Abstract: Provided is a laminated ceramic electronic component having excellent mechanical characteristics, internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of freedom in ceramic material design, low cost, low defective rate, and various properties. The laminated ceramic electronic component includes: a laminate which has a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and internal electrodes at a plurality of specific interfaces between the ceramic layers and having an Al/Ni alloy as a component; and an external electrode formed on the outer surface of the laminate, wherein the Al/Ni ratio of the Al/Ni alloy is 85/15 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated ceramic electronic component which has excellent mechanical characteristics, internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of ceramic material design freedom, low cost, low defective rate and various properties. It includes a laminate of a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrodes at specific interfaces between ceramic layers. The internal electrodes contain an Al/Mg alloy in which the Al/Mg ratio is 65/35 or more.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor suitable for intermediate to high voltage applications uses a dielectric ceramic represented by {100(BaTiO3+aBaZrO3)+bR+cMg+dMn+eSi} where R is a rare earth element; 0?a?0.2, 8.0?b?12.0, 1.0?c?10.0, 0.1?d?3.0, and 1.0?e?10.0, and includes first grains of 0.7 ?m or more in grain size and an average first grain size (Aave) and area ratio of the ceramic (SA), and second grains of 0.6 ?m or less in grain size and an average second grain size (Bave) and area ratio (SB), 0.8 ?m?Aave?2.0 ?m, 0.1 ?m?Bave?0.5 ?m, Aave/Bave?3.0, 0.3?SA?0.9, 0.1?SB?0.7, and 0.8?SA+SB?1.0.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component has a variety of superior mechanical properties and electrical properties, including a high degree of freedom in the design for ceramic materials, and can be manufactured at low cost and with a low percentage of defective products. The laminated ceramic electronic component includes a laminate including a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrodes containing Al as a main constituent, the internal electrodes being arranged along specific interfaces between the ceramic layers, and external electrodes located on an outer surface of the laminate, wherein surface layer sections of the internal electrodes include an Al2O3 layer.

Abstract: Provided is a dielectric ceramic in which, while achieving a dielectric constant ? of 500 or more, a breakdown voltage higher than 90 kV/mm can be obtained and which is suitable for constituting dielectric ceramic layers of a multilayer ceramic capacitor for medium-to-high voltage application. As the dielectric ceramic constituting dielectric ceramic layers of the multilayer ceramic capacitor, a dielectric ceramic including, as a main component, (Ba1-xCax)mTiO3 where 0.30?x?0.50, and 0.950?m?1.025 is used. Preferably, the dielectric ceramic further includes a rare-earth element in an amount of 1 to 14 parts by mole relative to 100 parts by mole of the main component, and further includes Mn, Mg, and Si, respectively, in amounts of 0.1 to 3.0 parts by mole, 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mole, and 1.0 to 5.0 parts by mole relative to 100 parts by mole of the main component.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition that includes a main component expressed as 100BamTiO3+xCuO+aROn+bMnO+cMgO (wherein coefficients 100, x, a, b, and c represent molar ratios; m represents the ratio of Ba to Ti (Ba/Ti); R represents at least one metal element selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu; and n represents a positive number required to maintain electroneutrality and is determined by the valence number of R), wherein m, x, a, b, and c meet the following relationships: 0.990?m?1.050; 0.1?x?5.0; 9.0?a?20.0; 0.5?b?3.5; and 0<c?4.0, and the dielectric ceramic composition contains 0.8 to 5.0 parts by weight of a sintering additive with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main component.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition that includes a main component expressed as 100BamTiO3+xCuO+aROn+bMnO+cMgO (wherein coefficients 100, x, a, b, and c represent molar ratios; m represents the ratio of Ba to Ti (Ba/Ti); R represents at least one metal element selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu; and n represents a positive number required to maintain electroneutrality and is determined by the valence number of R), wherein m, x, a, b, and c meet the following relationships: 0.990?m?1.050; 0.1?x?5.0; 9.0?a?20.0; 0.5?b?3.5; and 0<c?4.0, and the dielectric ceramic composition contains 0.8 to 5.0 parts by weight of a sintering additive with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main component.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition contains 100 parts by weight of a primary component represented by a[(SrbCa1-b)TiO3]-(1?a)[Bi2O3.nTiO2] wherein a and b are moles and n is the molar ratio of TiO2 to Bi2O3; w parts by weight of MgTiO3 x parts by weight of SiO2; y parts by weight of MnOm (MnCO3 equivalent); and z parts by weight of LnOk, wherein m is 1 to 2; Ln is at least one of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, dysprosium, holmium and erbium; and k is in the range of 1.5 to 2 such that LnOk is electroneutral, wherein a, b, n, w, x, y and z satisfy the relationships 0.90?a?0.95, 0.90?b?0.95, 1.8?n?3.0, 5.0?w?10.0, 0.1?x?1.0, 0.1?y?0.3, and 1.0?z?5.0.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic contains a primary constituent represented by general formula (1): a[(SrbCa1?b)TiO3]?(1?a)[Bi2O3.nTiO2] (wherein a and b indicate molar amounts, and n indicates a molar ratio of TiO2 to Bi2O3), and a secondary constituent represented by general formula (2): xMgTiO3+yMnOm+zLn2O3 (wherein x, y, and z indicate weight per 100 parts by weight of the primary constituent, m is 1 to 2, and Ln is at least one of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, and Er), wherein a, b, n, x, y, and z satisfy the expressions 0.88?a?0.92, 0.30?b?0.50, 1.8?n?3.0, 1.0?x?3.0, 0.1?y?2.0, and 0<z?3.0. A ceramic electronic component including the dielectric ceramic is also disclosed.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition contains 100 parts by weight of a primary component represented by a[(SrbCa1?b)TiO3]?(1?a)[Bi2O3·nTiO2] wherein a and b are moles and n is the molar ratio of TiO2 to Bi2O3; w parts by weight of MgTiO3 x parts by weight of SiO2; y parts by weight of MnOm (MnCO3 equivalent); and z parts by weight of LnOk, wherein m is 1 to 2; Ln is at least one of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, dysprosium, holmium and erbium; and k is in the range of 1.5 to 2 such that LnOk is electroneutral, wherein a, b, n, w, x, y and z satisfy the relationships 0.90?a?0.95, 0.90?b?0.95, 1.8?n?3.0, 5.0?w?10.0, 0.1?x?1.0, 0.1?y?0.3, and 1.0?z?5.0.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic contains a primary constituent represented by general formula (1): a[(SrbCa1-b)TiO3]-(1-a)[Bi2O3.nTiO2] (wherein a and b indicate molar amounts, and n indicates a molar ratio of TiO2 to Bi2O3), and a secondary constituent represented by general formula (2): xMgTiO3+yMnOm+zLn2O3 (wherein x, y, and z indicate weight per 100 parts by weight of the primary constituent, m is 1 to 2, and Ln is at least one of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, and Er), wherein a, b, n, x, y, and z satisfy the expressions 0.88≦a≦0.92, 0.30≦b≦0.50, 1.8≦n≦3.0, 1.0≦x≦3.0, 0.1≦y≦2.0, and 0<z≦3.0. A ceramic electronic component including the dielectric ceramic is also disclosed.