US 11,837,405 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 Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/537,827.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/119,184, filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172891 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H01G 4/12 (2006.01); H01G 4/008 (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 parallel with 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 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 wherein the edge of the connecting portion is a linear edge;
wherein the first electrode further comprises a base portion, wherein the connecting portion extends from the base portion in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the base portion includes a longitudinal edge, wherein the longitudinal edge of the base portion forms a second angle of from 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.