High-voltage capacitor of low inductance

Claim 1

A HIGH-VOLTAGE CAPACITOR OF LOW INDUCTANCE, COMPRISING AN EVEN NUMBER OF AT LEAST FOUR COMPONENT CAPACITOR PORTIONS COAXIALLY TAPE WOUND ON EACH OTHER AND POSITIONED ABOUT AN AXIS BETWEEN A PAIR OF SPACED PREDETERMINED END PLANES SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID AXIS; AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF WINDINGS OF INSULATING MATERIAL COAXIALLY INTERPOSED BETWEEN EACH TWO ADJACENT ONES OF SAID CAPACITOR PORTIONS, ALTERNATE ONES OF SAID INSULATING LAYERS EXTENDING IN ONE AXIAL DIRECTION BEYOND SAID CAPACITOR PORTIONS AT ONE OF SAID END PLANES AND ALTERNATE OTHERS OF SAID INSULATING LAYERS EXTENDING IN THE OPPOSITE AXIAL DIRECTION BEYOND SAID CAPACITOR PORTIONS AT SAID OTHER END PLANE; A FIRST LAYER OF A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTING METAL COATINGS ELECTRICALLY CONTACTING SAID RESPECTIVE CAPACITOR PORTIONS IN SAID ONE END PLANE BETWEEN SAID ALTERNATE ONES OF SAID INSULATING LAYERS, AND A SECOND LAYER OF A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTING METAL COATINGS ELECTRICALLY CONTACTING SAID RESPECTIVE CAPACITOR PORTIONS IN SAID OTHER END PLANE BETWEEN SAID ALTERNATE OTHER INSULATING LAYERS, SAID METAL COATINGS IN EACH OF SAID PLANES FORMING COAXIAL RINGS ABOUT SAID AXIS AND EACH OF SAID COATINGS EXTENDING RADIALLY BETWEEN TWO SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID INSULATING LAYERS, THE TOTALITY OF SAID COATINGS JOINING SAID COMPONENT CAPACITOR PORTIONS ELECTRICALLY IN A SERIES CONNECTION HAVING ITS TWO ENDS LOCATED ON THE SAME AXIAL SIDE OF SAID COAXIAL CAPACITOR PORTIONS; TWO COAXIAL TERMINAL MEMBERS INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER AND CONDUCTIVELY JOINED WITH SAID RESPECTIVE ENDS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF, ONE OF SAID TERMINAL MEMBERS SURROUNDING SAID OTHER TERMINAL MEMBER ON SAID SAME AXIAL SIDE IN COAXIAL RELATION TO SAID CAPACITOR PORTIONS; WHEREBY SAID CAPACITOR HAS A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPENSATED EXTERNAL INDUCTIVITY, SAID COAXIAL TERMINAL MEMBERS BEING FORMED OF RESPECTIVE INNER AND OUTER TUBULAR STRUCTURES, THE INNERMOST ONE OF SAID CAPACITOR PORTIONS BEING CONDUCTIVELY CONNETED WITH SAID INNER TUBULAR STRUCTURE SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE ENTIRE PERIPHERY OF SAID INNERMOST CAPACITOR PORTION AT SAID ONE END PLANE, AND THE OUTERMOSE CAPACITOR PORTION BEING CONDUCTIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID OUTER TUBULAR STRUCTURE SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE ENTIRE PERIPHERY OF SAID OUTERMOST CAPACITOR PORTION AT SAID ONE PLANE.