Patent ID: 6188565
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H01G,H05K

Abstract:
A multi-layer capacitor device comprising:a substantially rectangular capacitor body including top and bottom surfaces and four side surfaces which are defined by a pair of opposed longer side surfaces and a pair of opposed shorter side surfaces disposed between the top and bottom surfaces, the substantially rectangular capacitor body including a plurality of first electrode plates and a plurality of second electrode plates, the first and second electrode plates being interleaved with each other in opposed and spaced apart relation;a dielectric material located between each opposed set of said first and second electrode plates;said first and second electrode plates each including a main electrode portion and a plurality of spaced apart lead structures extending therefrom, respective lead structures of said first electrodes plates being located adjacent respective lead structures of said second electrode plates in an interdigitated arrangement;a plurality of electrical terminals located on the side surfaces of the substantially rectangular capacitor body, corresponding lead structures of said first electrode plates and corresponding lead structures of said second electrode plates being electrically connected together by respective ones of said electrical terminals to define a plurality of first polarity electrical terminals and a plurality of second polarity electrical terminals, respectively, located on said capacitor body;each of the first polarity terminals is adjacent to one of the second polarity terminals and each of the second polarity terminals is adjacent to one of the first polarity terminals;each of the first and second electrode plates includes at least two of the lead structures extending respectively to each of the pair of opposed longer side surfaces of the substantially rectangular capacitor body;only one of the electrical terminals is located at each of the pair of shorter side surfaces of the plurality of substantially rectangular capacitor body; andeach of the first polarity terminals located on the pair of opposed longer side surfaces is disposed opposite to another of the first polarity terminals across a width of the substantially rectangular capacitor body and each of the second polarity terminals located on the pair of opposed longer side surfaces is disposed opposite to another of the second polarity terminals across a width of the substantially rectangular capacitor body.