Multilayer ceramic capacitor

1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:

a multilayer body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers, a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other in a height direction, a first end surface and a second end surface facing each other in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the height direction, and a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the height direction and the length direction;

a plurality of first internal electrode layers on the plurality of dielectric layers and exposed to the first end surface;

a plurality of second internal electrode layers on the plurality of dielectric layers and exposed to the second end surface;

a first external electrode on the first end surface; and

a second external electrode on the second end surface; wherein

the multilayer body includes an effective layer portion in which the first internal electrode layer and the second internal electrode layer are opposite to each other;

the effective layer portion includes an inner effective layer portion and an outer effective layer portion when viewed from the first end surface or the second end surface;

the outer effective layer portion is located on sides of the first main surface, the second main surface, the first side surface, and the second side surface of the effective layer portion, and the inner effective layer portion is located inside the outer effective layer portion; and

a coverage over an entirety of the first internal electrode layer and the second internal electrode layer with respect to the dielectric layer located in the outer effective layer portion is larger than a coverage of at least a center portion in the width direction of the first internal electrode layer and the second internal electrode layer with respect to the dielectric layer located in the inner effective layer portion.

2. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein

the coverage of the first internal electrode layer and the second internal electrode layer with respect to the dielectric layer in the outer effective layer portion is greater than or equal to about 85% and less than or equal to about 100%; and

the coverage of the first internal electrode layer and the second internal electrode layer with respect to the dielectric layer in the inner effective layer portion is greater than or equal to about 70% and less than or equal to about 80%.

3. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the outer effective layer portion extends inward by about 20 μm from an edge of the effective layer portion.

4. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of dielectric layers is greater than or equal to ten and less than or equal to one thousand five hundred.

5. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of dielectric layers includes a ceramic material including BaTiO 3 , CaTiO 3 , SrTiO 3 , or CaZrO 3 as a main component.

6. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of dielectric layers includes an Mn compound, an Fe compound, a Cr compound, a Co compound, or an Ni compound as an accessory component having a content smaller than the main component.

7. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of dielectric layers is greater than or equal to about 0.4 μm and less than or equal to about 10.0 μm.

8. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first and second internal electrode layers includes at least one of Ni, Cu, Ag, Pd, or Au, or an alloy including at least one of Ni, Cu, Ag, Pd, or Au.

9. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first and second internal electrode layers is greater than or equal to about 0.2 μm and less than or equal to about 5.0 μm.

10. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a number of each of the plurality of first and second internal electrode layers is greater than or equal to 10 and less than or equal to 1500.

11. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein

the first external electrode includes a first ground electrode layer on the first end surface and a first plating layer on the first ground electrode layer; and

the second external electrode includes a second ground electrode layer on the second end surface and a second plating layer on the second ground electrode layer.

12. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 11 , wherein

the first ground electrode layer extends from first end surface to portions of each of the first and second main surfaces and each of the first and second side surfaces; and

the second ground electrode layer extends from second end surface to portions of each of the first and second main surfaces and each of the first and second side surfaces.

13. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first and second ground electrode layers includes at least one of a baked layer, a conductive resin layer, and a thin film layer.

14. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first and second ground electrode layers includes a glass component and a metal component.

15. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 14 , wherein the glass component includes at least one of B, Si, Ba, Mg, Al, or Li.

16. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 14 , wherein the metal component includes at least one of Cu, Ni, Ag, Pd, an Ag—Pd alloy, or Au.

17. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first and second plating layers includes a lower plating layer and an upper plating layer.

18. The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to claim 17 , wherein the lower plating layer includes Sn and the upper plating layer includes Ni.