Patent ID: 8373075

Claim:
A multilayered feedthrough for an implantable medical device, the feedthrough including a first edge and a second edge, comprising: a substrate having a first edge corresponding to the first edge of the feedthrough, a second edge corresponding to the second edge of the feedthrough, a substrate length, a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first plurality of traces formed on the first surface and extending along the substrate length; a second plurality of traces formed on the second surface and extending along the substrate length; a first plurality of contact pads electrically coupled with the first plurality of traces; a second plurality of contact pads electrically coupled with the second plurality of traces; a first insulator layer formed on the first surface and the first plurality of traces; a second insulator layer formed on the second surface and the second plurality of traces; a first ground plane layer; a second ground plane layer, wherein the first and second plurality of contact pads extend to the first and second edges of the feedthrough; and an integrated capacitor or filtering device, or both formed directly on the first surface of the substrate and the first insulator layer hermetically encasing the capacitor or the filtering device or both.