Patent ID: 6185088
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A61N,H01G,H05K

Abstract:
A circuit board comprising a multi-capacitor module, the multi-capacitor module comprising:a module body having opposing top and bottom, module surfaces, and surrounding side surfaces extending between the top and bottom module surfaces, the top, bottom, and side module surfaces defining an interior portion of the module therebetween, the module body including electrical terminals for connecting to an external circuit;a plurality of tantalum capacitors within the module, each capacitor including a capacitor body having opposing first and second capacitor ends defining a capacitor height therebetween, one of the first and second capacitor ends defining a length and a width of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor height is greater than each of the length and the width of the capacitor, the capacitors being vertically disposed in a row within the module, the second capacitor ends being adjacent to the top module surface, the first capacitor ends being adjacent to the bottom module surface, each capacitor including a base extending between the first and second capacitor ends, a first capacitor terminal at the first capacitor end and extending partially along the base proximal to the first capacitor end, and a second capacitor terminal at the second capacitor end and extending partially along the base proximal to the second capacitor end; anda conductor located substantially in the interior portion of the module, the conductor extending along the interior portion of the top module surface and being electrically coupled to each of the second capacitor terminals, the conductor also extending along the interior portion of one of the side module surfaces and extending to the bottom module surface and providing one of said electrical terminal for connecting the second capacitor terminals to the external circuit;wherein the multi-capacitor module is mounted thereupon at the bottom module surface, the circuit board being electrically coupled to a portion of the conductor at the bottom module surface and also electrically coupled to the first capacitor terminals at the bottom module surface.