Patent ID: 7170737

Claim:
A multilayer electronic device, comprising: a plurality of dielectric layers; a plurality of electrode layers provided in pairs and interleaved with selected of said plurality of dielectric layers to form a multilayered arrangement, said multilayered arrangement defined by first and second opposing surfaces and a plurality of side surfaces, wherein each paired electrode layer extends to and is exposed along at least one side surface of the multilayered arrangement; at least one respective first and second transition layer electrode portion provided directly on the first surface of said multilayered arrangement; a cover layer provided over said at least one respective first and second transition layer electrode portion, said cover layer formed to define a plurality of openings therethrough for exposing a portion of said at least one respective first and second transition layer electrode portions, with at least one window via termination provided through said cover layer formed in at least one of said openings of said cover layer; at least one first peripheral termination formed along selected side surfaces of the multilayered arrangement and electrically connecting selected of said electrode layers and said at least one first transition layer electrode portion; and at least one second peripheral termination formed along selected side surfaces of the multilayered arrangement and electrically connecting selected of said electrode layers and said at least one second transition layer electrode portion.