Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same

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

• preparing a first ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of first internal electrode patterns are formed with a predetermined interval therebetween and a second ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of second internal electrode patterns are formed with a predetermined interval therebetween;
• forming a ceramic green sheet laminate by stacking the first and second ceramic green sheets so that the first and second internal electrode patterns are alternated with each other;
• cutting the ceramic green sheet laminate to have side surfaces to which distal ends of the first and second internal electrode patterns are exposed in a width direction;
• forming first and second side margin portions on the side surfaces of the cut ceramic green sheet laminate to which the distal ends of the first and second internal electrode patterns are exposed;
• sintering the ceramic green sheet laminate with the first and second side margin portions to form a ceramic body, the ceramic body having first and second surfaces on which the first and second side margin portions are respectively disposed, third and fourth surfaces from which respective ends of the first and second internal electrode patterns are alternatively exposed, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to the fourth surfaces, respectively;
• forming a first external electrode on the third surface of the ceramic body and covering respective first portions of the first, second, fifth, and sixth surfaces;
• and
• forming a second external electrode disposed on the fourth surface of the ceramic body and covering respective second portions of the first, second, fifth, and sixth surfaces, wherein an average thickness of each of the first and second side margin portions is 2 μm or more to 10 μm or less,
• a ratio of a thickness of a region of the first or second side margin portion coming in contact with a distal end of an internal electrode pattern disposed in an outermost portion of the ceramic body to a thickness of a region of the first or second side margin portion coming in contact with a distal end of an internal electrode pattern disposed in a central portion of the ceramic body among the plurality of first and second internal electrode patterns is 0.9 or more to 1.0 or less,
• each of the first side margin portion and the second side margin portion includes only one layer, and
• each of the first and second internal electrode patterns is composed of a same material extending from the first side margin portion to the second side margin portion.