the board comprising:

• a printed circuit board having first and second electrode pads disposed thereon;
• and
• a multilayer ceramic capacitor mounted on the printed circuit board,
• wherein the multilayer ceramic capacitor includes:
• a ceramic body including dielectric layers;
• and
• a plurality of internal electrodes disposed within the ceramic body, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and
• on a cross section of the ceramic body in a width-thickness direction thereof, when a distance between an uppermost internal electrode and a lowermost internal electrode measured at centers thereof in a width direction thereof is defined as a and a distance between the uppermost internal electrode and the lowermost internal electrode measured at edges thereof in the width direction thereof is defined as b, 0.953≦a/b≦0.996 is satisfied.