Patent ID: 11948754
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. A three-terminal capacitor comprising:
a main body having a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical shape extending in a first direction and including first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes alternately laminated together with dielectric layers interposed between the first inner electrodes and the second inner electrodes;
a pair of first outer electrodes on two end surfaces of the main body in the first direction and electrically connected to the first inner electrodes; and
a second outer electrode electrically connected to the second inner electrodes; wherein
the main body includes a projecting portion projecting in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction at a position between the pair of first outer electrodes;
the second outer electrode is on one of surfaces of the projecting portion viewable when viewed in the first direction;
the main body has a circular or substantially circular cylindrical shape; and
areas of the first and second inner electrodes decrease such that the first and second inner electrodes closest to the center of the main body in a radial direction of the main body each have a larger area and outermost of the first and second inner electrodes in a direction in which the first and second inner electrodes are laminated together each have a smaller area.