Patent attributes
An example of a multi-layer ceramic capacitor may include multiple dielectric sheets. In a cross section of each dielectric sheet, there may be printed a first external electrode, a first internal electrode which includes one or more protrusions and which is joined to the first external electrode by way of an interposed dielectric portion, a second external electrode joined as a single body to the first internal electrode, and a second internal electrode joined to the first internal electrode with a dielectric portion positioned in a space defined by the protrusions. The dielectric sheets may be stacked alternately to be symmetrical, such that the first external electrodes and the second external electrodes are electrically connected and the protrusions of the first internal electrodes and the second internal electrodes are electrically connected. In this way, the areas of the internal electrodes can be maximized.
