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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Yasuyuki Naito, Takefu, JP;
Masaaki Taniguchi, Fukui-ken, JP;
Yoichi Kuroda, Fukui, JP;
Takanori Kondo, Sabae, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., LTD, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
First and second external terminal electrodes are formed on the same principal surface of a capacitor main body. The connection between first internal electrodes in the capacitor main body and the first external terminal electrodes, and the mutual connection between the plurality of first internal electrodes, is achieved by a first connection portion. The connection between second internal electrodes and the second external terminal electrodes, and the mutual connection between the plurality of second internal electrodes, is achieved by a second connection portion. The first and second connection portions are arranged alternately. Currents flow through the connection portions in opposite directions with the result that components of magnetic flux generated by such currents are cancelled and the ESL is reduced. In various embodiments of the invention, the first and second connection portions may be distributed over the entire area of the first and second internal electrodes, or may be distributed only along the periphery of the first and second internal electrodes.