Method for producing capacitors and ceramic body therefore

A process for forming a multilayer capacitor which comprises:

• providing a unitary, sintered ceramic matrix comprising a plurality of superposed thin strata of dense dielectric material, said strata being integrally joined around the peripheries thereof to form a monolithic body, major portions of a plurality of said strata being spaced to provide between said spaced portions thin, void electrode regions adapted to be filled with metal, said matrix having a pair of laterally spaced first holes passing through the top or bottom stratum thereof, and second holes aligned with said first-mentioned holes passing through other of said strata to provide access from the exterior of said matrix to said void electrode regions;
• securing wire leads in said holes with an end of each wire projecting from said body, providing electrodes in said electrode regions by introducing molten metal into said regions through said holes and around said leads and solidifying the metal therein in electrical contact with said leads, said metal having a melting point lower than the temperature employed for sintering said matrix and lower than the melting point of said leads.