Patent 7321495 was granted and assigned to NGK SPARK PLUG CO on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A multilayer ceramic capacitor (10) having reduced inductance which is separated into a first layer body (11) and a second layer body (12). The first layer body (11) and the second layer body (12) are formed by alternately layering inner electrodes (inner electrode 13a, inner electrode 13b) so as to face each other and sandwich ceramic layers (14). The ceramic layers (14) of the second layer body (12) are thicker than the ceramic layers (14) of the first layer body (11), so as to compensate for electrode height difference. Moreover, in the second layer body (12), the inner electrodes (13b) are electrically connected by via electrode (15b) so that the part of the via electrode (15b) extending without connection to an inner electrode (13b) is shortened.