Patent ID: 11887784
Assignee: KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A broadband multilayer ceramic capacitor having a first end and a second end that is spaced apart from the first end in a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to a lateral direction, the lateral direction and longitudinal direction each being perpendicular to a Z-direction, the broadband multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
a monolithic body comprising a plurality of dielectric layers;
a first external terminal disposed along the first end;
a second external terminal disposed along the second end;
a plurality of active electrodes arranged within the monolithic body and parallel with the longitudinal direction;
a first shield electrode arranged within the monolithic body and parallel with the longitudinal direction, the first shield electrode connected with the first external terminal; and
a second shield electrode arranged within the monolithic body and parallel with the longitudinal direction connected with the second external terminal, the second shield electrode being approximately aligned with the first shield electrode in the Z-direction;
wherein:
a shield gap distance is formed between the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode in the longitudinal direction;
the capacitor has a capacitor length in the longitudinal direction between the first end and the second end of the capacitor; and
a ratio of the capacitor length to the shield gap distance is greater than about 2.