A monolithic ceramic capacitor includes a plurality of stacked ceramic dielectric
layers, thin internal conductors that are each placed between the ceramic dielectric
layers and arranged in parallel, and external conductors each electrically connected
to ends of the corresponding internal conductors. The ceramic dielectric layers
have a thickness of about 0.5 m to less than about 1.5 m. The internal
conductors have a thickness of about 0.1 m to about 0.4 m. The internal
conductors each have spaces therein and the total area percentage of the spaces
in each internal conductor is more than about 10% to less than about 40% of the
area of the internal conductor. The ceramic dielectric layers contain a sintering
additive containing Si, and the sintering additive is placed in the spaces in a
segregated manner.
