Hybrid discoidal/tubular capacitor
AssigneeGreatbatch Ltd.
InventorsRichard L. Brendel, John Roberts, Jason Woods, Robert A. Stevenson, Warren S. Dabney
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Abstract
A hybrid capacitor includes a body of dielectric material having spaced-apart first and second surfaces. A first electrode is associated with the first surface. A second electrode is associated with the second surface. One or more third electrodes are transversely disposed within the dielectric body between the first and second electrodes. Either the first or second electrode is not conductively coupled to any electrode transversely extending into the body. The resulting arrangement provides a hybrid capacitor having characteristics of both a tubular capacitor and a discoidal capacitor.
Claims12
A hybrid capacitor, comprising:
- a body of dielectric material having spaced-apart first and second surfaces;
- a first electrode associated with the first surface;
- a second electrode associated with the second surface;
- and
- a plurality of third electrodes transversely disposed within the dielectric body between the first and second electrodes;
- wherein free ends of the plurality of third electrodes are in generally equally spaced relation to at least one of the first and second electrodes;
- wherein the first, second and third electrodes cooperatively have the characteristics of a tubular capacitor;
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- wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes is not conductively coupled to any electrode transversely extending into the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.