Multilayer capacitor

Claim 1

A multilayer capacitor which comprises a plurality of first electrode layers each having a respective first connecting conductor layer; a plurality of second electrode layers each having a respective second connecting conductor layer; dielectric layers each having opposite surfaces on which said first and second electrode layers are formed, respectively, with said first and second conductor layers positioned adjacent the periphery of the respective dielectric layer, said second electrode layers which are positioned between the neighboring two dielectric layers concurrently serving as the first electrode layers for the dielectric layer immediately above such second electrode layer, said first and second electrode layers and said dielectric layers being fabricated together to define a plurality of layered capacitor units which are electrically insulated from each other; and a plurality of independent electroconductive layers formed on each surface of each of said dielectric layers and lying in the same plane as occupied by the electrode layers on each surface of the respective dielectric layer adjacent the periphery of the respective dielectric layer and between the conductor layers of the electrode layers, wherein said multilayer capacitor comprises a plurality of capacitor regions and wherein said independent electroconductive layers are so formed that respective portions of said electroconductive layers and said conductor layers in one of the neighboring capacitor regions can extend into another neighboring capacitor region over a line of division between said neighboring capacitor regions, whereby said layers are positioned at lateral side faces of the multilayer capacitor when said neighboring capacitor regions are separated from each other by cutting along the line of division.