Composite Electronic Component Resistor Capacitor Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing composite electronic components with integrated resistor and capacitor elements face limitations in design flexibility due to restricted electrical characteristics and configurations, where the resistor element is often directly formed on the capacitor body, limiting processing ease and circuit design freedom.
Innovation Solution
A composite electronic component design featuring a resistor device with an insulating base, separate conductive elements, and a capacitor device with external electrodes, allowing for independent electrical connections and varied configurations, enabling easier combination of resistor and capacitor elements with desired characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the resistor element is formed directly on the surface of the capacitor body, then the composite electronic component achieves integration, but the processing difficulty increases and manufacturing precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the composite electronic component into separate resistor device and capacitor device that are mounted together rather than forming the resistor directly on the capacitor body. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently with standard processes, then assembled together, thereby maintaining integration benefits while avoiding the processing difficulties of direct surface formation.
2Device complexity
If chip-type devices of identical shape and dimensions are integrated, then the composite electronic component is simplified, but the electrical characteristics of each device are significantly restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is designed to accommodate different types and sizes of chip devices (resistors, capacitors, thermistors, varistors) with a single universal configuration. This allows each device to maintain its optimal shape and dimensions for its specific electrical function while still being integrated into a unified composite component.
3Device complexity
If the resistor element and capacitor element are electrically connected in parallel only, then the composite electronic component structure is simplified, but the circuit design freedom is significantly limited
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure provides multiple independent connection terminals that can be configured in various ways (series, parallel, or independent connections to external circuits). This universal connection approach allows the same physical structure to support multiple circuit configurations, thereby maintaining structural simplicity while enabling extensive circuit design freedom for different applications.
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AI summary
A composite electronic component includes a capacitor device and a resistor device stacked together in a height direction. The capacitor device includes a capacitor body and first and second external electrodes. The resistor device includes a base, a resistive element, first and second upper surface conductors, first and second lower surface conductors, a first connection conductor, and a second connection conductor. The upper surface of the base of the resistor device faces the lower surface of the capacitor body of the capacitor device, the first upper surface conductor is electrically connected to the first external electrode, and the second upper surface conductor is electrically connected to the second external electrode.