MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multilayer ceramic capacitor which is small in loss in a high-frequency band.SOLUTION: A multilayer ceramic capacitor 100 comprises: a ceramic laminate 10 arranged by alternately laminating ceramic dielectric layers 30 and internal electrode layers 40 including, as a primary component, a transition metal other than a metal element of an iron group, and formed so that the internal electrode layers thus laminated are exposed alternately from different end faces; and at least one pair of external electrodes 20a, 20b formed on the end faces of the ceramic laminate where the internal electrode layers are exposed. Each external electrode includes: a base conductive layer 21 including 5 wt.% or less of ceramic and, as a primary component, a transition or noble metal other than a metal element of the iron group, and provided in contact with the ceramic laminate; and a first plating film 22 covering the base conductive layer, having a thickness of no smaller than 1/2 of a thickness of the base conductive layer, and including, as a primary component, a transition metal other than a metal element of the iron group.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】高周波数帯での損失が少ない積層セラミックコンデンサを提供する。【解決手段】積層セラミックコンデンサ１００は、セラミック誘電体層３０と、鉄族以外の遷移金属を主成分とする内部電極層４０と、が交互に積層され、積層された複数の前記内部電極層が交互に異なる端面に露出するように形成されたセラミック積層体１０と、前記セラミック積層体の前記内部電極層が露出する端面に形成された少なくとも１対の外部電極２０ａ、２０ｂと、を備える。各外部電極は、５重量％以下のセラミックを含有し鉄族以外の遷移金属もしくは貴金属を主成分とし前記セラミック積層体に接して設けられた下地導体層２１と、下地導体層を覆い下地導体層の厚みに対して１／２以上の厚みを有し鉄族以外の遷移金属を主成分とする第１めっき膜２２と、を備えることを特徴とする。【選択図】図１