A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes alternately disposed while having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; a first external electrode including a first connection portion and first and third band portions extending from ends of the first connection portion; a second external electrode including a second connection portion and second and fourth band portions extending from the second connection portion; an insulating layer disposed on the first and second connection portions and covering a top surface of the body and the third and fourth band portions; first and second plating layers disposed on the first and second band portions, respectively. An end of the plating layer and an end of the insulating layer contact with each other, and a thickness of the end of the plating layer and a thickness of the end of the insulating layer decreases toward the contact point.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an external electrode including an underlying electrode layer, a lower plating layer on the underlying electrode layer at a first end surface and a second end surface, and an upper plating layer on the lower plating layer. The underlying electrode layer is a thin film electrode including at least one selected from Ni, Cr, Cu, and Ti. The lower plating layer is a Cu plating layer including a lower layer region located closer to the multilayer body and an upper layer region located between the lower layer region and the upper plating layer, and the Cu plating layer in the lower layer region has a metal grain diameter smaller than that of the Cu plating layer located in the upper layer region.

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed to oppose each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and an external electrode formed outside the ceramic body. The external electrode includes an electrode layer, and a thickness T1 of the electrode layer corresponding to a central region of the ceramic body in a thickness direction is 5 μm or more and 30 μm or less, a thickness T2 of the electrode layer corresponding to a region in which an outermost internal electrode is located is 5 μm or more and 15 μm or less, and a thickness T3 of the electrode layer corresponding to a corner portion of the ceramic body is 0.1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.

An electrolytic capacitor that includes: a cuboid resin molded body having a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other; a first external electrode on the first end surface and electrically connected to an exposed end of an anode; and a second external electrode on the second end surface and electrically connected to an exposed end of a cathode, wherein at least one of the first and second external electrodes has a multilayer structure including: an inner plating layer; and a resin electrode layer on the inner plating layer and containing a resin component and at least one metal selected from Ni, Cu, and Ag, and a total number of layers defining each of the first and second external electrodes is four or less.

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including layered ceramic layers and layered inner electrode layers and having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and outer electrodes covering both end surfaces of the multilayer body and extending from both end surfaces to cover at least a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an insulating layer continuously extending from a ceramic layer at the first main surface of the multilayer body so as to cover end edge portions of both the outer electrodes located on the first main surface of the multilayer body, and t2>t1 is satisfied.

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and external electrodes provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body. Each external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer including metal components and ceramic components, and plating layers on the underlying electrode layer. A metal of the plating layer on the underlying electrode layer diffuses into the underlying electrode layer, and exists at an interface where the metal components included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other and an interface where the metal component and the ceramic component included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other.

An electronic component includes a multilayer body including a multilayer main body including end surfaces at which internal nickel electrode layers are exposed, side gap portions, external nickel layers on the end surfaces of the multilayer body, and external copper electrode layers covering the end surfaces on which the external nickel layers are provided. A nickel-based oxide and/or a silicon-based oxide are provided between the external nickel layer and the external copper electrode layer. A nickel layer and a tin layer are provided outside the external copper electrode layer. In a cross section passing through a middle of the electronic component in the width direction and extending in the length direction and the lamination direction, a relationship of about 0.2≤Tea/Tem≤about 1.1 is satisfied.

A ceramic electronic device includes: a ceramic main body of a parallelepiped shape having at least two edge faces facing each other, and having an internal electrode layer inside; and external electrodes formed on the two edge faces and having a structure in which a plated layer is formed on a ground layer having a metal, as a main component, and ceramic; the external electrodes have an extension region which extends to at least one of four side faces from the two edge faces, and a part of which corresponds to a corner portion of the ceramic main body and includes a portion with the ground layer and a first portion, without the ground layer, arranged at a position where one of the two end faces and one of the four side faces are connected; and the plated layer covers the ground layer and the first portion.

A multilayer electronic component includes: a body and an external electrode disposed on the body, wherein the external electrode includes a conductive resin layer containing a bisphenol A-based resin and a biphenyl-based resin with a specific mixing ratio (e.g., a ratio of a content of the biphenyl-based resin with respect to a total content is 10 wt % or more and 50 wt % or less). Such a resin mixing ratio between the bisphenol A-based resin and the biphenyl-based resin can lead to 0.337≤2*C/A≤0.367 or 0.048≤B/A≤0.14, with an aromatic ring peak intensity (A), a carbonyl peak intensity (B), and an alcohol peak intensity (C) in a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis. The multilayer electronic component showing such peak intensity characteristics can suppress oxidation of a conductive resin layer while also securing excellent adhesive strength of the conductive resin layer.

A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes preparing a ceramic green sheet, forming an internal electrode pattern by applying a paste for an internal electrode including a conductive powder to the ceramic green sheet, forming a ceramic laminate structure by layering the ceramic green sheet on which the internal electrode pattern is formed, forming a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode by sintering the ceramic laminate structure, and forming an external electrode by forming an electrode layer on the body, and forming a conductive resin layer on the electrode layer, and the conductive powder includes a conductive metal and tin (Sn), and a content of tin (Sn) is 1.5 wt % or higher, based on a weight of the conductive metal.