MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multilayer ceramic capacitor in which a resistance component is imparted to external electrodes and the variation in resistance value is small.SOLUTION: A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprises: a laminate including a plurality of dielectric layers 20 and a plurality of internal electrode layers 30 which are arranged in a lamination direction, and having first and second principal faces in the lamination direction, first and second side faces in a widthwise direction, and a first end face 15 and a second end face in a lengthwise direction; and an external electrode 100 provided on at least one end face of the laminate. The external electrode includes: a resistance layer 62 disposed on the end face of the laminate; a conductive layer 63 disposed on the resistance layer; and a plating layer 64 disposed on the conductive layer. The resistance layer includes metal phases, a glass and oxide. The metal phases included in the resistance layer account for 7.5 vol.% or more and 15.6 vol.% or less to an area of a section of the resistance layer. The metal phases have an average particle diameter of 1.6 μm or less.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】外部電極に抵抗成分が付与されており、かつ、抵抗値のばらつきが小さ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は、積層方向に配置された複数の誘電体層２０と複数の内部電極層３０とを含み、積層方向の第１の主面および第２の主面と、幅方向の第１の側面および第２の側面と、長さ方向の第１の端面１５および第２の端面と、を有する積層体と、積層体の少なくとも一方の端面に設けられた外部電極１００と、を備える。外部電極は、積層体の端面上に配置された抵抗層６２と、抵抗層上に配置された導電層６３と、導電層上に配置されためっき層６４とを含む。抵抗層は、金属相、ガラス及び酸化物を含み、抵抗層に含まれる金属相の割合は、抵抗層の断面の面積に対して、７．５ｖｏｌ％以上、１５．６ｖｏｌ％以下であり、金属相の平均粒径は、１．６μｍ以下である。【選択図】図４