IP Library Granted Patent US 11,742,142
Granted Patent B2
US 11,742,142 · App. 17/581,060 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Capacitor component

Inventor: Hitoshi Saita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
H01G2/16H01G4/005H01G4/228
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Patent No.
US 11,742,142
App. No.
17/581,060
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a capacitor component that includes a lower electrode, a capacitive insulating film covering the lower electrode, a plurality of upper electrodes overlapping the lower electrode through the capacitive insulating film, a first external terminal connected to the lower electrode, a plurality of fuse wires connected respectively to the plurality of upper electrodes, and a second external terminal connected in common to the plurality of fuse wires. The resistance values of the plurality of respective fuse wires are higher than the resistance values of the plurality of corresponding upper electrodes.

Claims (16)

1. A capacitor component comprising:

a lower electrode;

a capacitive insulating film covering the lower electrode;

a plurality of upper electrodes overlapping the lower electrode through the capacitive insulating film;

a first external terminal connected to the lower electrode;

a plurality of fuse wires connected respectively to the plurality of upper electrodes; and

a second external terminal connected in common to the plurality of fuse wires,

wherein resistance values of the plurality of respective fuse wires are higher than resistance values of the plurality of corresponding upper electrodes, and

wherein each of the plurality of fuse wires includes:

a first section in which current flows in a first direction; and

a second section disposed in close vicinity of the first section and in which current flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

2. The capacitor component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fuse wires comprise a conductive material different from that of the plurality of upper electrodes.

3. The capacitor component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of fuse wires includes:

a wiring pattern disposed above an associated one of the plurality of upper electrodes through an insulating layer; and

a via conductor penetrating the insulating layer and connecting the associated one of the plurality of upper electrodes and the wiring pattern.

4. The capacitor component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the lower electrodes and a plurality of upper electrode layers each having the plurality of upper electrodes are alternately stacked via the capacitive insulating film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: SAITA, HITOSHI
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058724/0944 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-018838 · Feb 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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