Multilayer ceramic electronic component and mount structure for multilayer ceramic electronic component

A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising:

• a multilayer body including a stack of a plurality of ceramic layers and including a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other in a height direction, a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the height direction, and a first end surface and a second end surface facing each other in a length direction connecting the first main surface and the second main surface with the first side surface and the second side surface;
• a first internal electrode layer on a corresponding one of the plurality of ceramic layers and located inside the multilayer body;
• a second internal electrode layer on a corresponding one of the plurality of ceramic layers and located inside the multilayer body;
• a first external electrode on the first end surface and on a portion of the second main surface;
• and
• a second external electrode on the second end surface and on a portion of the second main surface;
• wherein
• a relationship B<A is satisfied, where A denotes a length of the multilayer body on the first main surface in the length direction connecting a point of intersection of the first main surface and the first end surface with a point of intersection of the first main surface and the second end surface, and B denotes a length of the multilayer body on the second main surface in the length direction connecting a point of intersection of the second main surface and the first end surface with a point of intersection of the second main surface and the second end surface;
• and
• a relationship of about 10°≤θ1≤about 50° and a relationship of about 10°≤θ2≤about 50° are satisfied, where θ1 denotes an angle between the first end surface and a perpendicular extending from a side of the first main surface at the point of intersection of the first main surface and the first end surface, and θ2 denotes an angle between the second end surface and a perpendicular extending from a side of the first main surface at the point of intersection of the first main surface and the second end surface.