Patent ID: 8045319

Claim:
A multilayer electronic component, comprising: a plurality of first electrode layers, each first electrode layer comprising a first insulative layer having first and second surfaces thereof bounded by four edges and a first conductive layer covering a portion of said first surface of said first insulative layer and having a main electrode area and at least one extended length tab connection extending from said first conductive layer main electrode area to at least one edge of said first insulative layer first surface; a plurality of second electrode layers alternately stacked with said plurality of first electrode layers and comprising mirror images thereof, each second electrode layer comprising a second insulative layer having first and second surfaces thereof bounded by four edges and a second conductive layer covering a portion of said first surface of said second insulative layer and having a main electrode area and at least one extended length tab connection extending from said second conductive layer main electrode area to at least one edge of said second insulative layer first surface; first conductive termination layer material covering portions of said first electrode layers and electrically connecting said first conductive layer of each of said plurality of first electrode layers; and second conductive termination layer material covering portions of said second insulative layer and electrically connecting said second conductive layer of each of said plurality of second electrode layers; wherein said at least one extended length tab connections of said respective first and second conductive layers are selectively configured so as to selectively establish the effective length of respective paths to such respective conductive layers, whereby a current path is formed from said first conductive termination layer through said plurality of first electrode layers and plurality of second electrode layers to said second conductive termination layer which cooperates with an associated circuit board for forming respective current pathways having controlled equivalent series resistance for said component; said multilayer electronic component further comprises at least one edge tab portion formed on each of said respective insulative layers and electrically isolated from said main electrode area of said respective first and second conductive layers with which it is associated, and which are selectively configured so as to respectively extend along at least one edge of said insulative layer first surface with which it is associated, each of said tab portions providing an edge nucleation area for formation of termination material thereat; and each of said at least one edge tab portion is respectively electrically connected in parallel with said at least one extended length tab connection of said insulative layer first surface with which it is associated, so as to relatively lower the equivalent resistance of such extended length tab connection.