US 12,334,261 B2
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
Marianne Berolini, Greenville, SC (US); Cory Nelson, Simpsonville, SC (US); Seth Fuller, Mauldin, SC (US); and Alma Iris Cordova, Townville, SC (US)
Assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US)
Filed by KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,864.
Application 18/495,864 is a continuation of application No. 17/537,827, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,837,405.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/119,184, filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062959 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01G 4/008 (2006.01); H01G 4/12 (2006.01); H01G 4/248 (2006.01); H01G 4/30 (2006.01)
CPC H01G 4/008 (2013.01) [H01G 4/1227 (2013.01); H01G 4/248 (2013.01); H01G 4/30 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor having a first end and a second end that is spaced apart from the first end in a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to a lateral direction, the lateral direction and longitudinal direction each being perpendicular to a Z-direction, the multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:
a stacked body comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of electrode layers stacked in the lateral direction;
wherein at least one electrode layer includes a first electrode comprising a connecting portion and a central portion extending from the connecting portion in the longitudinal direction, wherein the central portion includes a Z-directional edge and the connecting portion includes an edge extending in both the longitudinal direction and the Z-direction, wherein the edge of the connecting portion is a linear edge, wherein the Z-directional edge of the central portion forms a first angle of from greater than 90° to less than 180° with the edge of the connecting portion;
a first external termination disposed along the first end and a second external termination disposed along the second end.