Electronic component

Abstract

One object of the present invention is to provide an electronic component less prone to migration of impurity atoms between a conductor and an external electrode. A coil component as an electronic component includes: a base body; a conductor; a first external electrode electrically connected to the conductor; a second external electrode electrically connected to the conductor; and a metal film positioned between the conductor and the first external electrode, wherein the metal film contains metal particles configured such that an average of β/α is 0.8 to 1.2, where for each of the metal particles, α is a dimension of the metal particle in a direction horizontal to a boundary interface, and β is a dimension of the metal particle in a direction perpendicular to the boundary interface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.