Patent ID: 7411775
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: H01G

Abstract:
1. A feedthrough multilayer capacitor array comprising: a multilayer body in which a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer are laminated with a dielectric layer in between; and first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth terminal electrodes formed on side faces of the multilayer body; wherein the first, third, fifth, and seventh terminal electrodes are located on a first side face of the multilayer body parallel to a laminating direction of the multilayer body, wherein the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth terminal electrodes are located on a second side face of the multilayer body facing the first side face, wherein the first electrode layer includes first and second internal electrodes, and first, second, third, and fourth lead conductors, wherein the second electrode layer includes third and fourth internal electrodes, and fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth lead conductors, wherein the first internal electrode is electrically connected to the first terminal electrode through the first lead conductor extending so as to be led from the first internal electrode to the first side face and is electrically connected to the second terminal electrode through the second lead conductor extending so as to be led from the first internal electrode to the second side face, wherein the second internal electrode is electrically connected to the third terminal electrode through the third lead conductor extending so as to be led from the second internal electrode to the first side face and is electrically connected to the fourth terminal electrode through the fourth lead conductor extending so as to be led from the second internal electrode to the second side face, wherein the third internal electrode is electrically connected to the fifth terminal electrode through the fifth lead conductor extending so as to be led from the third internal electrode to the first side face and is electrically connected to the sixth terminal electrode through the sixth lead conductor extending so as to be led from the third internal electrode to the second side face, and wherein the fourth internal electrode is electrically connected to the seventh terminal electrode through the seventh lead conductor extending so as to be led from the fourth internal electrode to the first side face and is electrically connected to the eighth terminal electrode through the eighth lead conductor extending so as to be led from the fourth internal electrode to the second face, wherein the feedthrough multilayer capacitor array comprises two capacitors one of which includes the first internal electrode and the third internal electrode, and the other of which includes the second internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode, and wherein the two capacitors do not share any internal electrodes, and wherein the first to eighth terminal electrodes each have a portion which is disposed on a same one of side faces of the multilayer body that is formed along a plane that is substantially normal to the laminating direction.