A transmission line capacitor includes at least two side-by-side capacitor portions
spaced apart between a separating portion all contained in a single monolithic
body. Such transmission line capacitors provide specific capacitor functionality
for parallel transmission lines in a printed circuit board environment, while also
maintaining a desired impedance value between the transmission paths. The transmission
line capacitors offer both biasing functionality for blocking undesired DC voltages
as well as AC coupling functionality for passing AC voltage signals with preserved
data integrity. A first embodiment may be formed with a dielectric material having
a relatively low dielectric constant, allowing high capacitor "height" with fixed
spacing between distinct capacitive structures. Another embodiment may be formed
with a relative high K dielectric and then slotted with an air gap between capacitive
structures. Yet another embodiment may be formed with a relatively high K dielectric
material, and with a relatively low K material provided in between capacitive structures.
A still further embodiment concerns a transmission line capacitor design formed
with high K and low K dielectric materials punched into a monolithic thin-film device.