Patent ID: 7291235

Claim:
A method for preparing a face termination capacitor comprising the steps of: forming a green chip comprising ceramic precursor between parallel plates wherein each plate comprises lead out tabs and said lead out tabs of alternating plates are aligned forming first aligned tabs and second aligned tabs; firing said green chip to convert said ceramic precursor to ceramic thereby forming a capacitor subunit wherein said capacitor subunit is 1 to 2 mm wide; 4-8 mm long and 1-4 mm thick; attaching said capacitor subunit to at least two second subunits by adhesive wherein said adhesive is parallel to said plates to form a capacitor; forming a first external termination on a face of said capacitor in electrical contact with said first aligned tabs; forming a second external termination on said face of said capacitor in electrical contact with said second aligned tabs; wherein said first external termination and said second external termination is in a fully interdigitated matrix of external terminations on said face wherein said first external termination and said second external termination on each subunit are separated from said first external termination and said second external termination of a second subunit.