Appeal No. 1999-0734 Page 2
Application No. 08/686,495
THE INVENTION
According to Appellants, the invention relates to capacitors, and particularly to capacitors
having multiple ceramic layers. Claims 13 and 21 are illustrative:
13. A multilayer capacitor comprising:
a net-shape molded, densified, unitary dielectric ceramic body comprising a top, four
sides normal to said top, and a base interconnecting said sides, and further
comprising a plurality of ceramic layers including an uppermost ceramic layer, a
lowermost ceramic layer and one or more intermediate ceramic layers all disposed
parallel to said top, wherein each intermediate ceramic layer is joined at one edge
to one of said ceramic layers adjacent thereto by a first ceramic bridge and at the
same or a different edge to another of said ceramic layers adjacent thereto by a
second ceramic bridge;
a plurality of electrode layers comprising an electrode layer between and bonded to each
adjacent pair of said ceramic layers, said electrode layers separating said
adjacent pair of ceramic layers, wherein said electrode layers are divided into a
first set of electrode layers and a second set of electrode layers, said first set
electrode layers alternating with said second set electrode layers in said body, and
said electrode layers of each of said sets being electrically interconnected with one
another and being electrically isolated from said electrode layers of the other of
said sets in said body.
21. A multilayer capacitor comprising:
a net-shape molded, densified, unitary dielectric ceramic body comprising a top, four
sides normal to said top, and a base interconnecting said sides, and further
comprising a plurality of ceramic layers including an uppermost ceramic layer,
a lowermost ceramic layer and one or more intermediate ceramic layers all
disposed parallel to said top, wherein each intermediate ceramic layer is joined
at one edge to one of said ceramic layers adjacent thereto by a first ceramic
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