Patent ID: 6430025
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01G,H05K

Abstract:
A multilayer capacitor comprising:a capacitor body made of a dielectric material and having two major surfaces opposed to each other and four side surfaces disposed between the two major surfaces, said capacitor body includes a plurality of dielectric layers extending substantially parallel to said first and second major surfaces and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes that oppose each other via respective ones of said plurality of dielectric layers; and a plurality of external electrodes disposed on the four side surfaces of the capacitor body and electrically connected to respective ones of the plurality of the first and second internal electrodes; wherein at least two of the four side surfaces of the capacitor body each has at least four of the plurality of external electrodes disposed thereon and at least two of the four side surfaces each has at least one of the plurality of external electrodes disposed thereon, the plurality of external electrodes includes first polarity external electrodes and second polarity external electrodes, the plurality of external electrodes are arranged to alternate between one of the first polarity external electrodes and one of the second polarity external electrodes along an entire periphery of the capacitor body.