Patent ID: 6831824
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
A surface mountable, vertical multi-layer capacitor comprising a first section and a second section,wherein the first section comprises a ceramic dielectric material having top and bottom opposite exterior surfaces and respective top and bottom metallization areas thereon, with the bottom metallization area adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board, and a plurality of alternating and partially opposed first and second interior electrode plates extending between the exterior surfaces, the first electrode plates in electrical contact with the bottom metallization area and electrically insulated from the top metallization area by the ceramic dielectric and the second electrode plates in electrical contact with the top metallization area and electrically insulated from the bottom metallization area by the ceramic dielectric, and wherein the second section comprises a body having top and bottom opposite exterior surfaces and respective top and bottom metal surface portions electrically connected therebetween by a first metal connector, the top metal surface portion being electrically connected to the top metallization area of the first section, and the bottom metal surface portion adapted to be mounted on said printed circuit board.