UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                           Date of Report: May 4, 2006
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                        (Date of earliest event reported)


                        AMERICAN TECHNICAL CERAMICS CORP.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


         DELAWARE                       1-9125                   11-2113382
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(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission              (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                File Number)           Identification No.)


                   1 NORDEN LANE, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


                                 (631) 622-4700
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 2.02       Results of Operations and Financial Condition
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On May 4, 2006,  American  Technical  Ceramics  Corp.,  a Delaware  corporation,
issued a press  release,  furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and  incorporated  herein by
reference, announcing its financial results for its third fiscal quarter for the
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  2006.  A copy of this  press  release  is being
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The  information  in this Current  Report on Form 8-K,  including  Exhibit 99.1,
shall not be deemed  "filed" for the  purposes  of Section 18 of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"), or otherwise  subject to
the liability of that section,  nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.



Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits
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          The following exhibit is furnished as part of this report:

          Exhibit No.                           Description
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          99.1                     Press release issued by the Registrant, dated
                                   May 4, 2006.







                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.





                                        AMERICAN TECHNICAL CERAMICS CORP.
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                                                   (Registrant)







                                                /S/ ANDREW R. PERZ
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Date: May 4, 2006                               Andrew R. Perz
                                                Vice President, Finance
                                                (Principal Accounting Officer)




Exhibit Index



Exhibit No.                                     Description
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99.1                    Press release of American Technical Ceramics Corp.,
                        dated May 4, 2006.