ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,273, issued on June 17, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor and circuit board" was invented by Shigeto Takei (Tokyo) and Takashi Sasaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body and first to fourth external electrodes. The ceramic body has first to fourth side surfaces, first to fourth ridges connecting the two side surfaces, and first and second internal electrodes. External electrodes cover the respective ridges and are connected to internal electrodes. The multilayer ceramic capacitor has a height dimension T of 110 micro metre or less, and ...