Discharge Capacitor
AssigneeKemet Electronics Corporation
InventorsJohn Bultitude, Mark R. Laps, Lonnie G. Jones
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Abstract
A discharge capacitor for use in electronic circuits is described. The discharge capacitor has first internal electrodes in electrical contact with a first external termination and second internal electrodes parallel to and interleaved with the first internal electrodes wherein the second internal electrodes are in electrical contact with a second external termination. A dielectric is between the first internal electrodes and adjacent second internal electrodes. A first discharge gap is between at least one first internal electrode of said first internal electrodes and said second external termination.
Claims68
A discharge capacitor comprising:
- first internal electrodes in electrical contact with a first external termination;
- second internal electrodes parallel to and interleaved with said first internal electrodes wherein said second internal electrodes are in electrical contact with a second external termination;
- a dielectric between first internal electrodes and adjacent second internal electrodes;
- a first discharge gap between at least one first internal electrode of said first internal electrodes and said second external termination.
A discharge capacitor comprising:
- first internal electrodes in electrical contact with a first external termination;
- second internal electrodes parallel to and interleaved with said first internal electrodes wherein said second internal electrodes are in electrical contact with a second external termination;
- a dielectric between first internal electrodes and adjacent second internal electrodes;
- a first shield electrode in electrical contact with said first external termination;
- a second shield electrode coplanar with said first shield electrode and in electrical contact with said second external termination;
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- a shield discharge gap between said first shield electrode and said second shield electrode.
A discharge capacitor comprising:
- first internal electrodes in electrical contact with a first external termination;
- second internal electrodes in electrical contact with a second external termination wherein each first internal electrode of said internal electrodes is in a common plane with one second internal electrode of said second internal electrodes;
- at least one first discharge gap between at least one first internal electrode of said first internal electrodes and a coplanar second internal electrode of said second internal electrodes;
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- at least one floating electrode between adjacent common planes.
An electronic filter comprising:
- a circuit comprising at least two traces;
- a discharge capacitor comprising:
- first internal electrodes in electrical contact with a first external termination;
- second internal electrodes parallel to and interleaved with said first internal electrodes wherein said second internal electrodes are in electrical contact with a second external termination;
- a dielectric between first internal electrodes and adjacent second internal electrodes;
- a first discharge gap between at least one first internal electrode of said first internal electrodes and said second external termination;
- wherein said first termination is in electrical contact with a first trace of said two traces;
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- said second termination is in electrical contact with a second trace of said two traces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.