Multilayer ceramic capacitor

Abstract

In a multilayer ceramic capacitor including first and second inner electrodes alternately arranged with respect to a stacking direction of a multilayer body, a polarity based on a direction of voltage applied between a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode is determined such that the first inner electrodes function as positive electrodes and the second inner electrodes function as negative electrodes. The first inner electrodes have a first metal composition including Ni and Sn, and the second inner electrodes have a second metal composition including Ni. The second metal composition of the second inner electrodes may consist of Ni, or may include Ni as a main component and at least one metal element selected from Au, Pt, Ir, Pd, Os, Ag, Rh, Ru, and Cu, which have standard electrode potentials higher than that of Ni.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.