Electrical components such as capacitors having electrodes with an insulating edge
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1. An electronic device having opposite facing top and bottom surfaces, opposite facing front and back surfaces, and opposite facing first and second side surfaces, comprising:
- a marginless multilayer structure of electrode and dielectric layers, each layer having opposite facing top and bottom surfaces, opposite facing front and back edges, and opposite facing first and second sides, andeach electrode layer having an insulative coating on one of its front and back edges and being free of the insulative coating on the other of its front and back edges;
wherein alternate electrode layers have the insulating coating on the same edge.
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Abstract
A marginless electrical component, such as a capacitor, is fabricated by providing a multilayer body of electrodes and dielectric with an insulating layer on alternate electrodes on each terminated surface.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic device having opposite facing top and bottom surfaces, opposite facing front and back surfaces, and opposite facing first and second side surfaces, comprising:
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a marginless multilayer structure of electrode and dielectric layers, each layer having opposite facing top and bottom surfaces, opposite facing front and back edges, and opposite facing first and second sides, and each electrode layer having an insulative coating on one of its front and back edges and being free of the insulative coating on the other of its front and back edges;
wherein alternate electrode layers have the insulating coating on the same edge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10)
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7. A electronic device having a multilayer structure and including opposing top and bottom surfaces, opposing front and back surfaces, and opposing first and second side surfaces, comprising:
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non-metal layers, metal electrode layers, wherein each electrode layer has edges located at the front and back surfaces; a marginless structure wherein the non-metal layers and electrode layers have substantially the same top and bottom surface area; an oxide coating on one of the front and back edges of each electrode layer, with alternate electrode layers having the oxide coating on the same edge; a first termination which electrically connects alternate electrode layers on the front surface of the device; and a second termination which electrically connects alternate electrode layers on the back surface of the device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A multilayer electrical device having adjacent electrode and non-electrode layers, the electrode layers having opposing first and second edges, the device comprising:
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a set of first alternate electrode layers; a set of second alternate electrode layers; each first alternate electrode layer including an anodization coating on the first edge of the layer and an absence of anodization coating on the opposing second edge of the layer; each second alternate electrode layer including an anodization coating on the second edge of the layer and an absence of anodization coating on the opposing first edge of the layer; a first termination electrically connecting the first set of alternate electrode layers, the first termination contacting the first set of alternate electrode layers on the second edge of each layer; and a second termination connecting the second set of alternate electrode layers, the second termination contacting the second set of alternate electrode layers on the first edge of each layer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A multilayer capacitor having alternating layers of electrodes and dielectric material, the capacitor defining opposite facing first and second surfaces, the capacitor including terminations disposed on the first and second surfaces, the capacitor comprising:
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anodizable electrodes extending from the first surface to the second surface of the capacitor; and each electrode including an anodized portion on one of the first and second surfaces, the anodized portion insulating the electrode from the adjacent termination.
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