Patent ID: 7345868

Claim:
A ceramic capacitor that is multilayer comprising: multiple interior plates that are brought to, and exposed upon, a first surface of the capacitor to provide first exposed plate edges; an electrolessly-plated terminal on the first surface of the capacitor and adhering to the first exposed plate edges; and multiple stub plates that are both (i) interspersed between the multiple interior plates and (ii) extend from the first surface slightly into the ceramic of the ceramic capacitor to present at the first surface additional exposed edges of metal to which the electrolessly plated terminal is adhered; wherein the electrolessly-plated terminal is directly in contact with, mechanically connected to, and electrically connected to, the first exposed plate edges of the multiple interior plates at the first surface, wherein the electrolessly plated terminal is sufficiently extensive so as to electrically connect the multiple interior plates, and wherein the separation strength of the electrolessly plated terminal from the ceramic of the ceramic capacitor is augmented by action of the additional adherence of the electrolessly plated terminal to the additional exposed edges of the stub plates.