Patent ID: 6934145

Claim:
A ceramic multilayer capacitor array having a top surface, a first pair of opposing side faces, and a second pair of opposing side faces, comprising: a plurality of first dielectric plates each having a first pattern of electrodes; and a plurality of second dielectric plates each having a second pattern of electrodes, wherein the first and second dielectric plates are alternately stacked, each of the electrodes of the first dielectric plates includes at least first tab portions, one of the first tab portions extending to one side face of the first pair of side faces and another one of the first tab portions extending to another side face of the first pair of side faces, said first tab portions being mutually connected by first terminals, each of the electrodes of the second dielectric plates includes at least two second tab portions, one of the second tab portions extending to one side face of the first pair of side faces and another one of the second tab portions extending to another side face of the first pair of side faces, said second tab portions being mutually connected by second terminals, and the second pattern of electrodes is substantially identical to the first pattern of electrodes and is shifted with respect to the first pattern of electrodes such that the first tab portions are not overlapping the second tab portions.