Electrical component and a method for producing an electrical component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11342126-B2
Application number	US-201515553430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2015
Priority date	Feb 27, 2015
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

An electrical component having partial bodies, a base on which the partial bodies are arranged, and at least one connection contact for electrically connecting the partial bodies to a carrier. A method for producing an electrical component having one or more partial bodies is also disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical component, comprising:
a plurality of bodies, a base on which the bodies are arranged, wherein each of the plurality of bodies has a first side face and a second side face opposite to the first side face;
and first and second connection contacts for electrically connecting the bodies to a carrier, wherein a first connection contact of the first and second connection contacts is located at the first side face of one of the bodies and is fixed to the first side face by a solder or sintering material and wherein a second connection contact of the first and second connection contacts is located at the second side face thereof and is fixed to the second side face by a solder or sintering material;
in which the first connection contact has a plurality of first contact portions connected to each other, and in which the second connection contact has a plurality of second contact portions connected to each other, wherein each of the plurality of first contact portions and each of the plurality of second contact portions make contact with one of the bodies, wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of first contact portions are connected to each other only by a first thin link, wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of second contact portions are connected to each other only by a second thin link,
wherein the electrical component is separable into smaller electrical components by cutting along a plane between two of the bodies and, thereby, between two of the first contact portions and between two of the second contact portions, thereby breaking the first thin link between the two of the first contact portions and breaking the second thin link between the two of the second contact portions, wherein each of the smaller electrical components has at least one body arranged on a portion of the base and is located between a portion of the first connection contact and a portion of the second connection contact.

2. The electrical component according to claim 1 , in which the bodies are not fastened to one another.

3. The electrical component according to claim 2 , in which at least one of the first and second connection contacts is guided through the base.

4. The electrical component according to claim 2 , in which at least one of the first and second connection contacts is designed for SMD or pin mounting.

5. The electrical component according to claim 1 , in which each of the first and second connection contacts is guided through the base.

6. The electrical component according to claim 1 , in which each of the first and second connection contacts is designed for SMD or pin mounting.

7. The electrical component according to claim 1 , in which each of the first and second connection contacts has a plurality of connection portions for electrical connection to the carrier.

8. The electrical component according to claim 1 , in which each of the first and second connection contacts comprises a first material and a second material which is arranged on said first material, in which the first material comprises copper and the second material comprises Invar.

9. A component arrangement comprising the electrical component according to claim 1 and the carrier to which the electrical component is fastened.

10. The electrical component according to claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a non-conductive material.

11. The electrical component according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection contact has at least one first contact region for fastening the first connection contact to the carrier and wherein the second connection contact has at least one second contact region for fastening the second connection contact to the carrier, wherein the base is located between the plurality of bodies and the first contact regions and is located between the plurality of bodies and the second contact regions.

12. The electrical component according to claim 1 , wherein the base is shaped as a plate having an entirely plain surface on which the plurality of bodies is located.

13. The electrical component according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second connection contacts are guided around the base.

14. A method for producing a component having a plurality of bodies, a base on which the bodies are arranged, and a first connection contact and a second connection contact for electrically connecting the bodies to a carrier, comprising the step of:
providing a larger electrical component having a plurality of bodies, a base on which the bodies are arranged and first and second connection contacts, the first connection contact having a plurality of first contact portions connected to each other, and in which the second connection contact has a plurality of second contact portions connected to each other, each of the plurality of first contact portions making contact with one of the bodies and each of the plurality of second contact portions making contact with one of the bodies, and adjacent first contact portions being connected to each other only by a first thin link and adjacent second contact portions being connected to each other only by a second thin link, wherein each of the bodies has first and second side faces opposite to each other, wherein the first connection contact is located at the first side face and is fixed to the first side face by a solder or sintering material and wherein the second connection contact is located at the second side face and is fixed to the second side face by a solder or sintering material, wherein the electrical component is separable into smaller electrical components,
by cutting along a plane between two of the bodies and, thereby, between two of the first contact portions and between two of the second contact portions, thereby breaking the first thin link between the two of the first contact portions and breaking the second thin link between the two of the second contact portions, and wherein each of the smaller electrical components has at least one body arranged on a portion of the base and is connected to a portion of the first connection contact and to a portion of the second connection contact.

Assignees

• Epcos Ag

Inventors

• Koini Markus
• Konrad Jürgen
• Rinner Franz
• Puff Markus
• Stadlober Monika
• Kügerl Georg
• Wippel Thomas

Classifications

• H01G4/38 Primary

  Multiple capacitors, i.e. structural combinations of fixed capacitors · CPC title

• H01G4/248

  the terminals embracing or surrounding the capacitive element, e.g. caps (H01G4/252 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R43/26

  for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device (structural association with two-part coupling device H01R13/629) · CPC title

• H05K3/3426

  characterised by the leads · CPC title

• H01G4/2325

  characterised by the material of the terminals · CPC title