Patent ID: 6909593
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: H01G,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A multi-layer capacitor comprising: a capacitor body having top and bottom surfaces defining two opposite major surfaces and four side surfaces joining the two opposite major surfaces; at least one first electrode plate disposed in the capacitor body and having at least one first lead electrode extending toward one of the four side surfaces of the capacitor body; at least one second electrode plate disposed in the capacitor body and having at least one second lead electrode extending toward one of the four side surfaces of the capacitor body; a plurality of first polarity terminals disposed on at least two of the four side surfaces of the capacitor body; a plurality of second polarity terminals disposed on at least two of the four side surfaces of the capacitor body; wherein each of the plurality of first polarity terminals is disposed opposite to another of the plurality of first polarity terminals across the capacitor body, each of the plurality of second polarity terminals is disposed opposite to another of the plurality of second polarity terminals across the capacitor body, the polarity of the plurality of first polarity terminals is opposite to that of the plurality of second polarity terminals, and the two of the four side surfaces upon which the plurality of first and second polarity terminals are disposed are continuously flat surfaces.