Patent ID: 6496354
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
A capacitor comprising:a capacitor body made of a dielectric material and having two major surfaces opposed to each other and a plurality of side surfaces disposed between the two major surfaces; a plurality of electrode layers disposed in the dielectric material of the capacitor body and being arranged such that the plurality of electrode layers are disposed substantially parallel to the two major surfaces of the capacitor body; at least one first internal electrode having a first polarity and at least two second internal electrodes having a second polarity opposite to the first polarity and arranged substantially perpendicular to the two major surfaces of the capacitor body, the at least one first internal electrode and the at least two second internal electrodes are arranged such that the at least one first internal electrode is adjacent to the at least two second internal electrodes; at least one external electrode disposed on one of the two major surfaces of the capacitor body; wherein the capacitor body includes a first section in which the at least one first internal electrode and the at least two second internal electrodes are located and a second section in which at least one of the at least one first internal electrode and the at least two second internal electrodes are not located, and the second section is defined by a portion of the capacitor body that is located closed to one of the two major surfaces.