Dielectric ceramic and multilayer ceramic capacitor

Abstract

A dielectric ceramic is provided having a high relative dielectric constant, and in the case in which it is used for a multilayer ceramic capacitor, high insulating properties and superior reliability can be obtained even when the thickness of a dielectric ceramic layer is decreased. The dielectric ceramic used for forming the dielectric ceramic layer of a multilayer ceramic capacitor has a composition represented by 100 (Ba1−w−x−mCawSrxGdm)k(Ti1−y−z−nZryHfzMgn)O3+a+pMnO2+qSiO2+rCuO, in which 0.995≦k≦1.010, 0≦w<0.04, 0≦x≦0.04, 0≦y≦0.10, 0≦z≦0.05, 0.015≦m≦0.035, 0.015≦n≦0.035, 0.01≦p≦1.0, 0.5≦q≦2.5, and 0.01≦r≦5.0. In addition, a is a value selected with respect to the deviation from 3 so that the primary component is electrically neutral.

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