Multilayered ceramic electronic component

A multilayered ceramic electronic component comprising:

• a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes;
• an active region having the internal electrodes overlapped in a cross section taken in width and thickness directions of the ceramic body to contribute to a formation of capacitance;
• and
• a margin portion defining an outer portion of the active region,
• wherein when the active region is divided into nine regions, {circle around (1)}, {circle around (2)}, {circle around (3)}, {circle around (4)}, {circle around (5)}, {circle around (6)}, {circle around (7)}, {circle around (8)}, and {circle around (9)}, by being trisected in each of the width and thickness directions, continuity of the internal electrodes in region {circle around (2)} in the upper portion in the thickness direction and the intermediate portion in the width direction or continuity of the internal electrodes in region {circle around (8)} in the lower portion in the thickness direction and the intermediate portion in the width direction is greater than those of the internal electrodes in regions, except for the region {circle around (2)} in the upper portion in the thickness direction and the intermediate portion in the width direction and the region {circle around (8)} in the lower portion in the thickness direction and the intermediate portion in the width direction.

A multilayered ceramic electronic component having a 0603 size or less, the multilayered ceramic electronic component comprising:

• a ceramic body including a plurality of internal electrodes and dielectric layers disposed between the internal electrodes;
• and
• external electrodes disposed on outer surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes,
• wherein when a region in which the internal electrodes are overlapped is defined as an active region in a cross section of a central portion in a length direction of the ceramic body, taken in width and thickness directions thereof, the entire area of the cross section taken in the width and thickness directions is defined as At, and an area of the active region is defined as Aa, the following equation is satisfied:
• 65%≦Aa/At≦90%, and
• when the active region is divided into nine regions, {circle around (1)}, {circle around (2)}, {circle around (3)}, {circle around (4)}, {circle around (5)}, {circle around (6)}, {circle around (7)}, {circle around (8)}, and {circle around (9)}, by being trisected in each of the width and thickness directions, continuity of the internal electrodes in region {circle around (2)} in an upper portion in the thickness direction and an intermediate portion in the width direction or continuity of the internal electrodes in region {circle around (8)} in a lower portion in the thickness direction and an intermediate portion in the width direction is greater than that of the internal electrodes in region {circle around (5)} in an intermediate portion in the thickness direction and an intermediate portion in the width direction.