Patent ID: 6370011
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
A capacitor comprising:a capacitor body made of a dielectric material and having two major surfaces opposed to each other and a plurality of side surfaces disposed between the two major surfaces; a plurality of electrode layers disposed in the dielectric material of the capacitor body and being arranged such that the plurality of electrode layers are disposed substantially parallel to the two major surfaces of the capacitor body; a plurality of first internal electrodes having a first polarity and a plurality of second internal electrodes having a second polarity opposite to the first polarity and arranged substantially perpendicular to the two major surfaces of the capacitor body, the plurality of first and second internal electrodes being arranged substantially perpendicular to the two major surfaces of the capacitor body and such that each of the plurality of first internal electrodes is located adjacent to at least one of the plurality of second internal electrodes; at least one external electrode disposed on one of the two major surfaces of the capacitor body; wherein the capacitor body includes a first section in which the at least one first internal electrode and the at least two second internal electrodes are located and a second section in which at least one of the at least one first internal electrode and the at least two second internal electrodes are not located.