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Granted Patent B2
US 12,334,268 · App. 17/978,660 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Multilayer electronic component

Inventors: Ji Hye Han (Suwon-si, KR); Jung Min Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hong Je Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Byung Woo Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Hye Jin Park (Suwon-si, KR); Sang Wook Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Bon Seok Koo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
H01G4/2325H01G4/30
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Patent No.
US 12,334,268
App. No.
17/978,660
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed outside the body, wherein the external electrodes include a first electrode layer connected to the internal electrodes and including a conductive metal, a first resin electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a first conductive connecting portion including an intermetallic compound and a resin and a second resin electrode layer disposed on the first resin electrode layer and including a plurality of metal particles and a resin.

Claims (50)

1. A multilayer electronic component comprising:

a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and

external electrodes disposed outside the body,

wherein the external electrodes include:

a first electrode layer connected to the internal electrodes and including a first conductive metal;

a first resin electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a first conductive connecting portion including a first intermetallic compound and a first resin;

a second resin electrode layer disposed on the first resin electrode layer and including a plurality of second metal particles and a second resin; and

a second interfacial layer disposed between the first resin electrode layer and the second resin electrode layer and including a third intermetallic compound.

2. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein the second resin electrode layer is free of an intermetallic compound.

3. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein the first intermetallic compound includes at least one of Cu 6 Sn 5 , Cu 3 Sn, or Ag 3 Sn.

4. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein

the first resin electrode layer further includes a plurality of first metal particles, and

a content of the plurality of first metal particles in the first resin electrode layer is less than a content of the plurality of second metal particles in the second resin electrode layer.

5. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein a first interfacial layer is disposed between the first electrode layer and the first resin electrode layer and includes a second intermetallic compound distinct from the first intermetallic compound.

6. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein the third intermetallic compound included in the second interfacial layer includes at least one of Ag 3 Sn, Cu 3 Sn, or Cu 6 Sn 5 .

7. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein

the second resin electrode layer further includes a second conductive connecting portion including a fourth intermetallic compound, and

a content of the first intermetallic compound in the first resin electrode layer is higher than a content of the fourth intermetallic compound in the second resin electrode layer.

8. The multilayer electronic component of claim 7 , wherein, based on a cross-section of the external electrodes taken in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction of the plurality of internal electrodes, an area ratio of the first intermetallic compound of the first resin electrode layer is higher than an area ratio of the fourth intermetallic compound of the second resin electrode layer.

9. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein the external electrodes further include a second electrode layer disposed on the second resin electrode layer and including a second conductive metal.

10. The multilayer electronic component of claim 9 , wherein the second electrode layer has a multilayer structure including a first layer including nickel (Ni) as the second conductive metal and a second layer including tin (Sn) as the second conductive metal.

11. The multilayer electronic component of claim 9 , wherein

the body further includes first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to fourth surfaces and opposing each other in a third direction,

the external electrodes include a first external electrode disposed on the first surface of the body and a second external electrode disposed on the second surface of the body,

wherein the first external electrode includes a first band portion extending to first portions of the third to sixth surfaces of the body, and

the second external electrode includes a second band portion extending to second portions of the third to sixth surfaces of the body.

12. The multilayer electronic component of claim 11 , wherein a ratio of a length of the second resin electrode layer of the first and second band portions in the first direction to a length of the first electrode layer of the first and second band portions in the first direction is 1.5 to 4.

13. The multilayer electronic component of claim 11 , wherein the first electrode layer of the first and second band portions is in contact with the second electrode layer of the first and second band portions.

14. The multilayer electronic component of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive connecting portion further includes a low-melting-point metal having a lower melting point than a curing temperature of the resin.

15. The multilayer electronic component of claim 5 , wherein the second intermetallic compound included in the first interfacial layer includes Cu 3 Sn.

16. A multilayer electronic component comprising:

a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and

external electrodes disposed outside the body,

wherein the external electrodes include:

a first electrode layer connected to the internal electrodes and including a first conductive metal;

a first resin electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a first conductive connecting portion including a first intermetallic compound and a first resin;

a second resin electrode layer disposed on the first resin electrode layer and including a plurality of second metal particles and a second resin; and

a second interfacial layer disposed between the first resin electrode layer and the second resin electrode layer and including a third intermetallic compound,

wherein an end of the first electrode layer extends beyond an end of the second resin electrode layer.

17. The multilayer electronic component of claim 16 , wherein the first electrode layer further includes glass.

18. The multilayer electronic component of claim 16 , wherein

the body further includes first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to fourth surfaces and opposing each other in a third direction,

the external electrodes include a first external electrode disposed on the first surface of the body and a second external electrode disposed on the second surface of the body,

wherein the first external electrode includes a first band portion extending to first portions of the third to sixth surfaces of the body, and

the second external electrode includes a second band portion extending to second portions of the third to sixth surfaces of the body.

19. The multilayer electronic component of claim 16 , wherein a length of the first electrode layer of the first and second band portions in the first direction is longer than a length of the second resin electrode layer of the first and second band portions in the first direction.

20. The multilayer electronic component of claim 16 , wherein

the second resin electrode layer further includes a second conductive connecting portion including a fourth intermetallic compound.

21. The multilayer electronic component of claim 20 , wherein, based on a cross-section of the external electrodes taken in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction of the plurality of internal electrodes, an area ratio of the first intermetallic compound of the first resin electrode layer is higher than an area ratio of the fourth intermetallic compound of the second resin electrode layer.

22. The multilayer electronic component of claim 16 , wherein a first interfacial layer is disposed between the first electrode layer and the first resin electrode layer and includes a second intermetallic compound distinct from the first intermetallic compound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2022
From: HAN, JI HYE; KIM, JUNG MIN; CHOI, HONG JE; KANG, BYUNG WOO; PARK, HYE JIN; LEE, SANG WOOK; KOO, BON SEOK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0182663 · Dec 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230197344A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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