Abstract: One or more multilayer ceramic capacitors are positioned in a laminated bus bar so that a pair of opposed, external electrodes on each capacitor are positioned in substantially coplanar engagement with the confronting, plane surfaces of adjacent conductor strips in the bar. The two external electrodes of each capacitor are connected each to a different one of two, spaced metal termination plates, which are mounted on each capacitor to interconnect its alternate and intervening electrodes, respectively. The two termination plates of each capacitor register with spaced recesses or openings formed in each of the adjacent conductor strips to accommodate any projections on the termination plates and thereby permit coplanar engagement of said external electrodes with said conductor strips.

Abstract: A thin, dielectric layer of insulation is provided with a plurality of spaced, rectangular openings. At each side of each opening the insulation is provided with a pair of spaced, integral tab portions which project part way into the opening. Rectangularly shaped ceramic capacitors, which are slightly smaller than the rectangular openings, are placed upon the tabs after which the insulation is partially cured to secure the capacitors to the tabs. The layer of insulation is then laminated between a pair of copper strips to produce a laminated bus bar in which the capacitors are secured in the openings with their marginal edges spaced from the surrounding edge of the associated opening, except where the sides of capacitors are engaged by the tabs.

Abstract: The capacitance of the laminated bar is substantially increased by separating each pair of conductors by a thin, flexible layer of dielectric insulation which has incorporated in an opening therein a thin, wafer-like dielectric ceramic insert, which may comprise a barium titanate composition forming a thin substrate opposite sides of which are metalized, or coated with a thin layer of metal. The strip of insulation is partially cured after the placement of the insert into its openings, thereby to cause part of the resin coating on the insulation to flow into engagement with, and to fix the insert in, the opening in the insulation. This permits the partially cured insulation to be manipulated during its incorporation into a bus bar assembly where it is interposed between two strip conductors. The assembly is thereafter laminated in a dielectric jacket in such manner that opposite sides of each dielectric ceramic insert will be engaged with the confronting surfaces of adjacent conductors.