阅读说明：本技术 多层陶瓷电子组件以及用于多层陶瓷电子组件的安装的板 (Multilayer ceramic electronic component and board for mounting of multilayer ceramic electronic component ) 是由 房惠民 金汎洙 具贤熙 姜熙相 于 2018-12-28 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种多层陶瓷电子组件以及用于多层陶瓷电子组件的安装的板。所述多层陶瓷电子组件包括：陶瓷主体,包括介电层；第一内电极和第二内电极,在所述陶瓷主体中设置为彼此面对,且所述介电层介于所述第一内电极和所述第二内电极之间；以及第一外电极和第二外电极,设置在所述陶瓷主体的外表面上并电连接到所述第一内电极和所述第二内电极。所述第一外电极和所述第二外电极中的至少一者包括：第一电极层,包括第一玻璃；以及第二电极层,设置在所述第一电极层上并包括第二玻璃。所述第一玻璃相比所述第二玻璃包括包含更大量的钡-锌(Ba-Zn),所述第二玻璃相比所述第一玻璃包含更大量的硅(Si)。(The invention provides a multilayer ceramic electronic component and a board for mounting the same. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body comprising a dielectric layer; first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other in the ceramic main body with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic main body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes. At least one of the first and second external electrodes includes: a first electrode layer comprising a first glass; and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass. The first glass includes a greater amount of barium-zinc (Ba-Zn) than the second glass, and the second glass includes a greater amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass.)

1. A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising:

a ceramic body comprising a dielectric layer;

first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other in the ceramic main body with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and

first and second external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively,

wherein at least one selected from the group of the first and second outer electrodes comprises: a first electrode layer comprising a first glass; and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass, and

the first glass comprises barium-zinc and the second glass comprises silicon.

2. The multilayer ceramic electronic component of claim 1, wherein the first glass comprises a greater amount of barium-zinc than the second glass, and the second glass comprises a greater amount of silicon than the first glass.

3. The multilayer ceramic electronic component according to claim 1,

the second electrode layer includes at least one selected from the group of zirconium and dysprosium.

4. The multilayer ceramic electronic component according to claim 1,

the second electrode layer comprises a greater amount of at least one selected from the group of zirconium and dysprosium than the first electrode layer.

5. The multilayer ceramic electronic component according to claim 1,

the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer extend from opposite end surfaces of the ceramic main body in a length direction to a top surface and a bottom surface of the ceramic main body, and

the first electrode layer extends beyond the second electrode layer on the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body.

6. The multilayer ceramic electronic component according to claim 1,

the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer extend from opposite end surfaces of the ceramic main body in a length direction to a top surface and a bottom surface of the ceramic main body, and

the second electrode layer extends beyond the first electrode layer on the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body.

7. The multilayer ceramic electronic component of claim 1, wherein the first electrode layer further comprises a conductive metal selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, silver, and silver-palladium, and

the second electrode layer further includes a conductive metal selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, silver, and silver-palladium.

8. The multilayer ceramic electronic component of claim 1, wherein at least one selected from the first and second external electrodes comprises a plating layer disposed on the second electrode layer.

9. A board for mounting of a multilayer ceramic electronic component, comprising:

a printed circuit board including a plurality of electrode pads disposed thereon;

a multilayer ceramic electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board,

wherein the multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body comprising a dielectric layer; first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other in the ceramic main body with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic main body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively,

at least one selected from the group of the first and second outer electrodes includes: a first electrode layer comprising a first glass; and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass, and

the first glass comprises barium-zinc and the second glass comprises silicon.

10. The plate as in claim 9 wherein:

the first glass includes a greater amount of barium-zinc than the second glass, and the second glass includes a greater amount of silicon than the first glass.

11. The plate as in claim 9 wherein:

the second electrode layer includes at least one selected from the group of zirconium and dysprosium.

12. The plate, according to claim 9,

the second electrode layer comprises a greater amount of at least one selected from the group of zirconium and dysprosium than the first electrode layer.

13. The plate, according to claim 9,

the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer extend from opposite end surfaces of the ceramic main body in a length direction to a top surface and a bottom surface of the ceramic main body, and

the first electrode layer extends beyond the second electrode layer on the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body.

14. The plate, according to claim 9,

the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are provided to extend from opposite end surfaces of the ceramic main body in a length direction to a top surface and a bottom surface of the ceramic main body, and

the second electrode layer extends beyond the first electrode layer on the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a multilayer ceramic electronic component having improved reliability and a board for mounting the same.

Background

With the recent trend toward miniaturization of electronic products, the demand for multilayer ceramic electronic components having a small size and a high capacity has increased.

With the demand for a multilayer ceramic electronic component having a small size and a high capacity, the external electrodes of the multilayer ceramic electronic component have also been slimmed.

The external electrode paste contains a conductive metal such as copper (Cu) as a main material to ensure hermetic sheet sealing property and electrical connectivity in the sheet. The external electrode paste further contains glass as an auxiliary material to provide adhesive strength between the external electrode and the sheet while filling the voids during sintering shrinkage of the metal.

The glass of the outer electrode paste is used to accelerate copper sintering and as a binder between the ceramic body and the outer electrode. The glass fills the voids, but not the copper, to achieve a completely hermetic seal.

Generally, the outer electrode paste includes two or three different types of glasses. In view of the properties of typical glasses, glasses having excellent acid resistance or excellent capacity accessibility have poor copper wettability due to their high softening point, while glasses having excellent copper wettability have poor acid resistance or poor capacity accessibility.

Generally, the external electrodes are formed by coating, drying and firing an external electrode paste including a single type of glass or two or three different types of glasses.

In the case where such coating and firing are performed at one time, the glass included in the external electrode paste may not satisfy all requirements such as adhesiveness of the internal and external electrodes, sealing of the external electrode, wettability with copper (Cu), acid resistance, and the like.

That is, when the content of silicon (Si), which is one of glass components in the external electrode paste, is increased, the acid resistance is excellent, but wettability with copper (Cu) may be deteriorated and the softening point may become higher. As a result, the glass may not sufficiently fill the interface and voids in the Cu metal.

On the other hand, glasses having excellent copper wettability suffer from poor acid resistance or poor capacity accessibility.

In view of the above, the external electrode paste may be prepared by including two or three types of glasses capable of solving the above problems. However, in order for the corresponding types of glass to successfully perform the desired functions, they need to be located at desired positions in the outer electrodes, respectively. However, the high temperature characteristics of the glass make it difficult to place the glass at a desired position in the external electrode.

Disclosure of Invention

An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a multilayer ceramic electronic component having improved reliability and a board for mounting the same.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body comprising a dielectric layer; first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other in the ceramic main body with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes. The first and second external electrodes each include: a first electrode layer comprising a first glass; and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass. The first glass includes barium-zinc (Ba-Zn), and the second glass includes silicon (Si).

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a board for mounting of a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a printed circuit board including a plurality of electrode pads disposed thereon; and a multilayer ceramic electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body comprising a dielectric layer; first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other in the ceramic main body with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic main body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The first and second external electrodes each include: a first electrode layer comprising a first glass; and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass. The first glass includes barium-zinc (Ba-Zn), and the second glass includes silicon (Si).

Drawings

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a multilayer ceramic capacitor according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line I-I' in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line I-I' according to a first exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I' according to a second exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure; and fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the multilayer ceramic capacitor of fig. 1 mounted on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB).

Detailed Description

Now, exemplary embodiments in the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which those components are depicted using the same or corresponding reference numerals regardless of the figure numbers, and redundant explanations are omitted.

This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the specific embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Multilayer ceramic electronic component

Exemplary embodiments in the present disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a multilayer ceramic capacitor according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line I-I' in fig. 1.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a multilayer ceramic electronic component 100 according to an exemplary embodiment may include: a ceramic body 110 including a dielectric layer 111; first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122 disposed to face each other in the ceramic main body 110 with the dielectric layer 111 interposed between the first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122; and first and second external electrodes 131 and 132 disposed on the outer surface of the ceramic body 110 and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122. The first external electrode 131 includes: a first electrode layer 131a including first glass; and a second electrode layer 131b disposed on the first electrode layer 131a and including a second glass, the second external electrode 132 including: a first electrode layer 132a including first glass; and a second electrode layer 132b disposed on the first electrode layer 132a and including a second glass. The first glass includes barium-zinc (Ba-Zn), and the second glass includes silicon (Si).

Hereinafter, a multilayer ceramic electronic component according to an exemplary embodiment will be described, and in particular, a multilayer ceramic capacitor will be described, but exemplary embodiments in the present disclosure are not limited thereto.

In the multilayer ceramic capacitor according to the exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, the "length direction", the "width direction", and the "thickness direction" will be defined as the "L" direction, the "W" direction, and the "T" direction in fig. 1, respectively. The "thickness direction" may be used as having the same concept as the direction in which the dielectric layers are stacked (i.e., "stacking direction").

According to example embodiments in the present disclosure, a material for forming the dielectric layer 111 is not particularly limited as long as a sufficient capacitance can be obtained therewith, and may be, for example, barium titanate (BaTiO)₃) And (3) powder.

The material for forming the dielectric layer 111 may be, for example, barium titanate (BaTiO) to which various ceramic additives, organic solvents, plasticizers, binders, dispersants, etc. are added according to the purpose of the present disclosure₃) A powder of the powder.

Materials for forming the first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122 are not particularly limited, and they may be formed using a conductive paste including, for example, at least one of silver (Ag), lead (Pb), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), and copper (Cu).

The multilayer ceramic capacitor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a first outer electrode 131 electrically connected to the first inner electrode 121 and a second outer electrode 132 electrically connected to the second inner electrode 122.

The first and second external electrodes 131 and 132 may be electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122 to form a capacitance, and the second external electrode 132 may be connected to an electrode having a potential different from that of the electrode to which the first external electrode 131 is connected.

According to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, the first outer electrode 131 includes: a first electrode layer 131a including first glass; and a second electrode layer 131b disposed on the first electrode layer 131a and including a second glass, the second external electrode 132 including: a first electrode layer 132a including first glass; and a second electrode layer 132b disposed on the first electrode layer 132a and including a second glass. The first glass contains a greater amount of barium-zinc (Ba-Zn) than the second glass, and the second glass contains a greater amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass.

Hereinafter, the structures of the first and second external electrodes 131 and 132 will be described in detail.

Generally, nickel (Ni) is generally used as a main material of the inner electrode, and copper (Cu) is generally used as a main material of the outer electrode. When glass is added to the external electrode paste, copper (Cu) contained in the external electrode may easily move to the internal electrode according to the fluidity of the glass.

When copper (Cu) moved to the internal electrodes meets nickel (Ni), an element constituting the internal electrodes, a copper-nickel alloy may be formed through a sintering process.

The formation of the copper-nickel alloy may electrically connect the external electrode and the internal electrode to each other.

To achieve the above characteristics, the first and second external electrodes 131 and 132 include first electrode layers 131a and 132a having first glass.

The first electrode layers 131a and 132a may include a conductive metal (one selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), and silver-palladium (Ag-Pd)) and a first glass.

To form a capacitor, first and second external electrodes 131 and 132 may be formed at opposite ends of the ceramic body 110, respectively. The first electrode layer 131a included in the first external electrode 131 may be electrically connected to the first internal electrode 121, and the first electrode layer 132a included in the second external electrode 132 may be electrically connected to the second internal electrode 122.

The first electrode layers 131a and 132a may be formed by applying a conductive paste prepared by adding a first glass to a first conductive metal powder and firing the applied conductive paste.

When the copper wettability of the glass is excellent, the glass can be uniformly dispersed in the outer electrode. In this case, the plating layer can be easily formed.

The sentence "the glass is excellent in copper wettability" means that the glass is not aggregated or separated within the outer electrode but uniformly distributed over the entire outer electrode to prevent the glass from oozing out to the surface of the outer electrode.

When the copper wettability of the glass is poor, the glass may not be uniformly mixed with copper (a main material of the external electrode), and the glass tends to aggregate. Therefore, the glass oozes out to the surface of the external electrode. As a result, it is difficult to form the plating layers 131c and 132 c.

To improve the above characteristics, the second electrode layers 131b and 132b may be formed on the first electrode layers 131a and 132a to form a double-layered external electrode.

Since the thickness of the external electrodes is reduced with the trend toward miniaturization and high capacitance of products, the plating solution may penetrate into the external electrodes during the plating process after firing the external electrodes, thereby deteriorating the chip reliability.

Since the glass contained in the outer electrode is not excellent in corrosion resistance against the plating solution, the plating solution may penetrate into the outer electrode when the plating solution corrodes the glass. By improving the corrosion resistance of the glass contained in the outer electrode against the plating solution, the plating solution can be prevented from penetrating into the outer electrode during the plating process. Therefore, the chip reliability can be improved.

The second external electrode layers 131b and 132b may include a conductive metal (one selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), and silver-palladium (Ag-Pd)) and a second glass.

The second external electrode layers 131b and 132b may be formed by applying a conductive paste prepared by adding a second glass to a second conductive metal powder and firing the applied conductive paste.

The first glass and the second glass are not particularly limited as long as they are typical glasses other than the features to be described later, and they may be glasses including, for example, silicon-based oxide or boron-based oxide.

The first glass may include a greater amount of Ba — Zn than the second glass.

Since the first glass may contain a larger amount of Ba — Zn than the second glass, the density of the first glass may be high.

Since the content of Ba and Zn contained in the first glass may be high, the first glass may have poor acid resistance to a nickel (Ni) plating solution.

To improve the degree of acid resistance, according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, second electrode layers 131b and 132b including second glass having excellent acid resistance may be disposed on the first electrode layers 131a and 132a, respectively.

The second glass included in the second electrode layers 131b and 132b may include a larger amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass.

As described above, since the second glass may include a larger amount of silicon than the first glass, the acid resistance of the second glass may be excellent. Therefore, when the plating layers 131c and 132c are formed on the second electrode layers 131b and 132b, corrosion caused by the plating solution and penetration of the plating solution can be prevented, thereby improving moisture-proof reliability.

More specifically, silicon oxide (SiO)₂) Is a glass network formation having such a structure: the silicon atoms are bonded to adjacent four silicon atoms with four oxygen atoms interposed therebetween.

Silicon oxide (SiO)₂) Plays the most important role in determining the softening temperature and acid resistance of the glass. On silicon oxide (SiO)₂) In the case where the content of (b) is low, the glass network structure may be weak, and thus the softening temperature may be low and the acid resistance may be weak. Meanwhile, when silicon oxide (SiO)₂) At a high content, the glass network structure may be strong, and thus the softening temperature may be high and the acid resistance may be strong.

According to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, the second glass included in the second electrode layers 131b and 132b includes a greater amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass. For this reason, the softening temperature of the second glass may be high and the acid resistance of the second glass may be strong. As a result, corrosion caused by the plating solution and penetration of the plating solution can be prevented.

According to example embodiments in the present disclosure, the second electrode layers 131b and 132b may include at least one of zirconium (Zr) and dysprosium (Dy).

The second electrode layers 131b and 132b may include highly bonded elements Zr and Dy excellent in preventing corrosion caused by a plating solution and penetration of the plating solution.

The second electrode layers 131b and 132b may include a larger amount of at least one of zirconium (Zr) and dysprosium (Dy) than the first electrode layers 131a and 132 a.

The second electrode layers 131b and 132b may include larger amounts of zirconium (Zr) and dysprosium (Dy) than the first electrode layers 131a and 132 a. For this reason, the first electrode layers 131a and 132a may be high in density, while the second electrode layers 131b and 132b may be strong in acid resistance.

According to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, the first outer electrode 131 includes: a first electrode layer 131a including first glass; and a second electrode layer 131b disposed on the first electrode layer 131a and including a second glass, the second external electrode 132 including: a first electrode layer 132a including first glass; and a second electrode layer 132b disposed on the first electrode layer 132a and including a second glass. The first glass contains a greater amount of Ba — Zn than the second glass, and the second glass contains a greater amount of Si than the first glass. For this reason, the penetration of the plating solution can be prevented to realize a multilayer ceramic electronic component having improved reliability.

According to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, the plating layers 131c and 132c may be formed by plating, and particularly, the plating layers 131c and 132c may be a nickel plating/tin plating layer, but is not limited thereto. In addition, although it is illustrated that the first and second external electrodes 131 and 132 have a similar structure, it is not limited thereto. For example, only the first external electrode 131 or only the second external electrode 132 may have the above-described structure (i.e., include the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer).

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line I-I' according to the first exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line I-I' according to the second exemplary embodiment.

Referring to fig. 3, the multilayer ceramic capacitor 100 according to the first embodiment in the present disclosure is characterized in that: the first electrode layers 131a and 132a and the second electrode layers 131b and 132b are disposed to extend from opposite end surfaces of the ceramic main body 110 in the length direction onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110, and the extension lengths of the second electrode layers 131b and 132b onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110 may be shorter than the extension lengths of the first electrode layers 131a and 132a onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110. The first electrode layers 131a and 132a extend beyond the second electrode layers 131b and 132b on the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body.

According to the first exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, the first electrode layers 131a and 132a having high density may be disposed to extend from opposite end surfaces of the ceramic main body 110 in the length direction to the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110, and the second electrode layers 131b and 132b having excellent acid resistance may be disposed to cover corners of the ceramic main body 110, which are most easily penetrated into the plating solution.

In this case, the second electrode layers 131b and 132b having excellent acid resistance are disposed to cover corners of the ceramic body 110, which are most easily penetrated into the plating solution, and the extension lengths of the second electrode layers 131b and 132b onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body 110 are shorter than those of the first electrode layers 131a and 132a onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body 110 to minimize the thickness of the external electrodes.

Referring to fig. 4, the multilayer ceramic capacitor 100 according to the second embodiment in the present disclosure is characterized in that: the first electrode layers 131a and 132a and the second electrode layers 131b and 132b are disposed to extend from opposite end surfaces of the ceramic main body 110 in the length direction to the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110, and the extension lengths of the second electrode layers 131b and 132b onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110 are longer than the extension lengths of the first electrode layers 131a and 132a onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110. The second electrode layers 131b and 132b extend beyond the first electrode layers 131a and 132a on the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body.

According to the second exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, in the case of a subminiature multilayer ceramic capacitor, the extension lengths of the first electrode layers 131a and 132a from the opposite end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction to the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body 110 may be very short. Since the first electrode layers 131a and 132a include the first glass, which may be very easily corroded, the subminiature multilayer ceramic capacitor may be easily corroded by a plating solution and penetrated by the plating solution.

In this case, the second electrode layers 131b and 132b having excellent acid resistance may be disposed to cover the first electrode layers 131a and 132a, which easily penetrate into the plating solution, and the extension lengths of the second electrode layers 131b and 132b onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110 may be longer than the extension lengths of the first electrode layers 131a and 132a onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110.

That is, although the portions disposed to extend onto the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic main body 110 have a small thickness, since the second electrode layers 131b and 132b have strong acid resistance, corrosion caused by a plating solution and penetration of the plating solution can be prevented, thereby improving moisture-proof reliability.

Hereinafter, a method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component according to another embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

First, the ceramic main body 110 including the dielectric layers 111 and the first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122 disposed to face each other with the dielectric layers 111 interposed therebetween may be prepared.

A ceramic green sheet for forming the dielectric layer 111 may be formed, which is prepared to have a thickness of several micrometers (μm) by: barium titanate (BaTiO)₃) Mixed with ceramic additives, organic solvents, plasticizers, binders, and dispersants to form a slurry, and the formed slurry was coated on a support film in a thickness of several micrometers (μm) using a basket mill (basketmill) and the resulting structure was dried.

A conductive paste may be dispensed onto the ceramic green sheet, and the internal electrode layers may be formed using the conductive paste while the squeegee is moved in one side direction.

The conductive paste may be formed using a noble metal material such as silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), etc., one of lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), and copper (Cu), or a mixture of at least two thereof.

After the formation of the internal electrode layers, the ceramic green sheets were removed from the carrier film. A plurality of ceramic green sheets may be stacked to be stacked on one another, thereby forming a green sheet multilayer structure.

The green sheet multilayer structure is pressed at high temperature and high pressure. The pressed green sheet multilayer structure may be cut into a plurality of parts having a predetermined size by a cutting process to manufacture a ceramic body.

An external electrode paste may be prepared, the external electrode paste including: a conductive metal including 10 to 90 parts by weight of conductive metal particles having an average particle diameter of 0.3 μm or less based on 100 parts by weight of the external electrode paste; a first glass in an amount of 0.3 vol% to 2.0 vol% based on 100 vol% of the conductive metal.

The conductive metal may be at least one selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), and silver-palladium (Ag-Pd).

The first glass has a greater content of barium (Ba) and zinc (Zn) than a second glass (described later).

An outer electrode paste including a first glass may be coated on the ceramic main body 110 to be electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122, thereby forming first electrode layers 131a and 132 a.

The external electrode paste including a second glass including a greater amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass may be coated on the first external electrode layers 131a and 132a to form the second external electrode layers 131b and 132 b.

The plating layers 131c and 132c may be formed on the second electrode layers 131b and 132b by means of plating.

Finally, the ceramic body 110 may be sintered to form the first and second external electrodes 131 and 132.

Board for mounting of multilayer ceramic electronic component

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the multilayer ceramic capacitor of fig. 1 mounted on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB).

Referring to fig. 5, a board 200 for mounting a multilayer ceramic electronic component according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure includes: a Printed Circuit Board (PCB)210 on which the multilayer ceramic electronic component is horizontally mounted; and a plurality of electrode pads 221 and 222 disposed on the top surface of the printed circuit board to be spaced apart from each other.

The multilayer ceramic electronic component may be electrically connected to the PCB 210 through the solder 230 while the first and second external electrodes 131 and 132 are in contact with the top surfaces of the electrode pads 221 and 222, respectively.

In addition to the above description, a repetitive description about the above-described features of the multilayer ceramic electronic component according to the exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure will be omitted hereinafter.

As described so far, according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure, the first and second external electrodes include: a first electrode layer comprising a first glass; and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including a second glass. The first glass contains a greater amount of barium-zinc (Ba-Zn) than the second glass, and the second glass contains a greater amount of silicon (Si) than the first glass. Therefore, the penetration of the plating solution can be prevented, thereby realizing a multilayer ceramic electronic component having improved reliability.

While exemplary embodiments have been shown and described above, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.