A multilayer capacitor includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and external electrodes, wherein the body has first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. A length of a portion of the plurality of internal electrodes in the third direction in an intermediate region of the body in the first direction is greater than a length of the first surface or the second surface of the body in the third direction. The plurality of internal electrodes have a bottleneck structure between the intermediate region and at least one of the first and second surfaces, and wherein the bottleneck structure has a shape recessed into an inner portion of the body.

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode disposed to be alternately stacked with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrode and including a first electrode layer, a first conductive layer, and a first metal layer, a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrode and including a second electrode layer, a second conductive layer, and a second metal layer, and a first coating layer disposed on the ceramic body, the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the first coating layer may include an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based polymer.

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode disposed to be alternately stacked with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a first external electrode connected to the first internal electrode and including a first electrode layer, a first conductive layer, and a first metal layer, a second external electrode connected to the second internal electrode and including a second electrode layer, a second conductive layer, and a second metal layer, and a first coating layer disposed on the ceramic body, the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the first coating layer may include an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based polymer.

A body includes dielectric films, first electrode films, and second electrode films being stacked on one another or being wound together. A first external electrode is at one end of the body and electrically connected to the first electrode films. A second external electrode is at another end of the body and electrically connected to the second electrode films. The body includes a capacitance portion in which each of the first electrode films faces a corresponding second electrode film of the second electrode films with a corresponding dielectric film of the dielectric films in between, and the capacitance portion includes spaces each between a corresponding dielectric film of the dielectric films and a corresponding first electrode film of the first electrode films or between a corresponding dielectric film of the dielectric films and a corresponding second electrode film of the second electrode films.

A capacitor body includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers stacked alternately. The plurality of dielectric layers include crystal grains of barium titanate, a rare earth element, and silicon. The crystal grains include a first crystal grain and a second crystal grain. The crystal grains each include a surface layer as a shell and an interior portion surrounded by the shell as a core. The first crystal grain has a higher concentration distribution of the rare earth element in the shell than in the core. The second crystal grain has distribution in which a ratio of a concentration of the silicon in the core and the shell is lower than a ratio of a concentration of the rare earth element in the core and the shell in the first crystal grain.

The present invention is directed to a multilayer capacitor and a circuit board containing the multilayer capacitor. The capacitor includes a main body containing a set of alternating dielectric layers and internal electrode layers wherein the set contains a first internal electrode layer and a second internal electrode layer and each internal electrode layer includes a top edge, a bottom edge opposite the top edge, and two side edges extending between the top edge and the bottom edge that define a main body of the internal electrode layer. Each internal electrode layer contains at least one lead tab extending from the top edge of the main body of the internal electrode layer and at least one lead tab extending from the bottom edge of the main body of the internal electrode layer, wherein at least one lead tab extending from the top edge of the main body of the internal electrode layer and at least one lead tab extending from the bottom edge of the main body of the internal electrode layer include a lateral edge aligned with a side edge of the main body of the internal electrode layer. External terminals are electrically connected to the internal electrode layers wherein the external terminals are formed on a top surface of the capacitor, a bottom surface of the capacitor opposing the top surface of the capacitor, and extending along an end surface between the top surface and the bottom surface.

A capacitor component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer. A region, containing nickel (Ni) and carbon (C), is present between the internal electrode layer and the dielectric layer.

A capacitor component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer. A region, containing nickel (Ni) and carbon (C), is present between the internal electrode layer and the dielectric layer.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric ceramic layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately in a lamination direction, and a pair of external electrodes on both end portions in the length direction of the multilayer body and respectively connected to the internal electrode layers. The pair of external electrodes each include a base region covering at least each of the first and second end surfaces, connected to the internal electrode layers, and including Cu as a main component, a cover region on the base region to cover the base region, and including Ag as a main component, and a reaction region between the base region and the cover region including Cu included in the base region and Ag included in the cover region reacting with each other.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately stacked on one another, and two external electrodes on two end surfaces of the multilayer body. The internal electrodes include first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes arranged alternately. A distance between the first internal electrodes adjacent to each other includes a distance T11 and a distance T12. The distance T11 is greater than the distance T12. A distance between the second internal electrodes adjacent to each other includes a distance T21 and a distance T22. The distance T21 is greater than the distance T22.