Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same

A multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising:

• a multilayer body including a plurality of inner electrodes, the multilayer body having a first side and a second side opposed to each other and having a third side and a fourth side connecting the first side to the second side;
• first and second side members formed on the first and second sides of the multilayer body, respectively, a width of a portion of the first side member or the second side member in contact with an outermost inner electrode being smaller than a width of a portion of the first side member or the second side member in contact with a central inner electrode;
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• outer electrodes formed on the third side and the fourth side to be electrically connected to the inner electrodes.

A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising:

• preparing a first ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of stripe-type first inner electrode patterns are formed to be spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance and a second ceramic green sheet on which a plurality of stripe-type second inner electrode patterns are formed to be spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance;
• forming a ceramic green sheet laminate by stacking the first ceramic green sheet and the second ceramic green sheet such that the stripe type first inner electrode patterns and the stripe type second inner electrode patterns are intersected;
• cutting a ceramic green sheet laminate to traverse the stripe-type first inner electrode patterns and second inner electrode patterns, to allow first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes to have a predetermined width, and to allow the ceramic green sheet laminate to have sides to which distal edges of the first inner electrodes and the second inner electrodes are exposed in a width direction thereof;
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• forming a first side member and a second side member by ceramic slurry on the sides to which the distal edges of the first inner electrodes and the second inner electrodes are exposed and making a width of a portion of the first or second side member in contact with distal edges of an outermost inner electrode to be smaller than a width of a portion of the first or second side member in contact with distal edges of a central inner electrode among the plurality of first and second inner electrodes.