A capacitor, comprising: first internal conductors and second internal conductors in an alternating layer wherein said first internal conductors have a first polarity and said second internal conductors have opposing polarity and wherein each first internal conductor of said internal conductors and each second internal conductor of said second internal conductors comprise a bulk region and a secondary region and a tertiary region wherein each of the secondary region and the tertiary region has a width narrower than the width of said bulk region and on opposite sides of said bulk region; the capacitor being characterized in further comprising first tabs wherein each first tab of said first tabs is coplanar with one said first internal conductor and of opposite polarity and said first tab is separated from said coplanar first internal conductor by a first gap distance; further comprising second tabs wherein each second tab of said second tabs is coplanar with one said second internal conductor and of opposite polarity and each second tab of said second tabs is separated from said coplanar second internal conductor by said first gap distance; a first external termination in electrical contact with said first internal conductors at one of said secondary region and said tertiary region of each said first internal conductors wherein said first external termination has a first side extension which continuously extends a distance along sides of said capacitor said sides being perpendicular to said external terminations; a second external termination in electrical contact with said second internal conductors at one of said secondary region and said tertiary region (121 ') of each said second internal conductor wherein said second external termination has a second side extension which continuously extends a second distance along sides of said capacitor said sides being perpendicular to said external terminations (13, 14); wherein said first internal conductors extend towards said second external termination to a separation distance from said second external termination which is less than said second distance; and further comprising at least one shield layer comprising a first shield conductor in electrical contact with said first external termination and a coplanar second shield conductor in electrical contact with said second external termination wherein said first shield conductor and said second shield conductor are separated by a second gap distance. first internal conductors and second internal conductors in an alternating layer wherein said first internal conductors have a first polarity and said second internal conductors have opposing polarity and wherein each first internal conductor of said internal conductors and each second internal conductor of said second internal conductors comprise a bulk region and a secondary region and a tertiary region wherein each of the secondary region and the tertiary region has a width narrower than the width of said bulk region and on opposite sides of said bulk region; the capacitor being characterized in further comprising first tabs wherein each first tab of said first tabs is coplanar with one said first internal conductor and of opposite polarity and said first tab is separated from said coplanar first internal conductor by a first gap distance; further comprising second tabs wherein each second tab of said second tabs is coplanar with one said second internal conductor and of opposite polarity and each second tab of said second tabs is separated from said coplanar second internal conductor by said first gap distance; a first external termination in electrical contact with said first internal conductors at one of said secondary region and said tertiary region of each said first internal conductors wherein said first external termination has a first side extension which continuously extends a distance along sides of said capacitor said sides being perpendicular to said external terminations; a second external termination in electrical contact with said second internal conductors at one of said secondary region and said tertiary region (121 ') of each said second internal conductor wherein said second external termination has a second side extension which continuously extends a second distance along sides of said capacitor said sides being perpendicular to said external terminations (13, 14); wherein said first internal conductors extend towards said second external termination to a separation distance from said second external termination which is less than said second distance; and further comprising at least one shield layer comprising a first shield conductor in electrical contact with said first external termination and a coplanar second shield conductor in electrical contact with said second external termination wherein said first shield conductor and said second shield conductor are separated by a second gap distance.