Z-Directed Capacitor Components for Printed Circuit Boards

A Z-directed capacitor for mounting in a mounting hole in a printed circuit board, comprising:

• a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface, a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into the mounting hole in the printed circuit board, and a plurality of support members stacked intermediate the top surface and the bottom surface, each support member includes an annular plate mounted on a surface of the support member, the annular plate has an outer dimension that is less than an outer dimension of the support member on which it is mounted;
• a first conductive side channel and a second conductive side channel formed in the side surface of the body and extending along a top-to-bottom dimension of the body, a first set of the annular plates electrically contact the first conductive side channel but not the second conductive side channel and a second set of the annular plates electrically contact the second conductive side channel but not the first conductive side channel, the first and second sets of annular plates are arranged in an alternating pattern;
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• a third conductive side channel formed in the side surface of the body and extending along the top-to-bottom dimension of the body, the third conductive side channel is electrically separated from the annular plates.