Patent ID: 8058965

Claim:
An electrical multi-layer component comprising: a body comprising a stack of ceramic layers, the body comprising a top and a bottom; first and second connection surfaces on the bottom of the body; metallization layers among the ceramic layers, the metallization layers comprising electrode surfaces; via contacts between metallization layers, at least one of the via contacts being connected electrically to an electrode surface or to a connection surface; wherein an electrode surface connected to one of the connection surfaces, by way of a corresponding via contact, comprises a first electrode structure or a second electrode structure; wherein at least one of the first or second electrode structures comprises a via contact that has a blind end; and wherein, in the stack, a shortest distance between the first and second electrode structures is a vertical distance from the blind end to: (i) a metallization layer above or below the blind end, or (ii) a blind end of another of the first and second electrode structures.