Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrode layers. A difference of about 3 ?m or less exists between a maximum thickness of a center portion of the external electrode and a thickness of a peripheral portion of the external electrode, and in a range of a field of view of about 50 ?m square centered at a point located farther inward by about 15% than a peripheral end portion of the external electrode, an angle ? of about 4 degrees or less is defined by a straight line connecting two points of intersection of a surface of the external electrode and a sectional line defining the range of the field of view of about 50 ?m square and a perpendicular line to a vertical line passing through one of the two points of intersection.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of internal electrode layers and each of three or more of dielectric layers of which a main component is ceramic are alternately stacked. The three or more of dielectric layers include Sn. A dielectric layer having a smaller Sn concentration is closer to an outermost end in a stacking direction than a dielectric layer having a larger Sn concentration and being located on a center side of the stacking direction, in a relationship of at least two of the three or more of dielectric layers.

Abstract: Provided are a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a board having the same, the multilayer ceramic capacitor including: a capacitor body including an active region, which includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and covers formed on and under the active region, respectively. The multilayer ceramic capacitor further includes external electrodes disposed on the capacitor body so as to be connected to the internal electrodes. Among the internal electrodes, an internal electrode disposed adjacently to one of the covers has at least one cutaway portion within a portion of the internal electrode connected to the external electrode, and the cutaway portion is (at least partially) filled with a dielectric material.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes and external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrodes, wherein the external electrodes include a first electrode layer disposed on the body and including Cu and glass, a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including Ni and Cu, and a third electrode layer disposed on the second electrode layer and including Ni and glass.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides supercapacitors that may avoid the shortcomings of current energy storage technology. Provided herein are supercapacitor devices, and methods of fabrication thereof comprising the manufacture or synthesis of an active material on a current collector and/or the manufacture of supercapacitor electrodes to form planar and stacked arrays of supercapacitor electrodes and devices. Prototype supercapacitors disclosed herein may exhibit improved performance compared to commercial supercapacitors. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a simple, yet versatile technique for the fabrication of supercapacitors through masking and etching.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body, a support substrate embedded in the body and having one end surface exposed to an external surface of the body, a coil portion disposed on the support substrate to be embedded in the body and having one end portion exposed to the external surface of the body together with the one end surface of the support substrate, and an external electrode disposed on the external surface of the body to be connected to the one end portion of the coil portion. The external electrode has an opening exposing at least a portion of the one end surface of the support substrate.

Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a main phase and segregation phases each including RE (at least one rare earth element). The main phase includes a main component having a perovskite crystal structure of ABO3 (A is one or more selected from Ba, Sr, and Ca, and B is one or more selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf). The segregation phases are classified into first segregation phases whose atomic ratio of Si to RE is 0 or more and 0.20 or less and second segregation phases whose atomic ratio of Si to the RE is more than 0.20. 0?S1/S2?0.10 is satisfied on a cross section of the dielectric composition, where S1 is an area ratio of the first segregation phases, and S2 is an area ratio of the second segregation phases. An atomic ratio of Si to RE in the second segregation phases is 0.80 or less on average.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes first and second main surfaces opposite to each other in a thickness direction, first and second side surfaces opposite to each other in a width direction, first and second end surfaces opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, an element body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers stacked in the thickness direction, and a pair of external electrodes on the first and second end surfaces and electrically connected to the internal electrode layers, in which the dielectric layers include, as a main component, a perovskite oxide including barium and titanium, and the dielectric layers include an inner portion that is in contact with the internal electrode layer and includes an interface layer including a non-perovskite oxide including tin, barium, and titanium.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition that contains an oxide of A, R, and B and an oxide of Mn. The A is at least one selected from the group consisting of K and Na. The R is at least one selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, and Sc. The B is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta. The molar ratio of the A:R:B:Mn is 2?x:1+x/3:5+y:z. The x, y, and z satisfy ?0.3?x?0.6, ?0.5?y?0.5, and 0.001?z?0.5, respectively.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, a first outer electrode on a first main surface closer to a first end surface, a second outer electrode on the first main surface closer to a second end surface, a third outer electrode on the first main surface between the first outer electrode and the second outer electrode, a first inner electrode layer connected to the first outer electrode and the second outer electrode via a first lead electrode and a second lead electrode, and a second inner electrode layer connected to the third outer electrode via a third lead electrode. When a length of the first lead electrode and a length of the second lead electrode in the length direction are each denoted by a, and a length of the third lead electrode in the length direction is denoted by b, b/a is about 0.5 to about 0.83.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; and external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrodes. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of grains and a grain boundary disposed between adjacent grains, and GB1/G1 is 5 or more in mass ratio, where G1 is a content of Si of one of the plurality of grains and GB1 is a content of Si of the grain boundary.

Abstract: A broadband multilayer ceramic capacitor can include at least one active electrode layer including a first active electrode and a second active electrode. The first active electrode can have a central portion extending away from a base portion in a longitudinal direction. The second active electrode can include at least one arm extending away from a base portion towards the first end and overlapping the central portion of the first active electrode. A first shield electrode in a shield electrode region can have a central portion extending from a base portion. A second shield electrode can include an arm overlapping the central portion of the first shield electrode in the longitudinal direction. The shield electrode region can be spaced apart from the active electrode region by a shield-to-active distance that is greater than an active electrode spacing distance between respective active electrodes of the plurality of active electrodes.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes an element body and an external electrode. The element body is formed by laminating a ceramic layer and an internal electrode layer. The external electrode is electrically connected to at least one end of the internal electrode layer. At least a part of a joint boundary between the electrode layer and the ceramic layer includes an interface protrusion on the external electrode side. The interface protrusion is made of an oxide.

Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body having a functional layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode formed on a surface of the element body and connected to the internal electrode layer electrically. The chlorine concentration of the element body of the electronic component is 10 ppm or less.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes an element body, and a pair of side surfaces and a pair of main surfaces; and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes an inner layer portion in which a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of dielectric layers are alternately stacked in a second direction where the pair of main surfaces face each other, and a pair of outer layer portions disposed outside the inner layer portion in the second direction. On at least one of the pair of end surfaces, the internal electrode of the inner layer portion protrudes outward in the first direction from the outer layer portion by a predetermined protrusion amount. A ratio of the protrusion amount to a dimension of the element body in the second direction ranges from 11,000 ppm to 16,000 ppm.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a stack structure in which at least one first internal electrode and at least one second internal electrode are alternately stacked in a first direction with at least one dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other and disposed on the body, wherein each of the first and second external electrodes includes a conductive resin layer including a resin, a plurality of metal particles, and a conductive connection portion connecting portions of the plurality of metal particles to each other, and in the conductive resin layer, a volume ratio of metal particles spaced apart from the conductive connection portion, among the plurality of metal particles, to a sum of the plurality of metal particles and the conductive connection portion is greater than 0% and less than 4.9%.

Abstract: A conductive paste includes a conductive metal powder and a curable resin. The conductive metal powder includes Ag, Cu, and Ni. In the conductive metal powder, a mass ratio of Ag is about 3.0 wt % or more and about 10.0 wt % or less, a mass ratio of Cu is about {(1?mass ratio of Ag/100)×70} wt % or more and about {(1?mass ratio of Ag/100)×95} wt % or less, and a mass ratio of Ni is about {(1?mass ratio of Ag/100)×5} wt % or more and about {(1?mass ratio of Ag/100)×30} wt % or less.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes first and second external electrodes, each including a Ni-plated layer and a Sn-plated layer on the Ni-plated layer. The Sn-plated layer includes an intermetallic compound that penetrates the Sn-plated layer in a thickness direction, and allows hydrogen to pass therethrough more easily than Sn.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked on each other interposing the dielectric layer therebetween, and external electrodes respectively disposed on the body, wherein the external electrode includes: a first electrode layer connected to the internal electrode; and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and including a conductive portion including an silver (Ag)-tin (Sn) alloy and a resin, and a ratio of an area of the Ag—Sn alloy to an area of the conductive portion satisfies 3 to 50% in at least a portion of a cross-section of the second electrode layer.

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes (I) a ceramic body including (i) a protective portion that includes an end surface facing in a first direction, circumferential surfaces, and a ridge including a recess extending along the first direction and connects the circumferential surfaces, and (ii) a functional portion including internal electrodes laminated in a second direction, and (II) an external electrode including (i) a base film covering the end surface and including a first, second, and third covering portions formed on the end surface, on the circumferential surfaces, and on the recess, respectively, (ii) an intermediate film formed on the base film and continuously covering the first, second, and third covering portions, and (iii) a surface film formed on the intermediate film, wherein the recess is disposed outside end portions of the internal electrodes in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions.