Abstract: A method for controlling charging a power source of an implantable medical device (IMD) in a patient including determining a power being delivered to a primary coil of an external charging device for recharging, determining an estimated power delivered to the IMD power source an estimated heat generated by the primary coil based on a resistance of the primary coil determined as function of at least one of a recharge frequency, a temperature of the primary coil, and a current supplied to the primary coil, calculating an estimated heat generated by the IMD by subtracting the estimated heat generated by the primary coil and the estimated power delivered stored by the rechargeable power source from the power being delivered to a primary coil; and controlling based on the heat generated by the IMD, the power being delivered by the primary coil of the external charging device.

Abstract: A sensor including a detection film formed from a resin composition, a first electrode provided on a first surface of the detection film, and a second electrode provided on a second surface of the detection film, wherein the first surface of the detection film includes a rough surface having fine irregularities with a root mean square roughness (Rq) of 0.3 ?m to 3.0 ?m in a portion that is in contact with the first electrode.

Abstract: Solder reflowing a feedthrough pin to internal electronics of an electronic device and interface block constructions conducive to solder reflow.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween to be point-symmetrical to each other, first and second connection electrodes penetrating through the body in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer, and connected to the first internal electrode, third and fourth connection electrodes penetrating through the body in the direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer, and connected to the second internal electrode, first and second external electrodes disposed on both external surfaces of the body and connected to the first and second connection electrodes, and third and fourth external electrodes spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes and connected to the third and fourth connection electrodes. Each of the first and second internal electrodes includes an electrode-unformed region.

Abstract: A composite pane for separating an interior space from an external environment, includes an inner pane, an outer pane with an inner surface, and an intermediate layer that areally joins the inner surface of the outer pane to an outer surface of the inner pane, a capacitive sensor for detecting moisture having at least one capacitor that is connected to an electronic sensor unit, which is provided for detecting a change in capacitance of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor has at least two electrodes formed from a transparent, electrically conductive coating, which are capacitively coupled.

Abstract: A conductive nanoporous membrane system has a first ion exchange membrane formed from a nanoporous substrate that is coated with a metal or carbon or conductive polymers to form a conductive membrane, a second ion exchange membrane that is also formed from a nanoporous substrate coated with a metal to form a conductive membrane is positioned in spaced relation to the first conductive membrane and coupled to a voltage source; the negatively potential membrane acts as a cation exchange membrane in the presence of an electrolyte, and the positively connected electrode behave as anodic exchange membrane in the presence of an electrolyte due to the formation of electrical double layers at the interface between metal and liquid electrolyte.

Abstract: An implantable pulse generator including a header, a can, and a filtered feedthrough assembly. The header including lead connector blocks. The can coupled to the header and including a wall and an electronic substrate housed within the wall. The filtered feedthrough assembly including a flange mounted to the can and having a feedthrough port, a plurality of feedthrough wires extending through the feedthrough port, and an insulator brazed to the feedthrough port of the flange. The filtered feedthrough assembly further including a capacitor having the plurality of feedthrough wires extending there through, an insulating washer positioned between and abutting the insulator and the capacitor at least in the area of the braze joint such that the capacitor and the braze joint are non-conductive, and an electrically conductive material adhered to the capacitor and the flange for grounding of the capacitor.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a plurality of capacitor elements that are laminated with each other. The plurality of capacitor elements each include an anode body, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode lead-out layer. The anode body is a foil-shaped electric conductor having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The anode body includes an anode section, a cathode formation section, and a separation section interposed between the anode section and the cathode formation section. The solid electrolyte layer and the cathode lead-out layer are disposed on both the first and the second main surfaces of the cathode formation section. A first insulating layer is disposed on the first main surface of the separation section.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; first and second connection electrodes penetrating the body in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer and connected to the first internal electrode; third and fourth connection electrodes penetrating the body in a in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer and connected to the second internal electrode; first and second external electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the body, and connected to the first and second connection electrodes; and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the third and fourth connection electrodes, and at least a portion of the first and second connection electrodes is exposed to the surface of the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitive deionization electrode module, a water treatment apparatus and method capable of saving energy using the same, and more particularly, to a capacitive deionization electrode module that is capable of improving durability, suppressing fouling, and increasing the amount of incoming water treated and to a water treatment apparatus and method that is capable of recovering and reusing energy generated while a saline adsorbed to the capacitive deionization electrode module is being desorbed through an energy recovery device, thereby saving the energy.

Abstract: A multilayer ultrasonic transducer of an embodiment includes: a plurality of stacked oscillators; external electrodes disposed on outer exposed surfaces of two oscillators disposed in the outermost layers out of the plurality of oscillators; and a plurality of internal electrodes each disposed between two of the plurality of oscillators. There are provided electrode regions in which the plurality of internal electrodes are arranged such that the number of layers of the internal electrodes in a direction in which the oscillators are stacked gradiently increases from an inner region toward an outer peripheral region of the plurality of oscillators, and ultrasonic waves emitted from the plurality of oscillators are focused toward at least the inner region.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween to be point-symmetrical to each other, first and second connection electrodes penetrating through the body in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer, and connected to the first internal electrode, third and fourth connection electrodes penetrating through the body in the direction perpendicular to the dielectric layer, and connected to the second internal electrode, first and second external electrodes disposed on both external surfaces of the body and connected to the first and second connection electrodes, and third and fourth external electrodes spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes and connected to the third and fourth connection electrodes. Each of the first and second internal electrodes includes an electrode-unformed region.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method for creating an annular capacitor adjacent to via or imbedded metal structure allowing for device to be made in close proximity to the via connecting to a ground plane. The annular capacitor in close proximity to the metal filled via or imbedded metal structure allows the construction of capacitors, filters, or active devices enabling a smaller RF device and/or to shunt a signal to the integrated ground plane. This reduces the RF, Electronic noise and results in a reduced device size.

Abstract: A feedthrough terminal assembly for active implantable medical devices includes an electrically conductive pad for a convenient attachment of wires from either the circuitry inside the implantable medical device or wires external to the device. The electrically conductive pad enables direct thermal or ultrasonic bonding of a circuit board or lead wire to the terminal pin.

Abstract: Medical devices provide metallic connector enclosures. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with relatively thin walls in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to aid in miniaturizing the medical device. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with interior surfaces that deviate less from an ideal inner surface shape in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to allow for better concentricity of electrical connectors. The metallic connector enclosures may include a panel that allows access to the cavity of the connector enclosure where set screw blocks, lead connectors, spacers, seals, and the like may be located. Furthermore, the lead connectors within the metallic connector enclosures may be separated from the metallic connector enclosure by being positioned within non-conductive seals that reside within features included in cavity walls of the connector enclosure.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless signal transmission are described. A fractal antenna may be utilized to wirelessly communicate with a transmitter implanted within or located external to the patient. The fractal antenna may be implanted within the patient and may be coupled with a lead also implanted within the patient. The characteristics of the fractal antenna may allow for enhanced data transmission between the antenna and the transmitter while reducing the need for implanted wires to connect the transmitter and leads.

Abstract: A semiconductor composite device is provided that includes a voltage regulator, a package board, and a load, and converts an input DC voltage into a different DC voltage to supply the converted DC voltage to the load. The VR includes a semiconductor active element. The package board includes a C layer in which a capacitor is formed, and an L layer in which an inductor is formed. A plurality of through holes penetrate the C layer and the L layer in a direction perpendicular to the mounting face in the package board. The capacitor is connected to the load through the through hole. The inductor is connected to the load through the through hole and to the VR through the through hole.

Abstract: One aspect relates to an apparatus including a first frame, a further frame, a first element, a second element, and a third element. The first frame frames the further frame, the further frame frames the first element, and electrically insulates the first element and the first frame from each other. The first element is electrically conductive, the second element is electrically conductive, and the third element provides an electrically conductive connection between the first element and the second element, and has a porosity in the range of 0.001 to 0.4.

Abstract: A capacitor component includes: a body including first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed in a first direction; first and second connection electrodes extending in the first direction in the body, respectively connected to the first and second internal electrodes, and opposing each other in a second direction; and first and second external electrodes disposed on one surface of the body and respectively connected to the first and second connection electrodes and each include an extended pattern disposed at one end portion on the one surface in the second direction and extending in a third direction, and a connection pattern extending, in the second direction, from a region spaced apart from both ends of the extended pattern in the third direction and connected to one of the first and second connection electrodes in a region spaced apart from opposite ends of the extended pattern in the third direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromodulation electrodes, and in particular, to neuromodulation electrodes having a platinum/iridium surface etched with a pattern and methods of laser etching the pattern into the platinum/iridium surface of the neuromodulation electrodes to improve performance of the neuromodulation electrodes. Particularly, aspects are directed to an electrode including a base body having: (i) an interface surface that has an area of less than 50 mm2, and (ii) an alloy including platinum and iridium. The interface surface has a surface topography including: (i) an artificial pattern, and (ii) a surface roughness having an arithmetical mean height (Ra) of greater than 0.8 ?m.

Abstract: A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a contact pad of a device, forming a first polymer layer over the dielectric layer, forming a first conductive line and a first portion of a second conductive line over the first polymer layer, patterning a photoresist to form an opening over the first portion of the second conductive feature, wherein after patterning the photoresist the first conductive line remains covered by photoresist, forming a second portion of the second conductive line in the opening, wherein the second portion of the second conductive line physically contacts the first portion of the second conductive line, and forming a second polymer layer extending completely over the first conductive line and the second portion of the second conductive line.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package includes a housing that extends along a housing axis between a first end and a second end, where the housing includes first and second opaque portions and a transparent portion disposed between the first and second opaque portions. The first opaque portion is hermetically sealed to a first end of the transparent portion and the second opaque portion is hermetically sealed to a second end of the transparent portion. At least one of the first and second opaque portions is hermetically sealed to the transparent portion by a weld ring. The package further includes a power source disposed within the housing, and an inductive coil disposed at least partially within the transparent portion of the housing and electrically connected to the power source.

Abstract: A high density energy storage system including a giant-colossal dielectric thin film material electrically insulating between two electrodes configured to have increased overlapping surface area.

Abstract: A feedthrough device for protecting a system from an electrical transient may include a housing having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end in a longitudinal direction. A conductive line may extend through the housing from the first end to the second end of the housing. The conductive line may define an input end proximate the first end of the housing and an output end proximate the second end of the housing for connecting the feedthrough device with the system to be protected. A filter may be disposed within the housing and coupled with the conductive line at a first location. A gas discharge tube may be disposed within the housing and coupled with the conductive line at a second location on the conductive line that is proximate the filter and between the input end of the conductive line and the first location.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a capacitive deionization electrode exhibits enhanced ionic material adsorption efficiency. The method includes (a) kneading an electrode active material while adding a solvent to the electrode active material; (b) adding a solvent to the mixture obtained after (a) and stirring the result; and (c) preparing an electrode slurry by adding a binder to the mixture obtained after (b) and stirring the result. According to the method, a problem of a binder blocking electrode pores, which used to occur when using existing methods, is resolved by increasing mixing efficiency of the binder while using an electrode active material having a high specific surface area. A capacitive deionization electrode having very superior ionic material adsorption efficiency may be manufactured using the method.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a capacitor element, a bus bar, and a case. The bus bar is electrically connected to the capacitor element. The capacitor element and the bus bar are accommodated in the case. The case has a protrusion. The bus bar includes a fitting part into which the protrusion is fitted, and has a first surface facing the case and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The fitting part includes a through hole that passes through from the first surface to the second surface, and a cylindrical flange part surrounding the through hole. The cylindrical flange part is disposed on the second surface so as to rise from a peripheral edge of the through hole.

Abstract: A hermetic terminal for a hard disk device (HDD device) that has an excellent gas barrier property and can be assembled in a small number of man-hours, and a hard disk device are provided. The hermetic terminal for an HDD device includes a metal eyelet, insulating glass which seals the metal eyelet on a side of an inner diameter of the metal eyelet, and a lead sealed by the insulating glass to pass therethrough. The lead includes a contact made of a conductive elastic material.

Abstract: One aspect relates to a component comprising i. a base body having a first component surface and a further component surface, the base body comprising a ceramic at least to an extent of 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the base body; ii. at least one electrical conduction element, the at least one electrical conduction element comprising a metal at least to an extent of 51 wt %, based on the electrical conduction element, and the at least one electrical conduction element passing through the entire base body from the first component surface to the further component surface; iii. at least one fastening element having a contact area, the at least one fastening element comprising a metal at least to an extent of 51 wt %, based on the fastening element, and the fastening element being surrounded at least in part by the base body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a capacitive block, notably for an electrical equipment, comprising a case, a capacitive element housed in the case, a substance filling the space between the case and the capacitive element so as to ensure leak tightness of the capacitive element, a heat sink against which the capacitive element is in direct contact. In the capacitive block, the heat sink is different from the filling substance, a face of said heat sink, designated free face, forming an outer face of the capacitive block and being devoid of said filling substance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a microscale-based device suitable for purifying fluid, and method of using the device. In particular disclosed embodiments, an electrode layer comprising an enhanced surface area electrode material that has multiple extensions covered in a conductive material are used within the device. The device comprises one or more main flow pathways and one or more side channels. The flow dynamics of the device may be controlled in order to remove contaminants from the fluid. The extensions of the enhanced surface area electrode material are positioned on the surface of the pathways and also may be positioned within the side channels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrode feedthru assembly for an electronic device and method of manufacturing. The feedthru assembly includes a ferrule, an electrode assembly, and an elastomer. The ferrule includes a bore through which the electrode assembly is positioned. The electrode assembly includes an electrode wire attached to a crimp pin. The crimp pin includes a crimp terminal portion and a pin terminal portion, the crimp terminal portion being crimped to a portion of the electrode wire to form a connected portion of the electrode assembly. The elastomer is disposed in the bore of the ferrule between the ferrule and the electrode assembly. The elastomer electrically isolates the ferrule from the electrode assembly and encapsulates at least the connected portion of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for providing a therapy (e.g., stimulation) and/or data signal using an implantable device. Systems, devices and methods for interacting with (e.g., communicating with, receiving power from) an external device are also provided.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus or system can be configured to receive a high voltage alternating current (AC) signal at an input and to provide in dependence thereon a low voltage direct current (DC) signal from an output stage. The power conversion apparatus can include a main path comprising a high voltage capacitor in series with the input. In an example, the capacitor comprises a portion of an electric field energy harvesting system.

Abstract: Discrete cofired feedthrough filters are provided for medical implanted device applications. A plurality of discrete vertical feedthrough filter elements are respectively associated with a plurality of signal wires or pins otherwise supported by an insulating feedthrough and a ferrule. The resulting discrete device comprises a single-element device which is cheaper to make, and which reduces cross-talk between adjacent signal wires/pins while otherwise accommodating changes in feedthrough pitch without having to redesign the filter.

Abstract: A method of recovering carbon black includes the step of providing a carbonaceous source material containing carbon black. The carbonaceous source material is contacted with a sulfonation bath to produce a sulfonated material. The sulfonated material is pyrolyzed to produce a carbon black containing product comprising a glassy carbon matrix phase having carbon black dispersed therein. The pyrolysis can be conducted at a temperature from 1100° C. to 1490° C. A method of making a battery electrode and a lithium ion or sodium ion battery is also disclosed.

Abstract: A filtered feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device comprises a ferrule, an electrical insulator coupled to the ferrule by a connection element, a plurality of feedthrough conductors extending through the electrical insulator, a printed circuit board (PCB), and plurality of capacitors. The PCB is coupled to the ferrule or the electrical insulator, and includes one or more ground layers and a plurality of vias. The connection element is electrically coupled to the ground layer through the vias. The capacitor has a ground terminal electrically coupled to the ground layer through at least one of the vias, and a conductor terminal electrically coupled to the feedthrough conductor.

Abstract: The polarized electrode flow through capacitor comprises at least one each electrode material, with a pore volume that includes meso and micropores, with contained anionic or cationic groups. The polarized electrodes are in opposite polarity facing pairs, separated by a flow path or flow spacer. Both polarities of the particular attached ionic groups used are ionized at the working pH or composition of the particular feed solution supplied to inlet of the flow through capacitor. The contained groups cause the electrodes to be polarized so that they are selective to anions or cations. The polarized electrode flow through capacitor has better performance compared to identical flow through capacitors made from non-derivitized carbon. The capacitor electrode materials so derivitized provide this polarization function directly without need for a separate charge barrier material.

Abstract: One aspect relates to an apparatus includes a ceramic body including a first surface and a further surface. The first surface is opposite the further surface, the first surface includes a first opening. The further surface includes a further opening. The first opening and the further opening are connected by a tunnel, which at least partly includes a tunnel filling and is occluded by the tunnel filling. The tunnel filling includes a first constituent, including a cermet, and a second constituent. The first and second constituents are electroconductingly connected to one another. The first constituent has a first electrical conductivity and the second constituent has a second electrical conductivity, which differs from the first by at least 5·10?4 Siemens per meter (S/m). The ceramic body is characterized by a further electrical conductivity. The first electrical conductivity is more by at least 1·105 Siemens per meter (S/m) than the 15 further electrical conductivity.

Abstract: An analysis device constructs an analytical model with a circuit board and a medium, and applies a concentrated load grouping composed of concentrated loads to the circuit board. In this case, the concentrated loads are established such that the sum of the respective vectors is zero, and such that the torque is zero with respect to the center of gravity. The analysis device applies a finite element method to the analytical model to figure out the vibration of the circuit board, which is caused when the concentrated loads vibrate with a constant period. The change in the pressure of the medium is computed from the vibration of the circuit board, and the change in the pressure is converted to a sound pressure.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor may include a capacitor stack having pluralities of first and second plate electrodes connected to respective stack face terminals. Two face terminals on different stack sides are connected to the first plate electrodes. Two different face terminals also on different stack sides are connected to the second plate electrodes. Respective base conductors connect to the two sets of face terminals for connecting the capacitor to an external circuit. Three face terminals may be connected to the first or second plate electrodes. The base conductors may connect to the face terminals at the same relative position of the capacitor stack, at different relative positions of the capacitor stack. A capacitor stack may be positioned with a stack end facing a base substrate. Two multilayer capacitors may be mounted electrically in parallel with one or more lossy elements spanning a gap between the capacitors.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film type capacitor element, including: a body part formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers; a first internal electrode provided in the body part and including a first non-plated region; a second internal electrode including a second non-plated region; a first via formed in the first non-plated region; and a second via formed in the second non-plated region.

Abstract: Methods and devices related to fabrication and utilization of multilayer capacitors presenting coaxially arranged electrode layers. The capacitors may be self-shielded against electromagnetic interference with neighboring components. The capacitors may have reduced losses from fringing effects when compared to conventional capacitors. The coaxial capacitors may be two-terminal multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC). The design of the capacitors may facilitate an improved relationship between the electric and magnetic fields generated by the capacitor within the dielectric in some embodiments. In some embodiments, the placement of the terminals may lead to a cancelation of mutual inductances between the electrodes. Terminations that facilitate the coupling of the capacitor to a circuit board, as well as methods for fabrication of the capacitors are also discussed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, with a capacitor mounting structure 200, series-connected first multilayer capacitor 211 and second multilayer capacitor 212 are placed in such a way that signals flow through them in the opposite directions, respectively. In addition, the series-connected first multilayer capacitor 211 and second multilayer capacitor 212 are placed in such a way that their respective internal electrode layers 211c, 212c face each other. The capacitor mounting structure can prevent the overall ESL value from increasing even when multilayer capacitors are connected in series.

Abstract: One aspect is a capacitor, having a multitude of parallel insulator layers in one stack direction, made of an electrically non-conducting material, a multitude of conductor layers alternatingly stacked with the insulator layers in the direction of the stack made from a conductive material and at least one contact body. At least some of the conductor layers are connected to one another in a conductive manner via the contact body. The contact body extends through breaks form several insulator layers, where at least the insulator layers are made of a sintered material; the contact body is manufactured at least partially from a sintered material, which is introduced into the breaks in the insulator layers in an unsintered, malleable state.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed filtered feedthrough includes a chip capacitor disposed on a circuit board on a device side. A first low impedance electrical connection is between a capacitor first end metallization and a conductor which is disposed through an insulator. A second low impedance electrical connection is between the capacitor second end metallization and a ferrule or housing. The second low impedance electrical connection may include an oxide-resistant electrical connection forming the hermetic seal between the insulator and the ferrule or housing and an electrical connection between and to the second end metallization and directly to the oxide-resistant electrical connection. Alternatively, the second low impedance electrical connection may include an oxide-resistant metal addition attached directly to the ferrule or housing and an electrical connection between and to the second end metallization and directly to the oxide-resistant metal addition.

Abstract: A Z-directed capacitor according to one embodiment includes a body having top, bottom and side surfaces, a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into a mounting hole in a printed circuit board, and a plurality of stacked support members. Each support member includes an annular plate mounted on a surface thereof. A first conductive side channel and a second conductive side channel are formed in the side surface and extend along a top-to-bottom dimension of the body. A first set of the annular plates electrically contact the first conductive side channel but not the second conductive side channel and a second set of the annular plates electrically contact the second conductive side channel but not the first conductive side channel. A third conductive side channel is formed in the side surface, extends along the top-to-bottom dimension of the body and is electrically separated from the annular plates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film type capacitor element, including: a body part formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers; a first internal electrode provided in the body part and including a first non-plated region; a second internal electrode including a second non-plated region; a first via formed in the first non-plated region; and a second via formed in the second non-plated region.

Abstract: This application includes multiple embodiments related to capacitors. In some embodiments, capacitors are set forth as having terminal leads that extend in parallel and opposing axial directions. The embodiments discussed herein relate to a capacitor module including one or more anodized pellets for providing a charge storage within the capacitor module. The capacitor module can be configured as a surface mounted or non-surface mounted capacitor module. The capacitor module can include an array of anodized pellets arranged in multiple rows or columns of anodized pellets connected by conductive trace included in the capacitor module. In a non-surface mounted embodiment of the capacitor module, the capacitor module can include cathode and anode connections that are exclusively on the side surfaces of the capacitor module.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed filtered feedthrough assembly for an AIMD includes an insulator hermetically sealed to a conductive ferrule or housing. A conductor is hermetically sealed and disposed through the insulator in non-conductive relation to the conductive ferrule or housing between a body fluid side and a device side. A feedthrough capacitor is disposed on the device side. A first low impedance electrical connection is between a first end metallization of the capacitor and the conductor. A second low impedance electrical connection is between a second end metallization of the capacitor and the ferrule or housing. The second low impedance electrical connection includes an oxide-resistant metal addition attached directly to the ferrule or housing and an electrical connection coupling the second end metallization electrically and physically directly to the oxide-resistant metal addition.

Abstract: A feedthrough filter capacitor assembly includes a conductive terminal pin which extends through a first passageway of a capacitor in conductive relation with a first set of electrode plates, and through a conductive ferrule and an insulator in non-conductive relation. The insulator includes ground plates conductively coupled to the ferrule. A second set of electrode plates of the capacitor are conductively coupled to the insulator ground plates, such as by a ground pin extending through the capacitor in relation with the second set of electrode plates, and at least partially extending through a second passageway of the insulator in conductive relation with the ground plates. In this manner, the exterior electrical/mechanical connection between the capacitor and ferrule or other ground member is eliminated.