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

Claim 15:
16. A multilayer capacitor comprising a capacitor element having at least two segments, each segment comprising a plurality of layer planes including dielectric layers formed of one or more ceramic materials 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 regions;
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; and
wherein the relief region occupies at least the entire passive region of the capacitor and comprises a material having an elastic modulus that is different than an elastic modulus of the one or more ceramic materials forming the dielectric layers.