US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on March 3 for "Electronic component and method for manufacturing electronic component" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,541, issued on March 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Electronic component and method for manufacturing electronic component" was invented by Noriyuki Ookawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component that includes: a base body; and an external electrode that covers a part of an outer surface of the base body, the external electrode including: an underlying electrode containing copper and silicon; and a metal layer that covers an outer surface of the underlying electrode, wherein at least some of the copper has copper particles with a flattening ratio of 0.5 or less...