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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1996
Leslie J. Bowen, Concord, MA (US);
Brian G. Pazol, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Craig D. Near, Acton, MA (US);
Richard L. Gentilman, Acton, MA (US);
Materials Systems, Inc., Littleton, MA (US);
Abstract
A multilayer capacitor includes a unitary, net-shape molded dielectric ceramic body having first and second cavities molded into at least one side to divide the ceramic body into a plurality of ceramic layers disposed generally parallel to the top. The first cavities alternate with the second cavities in the ceramic body. Each of the ceramic layers except an uppermost and a lowermost of the ceramic layers is joined at one edge to one ceramic layer adjacent thereto by a first ceramic bridge and at the same or a different edge to another ceramic layer adjacent thereto by a second ceramic bridge. The first and second cavities are filled with one or more materials to form first and second electrically conductive electrode layers, respectively, each electrode layer being bonded to the ceramic layers adjacent thereto. The first electrode layers are electrically interconnected to provide a first set of electrode layers, and the second electrode layers are electrically interconnected to provide a second set of electrode layers alternating with and electrically isolated from the first set electrode layers in the body.