# US 9,520,233 B2 · Electronic component and board having the same

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- Number: US 9,520,233 B2
- Document ID: US9520233B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/003,614
- Filed: 2016-01-21
- Published: 2016-07-28
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2015-01-22
- Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kyoung Jin Jun; Su Jung Kim; Young Ghyu Ahn; Sang Soo Park; Heung Kil Park; Soon Ju Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520233B2

## CPC

- H01G 4/228: Terminals
- H01G 2/06: specially adapted for mounting on a printed-circuit support
- H01G 4/30: Stacked capacitors (H01G4/33 takes precedence)
- H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10)

## Abstract

An electronic component and a board having the same are provided. The electronic component according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure may include a body having upper and lower surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and third and fourth side surfaces; external electrodes disposed on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces and the third and fourth side surfaces of the body; and connection terminals disposed on the external electrodes, wherein the connection terminals are disposed inwardly to be spaced apart from an edge of a surface of the body on which the connection terminals are disposed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic component comprising:
a body having upper and lower surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and third and fourth side surfaces;
external electrodes disposed on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces and the third and fourth side surfaces of the body; and
connection terminals disposed on the external electrodes,
wherein the connection terminals are disposed inwardly to be spaced apart from an edge of a surface of the body on which the connection terminals are disposed, and
wherein a direction in which the first and second side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a length (L) direction, a direction in which the third and fourth side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a width W direction and a direction in which the upper and lower surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a thickness (T) direction, and 0.194<A/C<5.256 in which A is a thickness of the connection terminals, and C is a width of the connection terminals.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic component of claim 1, wherein 0.799<A/C<5.256.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic component of claim 1, wherein 0.01<B/AW<0.5 in which B is a distance between the connection terminals spaced inwardly from the edge of the surface of the body on which the connection terminals are disposed and the edge of the surface of the body on which the connection terminals are disposed, and AW is a width of the body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic component of claim 3, wherein 0.014<B/AW<0.5.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic component of claim 1, wherein the external electrodes are disposed to contact corners at which the upper and lower surfaces and the third and fourth side surfaces of the body meet the first and second side surfaces thereof, and two connection terminals are disposed on each of the external electrodes to be spaced apart from each other in the width (W) direction, and 0.0510<(A×D)/(AW×BW)<1.4805 in which A is a thickness of the connection terminals, AW is a width of the body, D is a distance between the connection terminals spaced apart from each other, and BW is a length of portions of the external electrodes disposed on the upper or lower surface, or the third or fourth side surface of the body.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic component of claim 5, wherein 0.2138<(A×D)/(AW×BW)<1.4805.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic component of claim 1, wherein the external electrodes are disposed on at least one of the first and second side surfaces of the body and extended to at least one of the upper and lower surfaces and the third and fourth side surfaces of the body.

### Claim 8

An electronic component comprising:
a body having upper and lower surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and third and fourth side surfaces;
a first external electrode disposed to be extended from the first side surface of the body to a portion of the lower surface of the body;
a second external electrode disposed to be extended from the second side surface of the body to a portion of the lower surface of the body;
a first connection terminal disposed on the first external electrode disposed on the lower surface of the body; and
a second connection terminal disposed on the second external electrode disposed on the lower surface of the body,
wherein the first connection terminal is disposed inwardly on the lower surface of the body to be spaced apart from the third or fourth side surface of the body, and the second connection terminal is disposed inwardly on the lower surface of the body to be spaced apart from the third or fourth side surface of the body,
wherein two or more first connection terminals are disposed on the first external electrode to be spaced apart from each other in a width (W) direction, and two or more second connection terminals are disposed on the second external electrode to be spaced apart from each other in the width (W) direction.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The electronic component of claim 8, wherein a direction in which the first and second side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a length (L) direction, a direction in which the third and fourth side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a width (W) direction, and a direction in which the upper and lower surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a thickness (T) direction, and 0.194<A/C<5.256 in which A is a thickness of the connection terminals, and C is a width of the connection terminals.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The electronic component of claim 8, wherein a direction in which the first and second side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a length (L) direction, a direction in which the third and fourth side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a width (W) direction, and a direction in which the upper and lower surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a thickness (T) direction, and 0.01<B/AW<0.5 in which B is a distance between the first and second connection terminals disposed inwardly on the lower surface of the body to be spaced apart from the third or fourth side surface of the body and the third or fourth side surface of the body, and AW is a width of the body.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The electronic component of claim 10, wherein the direction in which the first and second side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to the length (L) direction, the direction in which the third and fourth side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to the width (W) direction, and the direction in which the upper and lower surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to the thickness (T) direction, two first connection terminals are disposed on the first external electrode to be spaced apart from each other in the width (W) direction, and two second connection terminals are disposed on the second external electrode to be spaced apart from each other in the width (W) direction, and 0.0510<(A×D)/(AW×BW)<1.4805 in which A is a thickness of the first and second connection terminals, D is a distance between the first connection terminals spaced apart from each other and between the second connection terminals spaced apart from each other, AW is a width of the body, and BW is a length of a portion of the first external electrode disposed on the lower surface of the body and a length of a portion of the second external electrode disposed on the lower surface of the body.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The electronic component of claim 8, wherein the first and second connection terminals have a square pillar shape.

### Claim 13

A board having an electronic component, comprising:
the electronic component including a body having upper and lower surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and third and fourth side surfaces, external electrodes disposed on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces and the third and fourth side surfaces of the body, and connection terminals disposed on the external electrodes; and
a printed circuit board including electrode pads connected to the connection terminals, and a board on which the electrode pads are disposed,
wherein the connection terminals are disposed inwardly to be spaced apart from an edge of a surface of the body on which the connection terminals are disposed, and
wherein a direction in which the first and second side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a length (L) direction, a direction in which the third and fourth side surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a width (W) direction, and a direction in which the upper and lower surfaces of the body oppose each other refers to a thickness (T) direction, and 0.01<B/AW<0.5 in which B is a distance between the connection terminals spaced inwardly from the edge of the surface of the body on which the connection terminals are disposed and the edge of the surface of the body on which the connection terminals are disposed, and AW is a width of the body.