US 12,437,931 B2
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
Masaki Fukuda, Nagaokakyo (JP)
Assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/544,505.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-205820 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0212943 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. H01G 4/30 (2006.01); H01G 2/06 (2006.01); H01G 4/008 (2006.01); H01G 4/012 (2006.01); H01G 4/12 (2006.01); H01G 4/232 (2006.01)
CPC H01G 4/30 (2013.01) [H01G 2/065 (2013.01); H01G 4/008 (2013.01); H01G 4/012 (2013.01); H01G 4/1227 (2013.01); H01G 4/2325 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising:
a first multilayer ceramic electronic component main body including a first multilayer body and a plurality of first external electrodes, the first multilayer body including a plurality of first ceramic layers laminated therein, a plurality of first internal conductor layers laminated respectively on the plurality of first ceramic layers therein, a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to each other in a first lamination direction in which the plurality of first ceramic layers and the plurality of first internal conductor layers are laminated, a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface opposed to each other in a first width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the first lamination direction, and a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to each other in a first length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the first lamination direction and the first width direction;
a second multilayer ceramic electronic component main body including a second multilayer body and a plurality of second external electrodes, the second multilayer body including a plurality of second ceramic layers laminated therein, a plurality of second internal conductor layers laminated respectively on the plurality of second ceramic layers therein, a third main surface and a fourth main surface opposed to each other in a second lamination direction in which the plurality of second ceramic layers and the plurality of second internal conductor layers are laminated, a third lateral surface and a fourth lateral surface opposed to each other in a second width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the second lamination direction, and a third end surface and a fourth end surface opposed to each other in a second length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the second lamination direction and the second width direction;
a first bonding material bonding any one of the plurality of first external electrodes and any one of the plurality of second external electrodes;
a first metal terminal connectable to at least one external electrode selected from the plurality of first external electrodes and the plurality of second external electrodes;
a second metal terminal connectable to at least one external electrode which is different from the external electrode to which the first metal terminal is connected and selected from the plurality of first external electrodes and the plurality of second external electrodes; and an exterior material covering the first multilayer ceramic electronic component main body, the second multilayer ceramic electronic component main body, a portion of the first metal terminal, and a portion of the second metal terminal; wherein
the first bonding material is bonded to the exterior material; and
a porosity of the first bonding material is higher than a porosity of the exterior material.