Means and method for fabricating planar terminated capacitors
AssigneeElectronic Concepts, Inc.
InventorBernard Lavene
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Abstract
A planar terminated capacitor and a method for fabricating planar terminated capacitors is disclosed wherein a capacitor element is inserted in a nonconductive tubular sleeve. The sleeve extends outwardly beyond the ends of the capacitor element forming cavities at each end of the sleeve. These cavities are filled with a conductive substance and metal end caps are positioned at the ends of the sleeve substantially enclosing the cavities. The conductive substance electrically couples the end caps to the ends of the capacitor element.
Claims9
A planar terminated capacitor comprising:
- (a) a capacitor element having first and second terminals at opposite ends thereof;
- (b) a non-conductive sleeve surrounding said capacitor element with the ends of said sleeve extending outwardly substantially beyond said first and second terminals forming first and second cavities;
- (c) a conductive substance substantially filling and sealing the cavities and engaging and electrically coupled to the terminals;
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- (d) first and second metal end caps individually positioned at opposite ends of the sleeve distant from the terminals and substantially enclosing the first and second cavities and engaging and electrically coupled to the conductive substance, the first and second end caps being electrically coupled to the first and second terminals respectively only through the conductive substance but free of direct engagement with the first and second terminals.
A method of fabricating a planar terminated component comprising:
- (a) inserting a capacitor element into a non-conductive tubular sleeve said capacitor element having first and second terminals at opposite ends wherein the ends of said sleeve extend outwardly substantially beyond said terminals forming first and second cavities;
- (b) substantially filling and sealing the cavities with a conductive substance engaging and electrically coupled to the terminals;
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- (c) individually positioning first and second metal end caps at opposite ends of the sleeve distant from the terminals and substantially enclosing the first and second cavities and engaging and electrically coupled to the conductive substance, the first and second end caps being electrically coupled to the first and second terminals respectively only through the conductive substance but free of direct engagement with the first and second terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.