Patent ID: 11929211
Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A multilayer capacitor comprising separatable capacitor elements each having at least two segments, each segment comprising a plurality of layer planes including dielectric layers of ceramics and electrode layers disposed therebetween and stacked in a stacking direction, the electrode layers comprising different electrodes including at least first and second electrodes, the different electrodes overlapping in active regions and not overlapping in passive region, the capacitor element including two separate external contacts applied to exit surfaces of the capacitor element on which the different electrodes exit, the external contacts contacting at least the first and second electrodes;
wherein the at least two segments are superimposed in the stacking direction;
wherein outermost dielectric layers of the at least two segments form a connection region in which the at least two segments are firmly connected to each other parallel to the layer planes;
wherein the connection region includes a relief region;
wherein the relief region occupies at least the entire passive region of the capacitor; and
wherein the separable capacitor elements contact each other at a contact region that is normal to the plurality of layer planes and to the external contacts, and the separable capacitor elements can be assembled and disassembled at the contact region.