Patent ID: 8826503

Claim:
A method of fabricating an array capacitor, comprising: providing a capacitor body having an interleaved arrangement formed of a plurality of dielectric layers and electrode layers, the capacitor body having a first main surface and an opposed second main surface; perforating the capacitor body to form a plurality of through holes connecting the first and the second main surfaces of the capacitor body; removing a portion of the capacitor body to increase uniformity of a transverse area at each of the through holes, wherein prior to removing a portion of the capacitor body, ascertaining at least a reference point at a first end of each of the through holes and using the reference point to determine the portion of the capacitor body to be removed proximate to a second end of each of the through holes, and wherein the first end having a larger transverse area than the second end; and providing an electrically conductive material in the through holes.