Patent ID: 6362948
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
An electronic component comprising:an electronic chip having first and second side-faces, a first metallic terminal plate containing a first terminal plate portion joined to the first side-face of the electronic chip, and a planar second terminal plate portion bent along the edge of the first terminal plate portion in a first direction toward the second side-face and elongated in a second direction different than the first direction so as to extend beyond the electronic chip; and a second metallic terminal plate containing a first terminal plate portion joined to the second side-face of the electronic chip, and a planar second terminal plate portion bent along the edge of the first terminal plate portion in a third direction opposite to the first direction toward the first side-face and elongated in a fourth direction different than the third direction so as to extend beyond the electronic chip, the planes of said first and second metallic terminal plates lying in a single plane and defining a mounting surface adapted to be surface mounted on a circuit board.