A multilayer ceramic capacitor, whose CR product can be prevented from dropping with certainty even at a thickness of 1.0 μm or less, includes multiple unit capacitors wherein a part constituted by two adjacent internal electrodeA solid electric conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves in a medium layers in the laminating direction and one dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction and repulsion to take place across it. The material will have the property that energy required to establish an electric field is recoverable in whole or in part, as electric energy. In other words, a good dielectric material is a poor conductor of electricity while being an effective supporter of electrostatic fields. layer present between the two internal electrodeA solid electric conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves in a medium layers is defined as a unit capacitor.
The capacitances of the unit capacitors arranged in the laminating direction exhibit a distribution that gradually increases from both ends in the laminating direction toward the inside, while gradually decreasing from the two apexes of increase toward the center in the laminating direction.