Capacitor

Abstract

A device including a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor, dielectric material connecting the first and second conductors to each other, and an output or ground terminal section. The first electrical conductor has a first terminal section and a first plate section. The second electrical conductor includes a second terminal section and a second plate section. The second terminal section is connected to a first end of the second plate section. The second plate section includes a coil shaped section. The output terminal section is connected to an opposite second end of the second plate section. The dielectric material connects the first and second plate sections to each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 an electrical component having a plurality of electrical conductors; and   a flash connected to the conductors, wherein the flash comprises a flash lamp and an electrical device, wherein the electrical device comprises a capacitor and an inductor with a common electrical conductor which forms a plate of the capacitor and a inductor conductor of the inductor.   
     
     
         2 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  wherein the common electrical conductor has a winding roll shaped section which forms the plate of the capacitor as a winding plate shape and forms the inductor conductor of the inductor as a coil shaped conductor. 
     
     
         3 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  wherein the capacitor comprises a ceramic capacitor. 
     
     
         4 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  wherein the electrical component comprises a flex cable, and wherein the apparatus forms a flash subassembly configured to be assembled into another apparatus. 
     
     
         5 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  wherein the apparatus comprises a camera connected to the electrical component. 
     
     
         6 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile telephone handset. 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus comprising:
 a switch mode power supply; and   an electrical device connected to an input or an output of the switch mode power supply, wherein the electrical device comprises a capacitor and an inductor with a common electrical conductor having a winding roll shaped section which forms a winding plate of the capacitor and a coil of the inductor.   
     
     
         8 . An apparatus as in  claim 7  wherein the electrical device comprises at least three terminals, and wherein at least two of the terminals are connected to opposite ends of the common electrical conductor. 
     
     
         9 . A device comprising:
 a first electrical conductor comprising a first terminal section and a first plate section;   a second electrical conductor comprising a second terminal section and a second plate section, wherein the second terminal section is connected to a first end of the second plate section, and wherein the second plate section comprises a coil shaped section;   a third terminal section connected to an opposite second end of the second plate section; and   dielectric material connecting the first and second plate sections to each other.   
     
     
         10 . A device as in  claim 9  further comprising a fourth terminal section connected to the first plate section proximate an opposite end from the first terminal section.