US6351369B1
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Multi-layer capacitor, wiring substrate, decoupling circuit, and high-frequency circuit
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 2000-02-28
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Granted: 2002-02-26
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Expires: 2020-02-28
Abstract
Abstract A multi-layer capacitor achieves significant reduction in equivalent series inductance (ESL) and includes first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes opposing each other, first feed-through conductors and second feed-through conductors, and first outer terminal electrodes and second outer terminal electrodes. The first feed-through conductors electrically connect the first inner electrodes and the first outer terminal electrodes, and the second feed-through conductors electrically connect the second inner electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes. The first and second feed-through conductors are arranged such that the feed-through conductors mutually cancel magnetic fields induced by current flowing through the first and second inner electrodes. Furthermore, when an alignment pitch of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by P and the total number of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by N, an arrangement is set such that a ratio of P/N is about 0.085 mm or lower.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoichi Kuroda
- 👤 Masaaki Taniguchi
- 👤 Yasuyuki Naito
- 👤 Haruo Hori
- 👤 Takanori Kondo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:59
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/228; H01G4/232; H01G4/30; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0213; H05K1/0216; H05K1/023; H05K1/0231; H10; H10W; H10W44/00; H10W44/601; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10431; H05K2201/10507; H05K2201/10515; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10734
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
314 words
A multi-layer capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers; at least one pair of first inner electrodes and at least one pair of second inner electrodes, the pairs of inner electrodes being mutually opposed via specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers disposed inside of the capacitor body; first outer terminal electrodes and second outer terminal electrodes disposed on at least one main surface extending substantially parallel to the inner electrodes; and a plurality of first feed-through conductors and a plurality of second feed-through conductors disposed inside of the capacitor body, the first feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the first inner electrodes and the first outer terminal electrodes such that the first feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the second inner electrodes, and the second feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the second inner electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes such that the second feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the first inner electrodes; wherein the plurality of the first feed-through conductors and the plurality of the second feed-through conductors are distributed over the entire areas of the first and second inner electrodes; wherein the first and second feed-through conductors are arranged such that the feed-through conductors mutually cancel magnetic fields induced by current flowing through the inner electrodes, and the first and second feed-through conductors are disposed adjacent to each other to be distributed substantially at each corner of a substantially square-shaped outline; and wherein, when an alignment pitch of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by P and the total number of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by N, an arrangement is set such that a value of P/N is about 0.085 mm or lower.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
314 words
A multi-layer capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers; at least one pair of first inner electrodes and at least one pair of second inner electrodes, the pairs of inner electrodes being mutually opposed via specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers disposed inside of the capacitor body; first outer terminal electrodes and second outer terminal electrodes disposed on at least one main surface extending substantially parallel to the inner electrodes; and a plurality of first feed-through conductors and a plurality of second feed-through conductors disposed inside of the capacitor body, the first feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the first inner electrodes and the first outer terminal electrodes such that the first feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the second inner electrodes, and the second feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the second inner electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes such that the second feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the first inner electrodes; wherein the plurality of the first feed-through conductors and the plurality of the second feed-through conductors are distributed over the entire areas of the first and second inner electrodes; wherein the first and second feed-through conductors are arranged such that the feed-through conductors mutually cancel magnetic fields induced by current flowing through the inner electrodes, and the first and second feed-through conductors are disposed adjacent to each other to be distributed substantially at each corner of a substantially square-shaped outline; and wherein, when an alignment pitch of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by P and the total number of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by N, an arrangement is set such that a value of P/N is about 0.085 mm or lower.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the value of P/N is equal to or less than about 0.04 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are arranged in a dotted configuration corresponding to locations of the first and second feed-through conductors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 3 , wherein a solder bump is provided at each of the first and second outer terminal electrodes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are disposed only on one main surface of the capacitor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are disposed on both main surfaces of the capacitor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first outer terminal electrodes are disposed on one main surface of the capacitor and the second outer terminal electrodes are disposed on the other main surface thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-layer capacitor is arranged to define a decoupling capacitor adapted for connection to a power-supply circuit for an MPU chip incorporated in a micro-processing unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
A wiring substrate including the multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 mounted thereon.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
92 words
A wiring substrate according to claim 9 , wherein an MPU chip incorporated in a micro-processing unit is mounted on the wiring substrate with a power-supply hot-side wiring conductor for supplying power used for the MPU chip and a ground wiring conductor, one of the first outer terminal electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes included in the multi-layer capacitor being electrically connected to the power-supply hot-side wiring conductor, and the other one of the first outer terminal electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes being connected to the ground wiring conductor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A wiring substrate according to claim 10 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are each connected to the wiring substrate by a bump.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
A decoupling circuit comprising the multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 .
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
A high-frequency circuit comprising the multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pair of first inner electrodes and the at least one pair of second inner electrodes have a substantially rectangular shaped configuration.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pair of first inner electrodes and the at least one pair of second inner electrodes have a substantially square shaped configuration.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a sectional configuration of the feed-through conductors is substantially circular.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a sectional configuration of the feed-through conductors is one of substantially quadrangular and substantially hexagonal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
315 words
A multi-layer capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers and having four sides; at least one pair of first inner electrodes and at least one pair of second inner electrodes, the pairs of first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes being mutually opposed via one of the plurality of the dielectric layers disposed inside of the capacitor body and disposed at various locations in the capacitor body; first outer terminal electrodes and second outer terminal electrodes disposed on at least one main surface of the capacitor body, the main surface extending substantially parallel to the inner electrodes; a plurality of first feed-through conductors and a plurality of second feed-through conductors disposed inside of the capacitor body, the first feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the first inner electrodes and the first outer terminal electrodes such state that the first feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the second inner electrodes, and the second feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the second inner electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes in such a state that the second feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the first inner electrodes; wherein the first and second feed-through conductors extend from the first and second outer terminal electrodes, respectively, along a major portion of the plurality of dielectric layers, and the first and second feed-through conductors are arranged such that the first and second feed-through conductors mutually cancel magnetic fields induced by current flowing through the inner electrodes; and when an alignment pitch of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by P and the total number of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by N, an arrangement is set such that a value of P/N is about 0.085 mm or lower.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
315 words
A multi-layer capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers and having four sides; at least one pair of first inner electrodes and at least one pair of second inner electrodes, the pairs of first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes being mutually opposed via one of the plurality of the dielectric layers disposed inside of the capacitor body and disposed at various locations in the capacitor body; first outer terminal electrodes and second outer terminal electrodes disposed on at least one main surface of the capacitor body, the main surface extending substantially parallel to the inner electrodes; a plurality of first feed-through conductors and a plurality of second feed-through conductors disposed inside of the capacitor body, the first feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the first inner electrodes and the first outer terminal electrodes such state that the first feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the second inner electrodes, and the second feed-through conductors passing through specified dielectric layers of the plurality of the dielectric layers to electrically connect the second inner electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes in such a state that the second feed-through conductors are electrically insulated from the first inner electrodes; wherein the first and second feed-through conductors extend from the first and second outer terminal electrodes, respectively, along a major portion of the plurality of dielectric layers, and the first and second feed-through conductors are arranged such that the first and second feed-through conductors mutually cancel magnetic fields induced by current flowing through the inner electrodes; and when an alignment pitch of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by P and the total number of the first and second feed-through conductors is indicated by N, an arrangement is set such that a value of P/N is about 0.085 mm or lower.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
36 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein each of the first outer terminals is located adjacent to one of the second outer terminals along the at least one major surface of the capacitor body.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein each of the first feed-through conductors is located adjacent to one of the second feed-through conductors within the capacitor body.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the first outer terminals have a first polarity and the second outer terminals have a second polarity opposite to the first polarity.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the value of P/N is equal to or less than about 0.04 mm.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
32 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are arranged in a dotted configuration corresponding to locations of the first and second feed-through conductors.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
24 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 23 , wherein a solder bump is provided at each of the first and second outer terminal electrodes.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
26 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are disposed only on one main surface of the capacitor.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
25 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are disposed on both main surfaces of the capacitor.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
37 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the first outer terminal electrodes are disposed on one main surface of the capacitor and the second outer terminal electrodes are disposed on the other main surface thereof.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
35 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the multi-layer capacitor is arranged to define a decoupling capacitor adapted for connection to a power-supply circuit for an MPU chip incorporated in a micro-processing unit.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
13 words
A wiring substrate including the multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 mounted thereon.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
92 words
A wiring substrate according to claim 29 , wherein an MPU chip incorporated in a micro-processing unit is mounted on the wiring substrate with a power-supply hot-side wiring conductor for supplying power used for the MPU chip and a ground wiring conductor, one of the first outer terminal electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes included in the multi-layer capacitor being electrically connected to the power-supply hot-side wiring conductor, and the other one of the first outer terminal electrodes and the second outer terminal electrodes being connected to the ground wiring conductor.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
26 words
A wiring substrate according to claim 30 , wherein the first and second outer terminal electrodes are each connected to the wiring substrate by a bump.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
12 words
A decoupling circuit comprising the multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 .
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
12 words
A high-frequency circuit comprising the multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 .
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one pair of first inner electrodes and the at least one pair of second inner electrodes have a substantially rectangular shaped configuration.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one pair of first inner electrodes and the at least one pair of second inner electrodes have a substantially square shaped configuration.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
19 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein a sectional configuration of the feed-through conductors is substantially circular.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
24 words
A multi-layer capacitor according to claim 18 , wherein a sectional configuration of the feed-through conductors is one of substantially quadrangular and substantially hexagonal.
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