Patent ID: 6525628
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H01C,H01G,H03H,H05K

Abstract:
A composite RC device, said device comprising:a device body defined by a plurality of first ceramic layers and a plurality of second ceramic layers arranged to form a stack; each of said first ceramic layers having thereon a plurality of first electrode plates oriented in a side-by-side configuration; each of said second ceramic layers having a second electrode plate, each said second ceramic layer being respectively adjacent to a corresponding said first ceramic layer such that each of said plurality of first electrode plates on a given first ceramic layer will oppose a selected said second electrode plate to form the two plates of a capacitor; said plurality of first electrode plates being at least partially formed of a cofirable resistor material and said second electrode plates being formed of a substantially nonresistive conductive material; said device body having respective pairs of terminations electrically connected to each first electrode plate on each of said first ceramic layers, and further having at least one termination electrically connected to said second electrode plate on each of said second ceramic layers to provide a predetermined electrical function; and wherein said first electrode plates and said second electrode plates are each formed having a wider main plate portion with narrower tab portions at each end thereof.