Patent ID: 8974654
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: C23C,C25D,H01G

Abstract:
1. A method of electrically connecting a plurality of interior plates of a multilayer ceramic capacitor having first, second, and additional exterior surfaces, as, and where, edges of at least some of these plates are exposed upon at least a portion of the first surface of the ceramic capacitor, and where edges of at least some of the interior plates are also exposed upon at least a portion of the second surface of the capacitor, the method comprising: electrolessly plating a layer of electrically-conductive first metal directly onto the first surface including where the edges of the plates are exposed upon the first surface, the layer electrically connecting the edges of the plates where they are exposed upon the first surface; and concurrently electrolessly plating a layer of electrically-conductive first metal directly onto the second surface including where the edges of the plates are exposed upon the second surface, the layer electrically connecting the edges of the plates where they are exposed upon the second surface, wherein the layer of electrically-conductive first metal is not deposited on any of the additional surfaces which meet the first surface.