A printed wiring board defining a substantially planar area and a PWB-embedded capacitor mounted to the planar area, the PWB-embedded capacitor comprising: a plurality of first conductive plates oriented substantially parallel to the planar area and extending from a first normal axis towards a second normal axis, wherein the first and second normal axes are oriented substantially perpendicular to the planar area; a plurality of second conductive plates that are interleaved with said plurality of first conductive plates and oriented substantially parallel to the planar area and extending from the second normal axis towards the first normal axis, wherein at least one second conductive plate extends between an adjacent pair of said first conductive plates; a non-conductive material extending between said second conductive plates and said first conductive plates; and a plurality of first conductive vias aligned substantially collinear with the first normal axis and in contact with at least one of said first conductive plates, and a plurality of second conductive vias aligned substantially collinear with the second normal axis and in contact with said second conductive plate; the PWB-embedded capacitor being mounted to a surface of a first portion of the planar area of the PWB; one or more electronic components mounted on a surface of a second portion of the planar area of said PWB, the area of the first portion being outside the second portion; the first normal axis and the second normal axis being within the first portion of the planar area; a first conductor electrically coupling said one or more electronic components to said plurality of first conductive vias; and a second conductor electrically coupling said one or more electronic components to said plurality of second conductive vias; characterized in that said non-conductive material is FR-4, and wherein the PWB-embedded capacitor is created using materials that are similar or identical to the materials used to create the printed wiring board, such that the PWB-embedded capacitor exhibits thermal expansion that is similar or identical to the thermal expansion exhibited by the printed wiring board. a plurality of first conductive plates oriented substantially parallel to the planar area and extending from a first normal axis towards a second normal axis, wherein the first and second normal axes are oriented substantially perpendicular to the planar area; a plurality of second conductive plates that are interleaved with said plurality of first conductive plates and oriented substantially parallel to the planar area and extending from the second normal axis towards the first normal axis, wherein at least one second conductive plate extends between an adjacent pair of said first conductive plates; a non-conductive material extending between said second conductive plates and said first conductive plates; and a plurality of first conductive vias aligned substantially collinear with the first normal axis and in contact with at least one of said first conductive plates, and a plurality of second conductive vias aligned substantially collinear with the second normal axis and in contact with said second conductive plate; the PWB-embedded capacitor being mounted to a surface of a first portion of the planar area of the PWB; one or more electronic components mounted on a surface of a second portion of the planar area of said PWB, the area of the first portion being outside the second portion; the first normal axis and the second normal axis being within the first portion of the planar area; a first conductor electrically coupling said one or more electronic components to said plurality of first conductive vias; and a second conductor electrically coupling said one or more electronic components to said plurality of second conductive vias; characterized in that said non-conductive material is FR-4, and wherein the PWB-embedded capacitor is created using materials that are similar or identical to the materials used to create the printed wiring board, such that the PWB-embedded capacitor exhibits thermal expansion that is similar or identical to the thermal expansion exhibited by the printed wiring board.