US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on June 9 for "Multilayer ceramic capacitor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,702, issued on June 9, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Takaaki Baba (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, first and second main surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces, and external electrodes covering the first and second end surfaces, respectively, and connected to the internal electrode layers. The internal electrode layers are divided into M groups each including N internal electrode layers. A total ...