A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body, the first internal electrode having first and second lead portions exposed to a first surface of the ceramic body in a width direction, and the second internal electrode having a third lead portion exposed to the first surface of the ceramic body in the width direction; first to third external electrodes disposed on the first surface of the ceramic body in the width direction to be connected to the first to third lead portions, respectively; and an insulation layer disposed on the first surface of the ceramic body in the width direction. Each of the first and second lead portions may be spaced apart from the third lead portion by a predetermined distance.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body, the first internal electrode having first and second lead portions exposed to a first surface of the ceramic body in a width direction, and the second internal electrode having a third lead portion exposed to the first surface of the ceramic body in the width direction; first to third external electrodes disposed on the first surface of the ceramic body in the width direction to be connected to the first to third lead portions, respectively; and an insulation layer disposed on the first surface of the ceramic body in the width direction. Each of the first and second lead portions may be spaced apart from the third lead portion by a predetermined distance.

This invention aims at providing a carbon-coated metal powder having few impurities, a narrower particle size distribution, and sintering properties particularly suitable as a conductive powder of a conductive paste for forming internal conductors in a ceramic multilayer electronic component obtained by co-firing multilayered ceramic sheets and internal conductor layers; a conductive paste containing the carbon-coated metal powder; a multilayer electronic component using the conductive paste; and a method for manufacturing the carbon-coated metal powder. The carbon-coated metal powder has specific properties in TMA or ESCA measurements. The carbon-coated metal powder can be obtained by melting and vaporizing a metallic raw material in a reaction vessel, conveying the generated metal vapor into a cooling tube and rapidly cooling the metal vapor by endothermically decomposing a carbon source supplied into the cooling tube, and forming a carbon coating film on metal nuclei surfaces in parallel with generation of the metal nuclei.

In a multilayer capacitor, a multilayer capacitor main body includes first and second main surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces, the first and second main surfaces extending in a length direction and a width direction, the first and second side surfaces extending in the length direction and a thickness direction, and the first and second end surfaces extending in the width direction and the thickness direction. The second main surface is depressed in a portion extending from opposite ends of the second main surface toward a center of the second main surface in the length direction.

In a multilayer capacitor, a multilayer capacitor main body includes first and second main surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces, the first and second main surfaces extending in a length direction and a width direction, the first and second side surfaces extending in the length direction and a thickness direction, and the first and second end surfaces extending in the width direction and the thickness direction. The second main surface is depressed in a portion extending from opposite ends of the second main surface toward a center of the second main surface in the length direction.

The capacitor includes a dielectric body portion including ceramic layers and internal-electrode layers laminated in an alternating manner, and a cover portion provided in a periphery of the dielectric body portion. The cover portion includes pores. A part of the cover portion located in a position in a direction perpendicular to a lamination direction of the ceramic layers and the internal-electrode layers is a side surface cover portion. When the side surface cover portion is divided into three equal regions in a width direction, the regions being a dielectric body portion-side region, a central region, and a surface-side region, the number of the pores is higher in the dielectric body portion-side region than in the central region and the surface-side region.

A film capacitor that includes first and second dielectric films, first and second inner electrodes, and first and second outer electrodes. The first inner electrode includes a first connection portion, a first main electrode portion joined to the first connection portion and thinner than the first connection portion, and a first thin portion extending from the first main electrode portion and thinner than the first main electrode portion. The second inner electrode includes a second connection portion and a second main electrode portion joined to the second connection portion and thinner than the second connection portion. The first main electrode portion opposes the second main electrode portion across the first dielectric film. The second connection portion includes a reduction region having a thickness that decreases from the second connection portion toward the second main electrode portion. The first thin portion opposes the reduction region across the first dielectric film.

A multilayer electronic component that includes a stacked body having therein a plurality of dielectric layers including a CZ-based perovskite phase and an element M1, a plurality of internal electrode layers including Cu, and an interface layer including the element M1 in at least a portion of an interface with the plurality of internal electrode layers. Element M1 is an element that has a binding energy between CZ and Cu via the element M1 of less than or equal to −9.8 eV by first-principles calculation using a pseudopotential method. When amounts of elements included in the dielectric layers are expressed as parts by mol, a ratio m1 of an amount of the element M1 to an amount of the Zr in the interface layer is 0.03≤m1≤0.25.

A multilayer electronic component that includes a stacked body having therein a plurality of dielectric layers including a CZ-based perovskite phase and an element M1, a plurality of internal electrode layers including Cu, and an interface layer including the element M1 in at least a portion of an interface with the plurality of internal electrode layers. Element M1 is an element that has a binding energy between CZ and Cu via the element M1 of less than or equal to −9.8 eV by first-principles calculation using a pseudopotential method. When amounts of elements included in the dielectric layers are expressed as parts by mol, a ratio m1 of an amount of the element M1 to an amount of the Zr in the interface layer is 0.03≤m1≤0.25.

A metal capacitor provided includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer disposed above a substrate. The first metal layer includes a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet, and the second metal layer includes a third electrode sheet and a fourth electrode sheet. The first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet collectively form a first coplanar capacitor. The third electrode sheet and the fourth electrode sheet collectively form a second coplanar capacitor. At least a portion of the fourth electrode sheet is arranged above the first electrode sheet, and the first electrode sheet and the fourth electrode sheet collectively form a first vertical capacitor. At least a portion of the third electrode sheet is arranged above the second electrode sheet, and the second electrode sheet and the third electrode sheet collectively form a second vertical capacitor.