Patent ID: 8912452

Claim:
A Z-directed component for mounting in a mounting hole in a printed circuit board, comprising: a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface, and a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into the mounting hole in the printed circuit board, a first portion of the body being composed of a first dielectric material having a first dielectric constant and a second portion of the body being composed of a second dielectric material having a second dielectric constant that is higher than the first dielectric constant; and a conductive channel extending through a portion of the body forming a signal path, wherein the body includes a plurality of interleaved conductive plates extending along the length of the body, wherein a first set of the interleaved conductive plates are electrically connected to a reference voltage path and a second set of the interleaved conductive plates are electrically connected to a supply voltage path, the first and second sets of interleaved conductive plates being arranged in an alternating pattern, wherein an outer side portion of the body is composed of the second dielectric material and an inner portion of the body spaced inward from the side surface and substantially surrounded on its sides by the outer side portion of the body composed of the second dielectric material is composed of the first dielectric material, the interleaved conductive plates being positioned in the outer side portion of the body composed of the second dielectric material and the conductive channel extending through the inner portion of the body composed of the first dielectric material along the length of the body from the top surface to the bottom surface.