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Electrical capacitors

Assignee: ERA Patents Ltd
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Filing: 1973-06-11
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Granted: 1975-08-19
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Expires: 1993-06-11
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Abstract

Abstract An improvement in an electrical capacitor produced by printing on a ceramic substrate a thick film comprising a mixture of finely divided precious metal and powdered glass and firing this to form a base electrode, printing on the base electrode a thick film of high permittivity dielectric paste of the glass-ceramic type having a composition such that it re-crystallises during firing to produce a fine dispersion of high permittivity ferroelectric crystals throughout the layer and subsequently firing this layer; and printing over the two previous layers a thick film comprising a mixture of finely divided precious metal and glass and finally firing this to form a top electrode. The improvement consists in the fact that the glass included in the top electrode has the ability to soften in the temperature range 700*-850*C and on further heating to re-crystallise at temperatures below 1,000*C resulting in a glass-ceramic material having a minimum permittivity at room temperature of 50, thus giving a major increase in the capacitance of the resulting capacitor.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ian G Bowkley
  • 👤 Nigel J Goff

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/018; H01G4/06; H01G4/08; H01G4/12; H01G4/129; H01G4/005; H01G4/008; H01G4/0085

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 253 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL CAPACITOR COMPRISING A CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, A BASE ELECTRODE COMPRISING A LAYER OF FINELY DIVIDED PRECIOUS METAL, A FIRST LAYER OF GLASS ADHERING SAID BASE ELECTRODE TO SA D SUBSTRATE, A LAYER OF GLAS-CERAMIC HIGH PERMITTIVITY DIELECTRIC COMPRISING A FINE DISPERSION OF HIGH PERMITTIVITY FERROELECTRIC CRYSTALS THROUGHOUT SAID LAYER, A TOP ELECTRODE COMPRISING A LAYER OF FINELY DIVIDED PRECIOUS METAL AND A SECOND LAYER OF GLASS ADHERING SAID TOP ELECTRODE TO SAID LAYER OF DIELECTRIC, T HE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES SAID SECOND LAYER OF GLASSHAVING THE ABILITY TO SOFTEN IN THE TEMPERATURE RANGE 700*-850*C AND ON FURTHER HEATING TO RE-CRYSTALLIZE AT TEMPERATURES BELOW 1.000*C OF COMPOSITIONS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A. 45.4% NB205, 8.9% SIO2, 13.8% BAO, 19.6% PBO, 7.9% SRO, 1% AL2O3 AND 3.5% B2O3. B. 45. 4% NB2O5, 4.4% SIO2, 13.8% BAO, 19.6% PBO, 7.9% SRO, 1% AL2O3. 8.0% B2O3, C. 45.5% NB2O5, 8.9% SIO2, 13.8% BAO, 19.M% PBO, 7.9% SRO AND 4.2% B2O3, D. 62.2% NB2O5, 9.7% NA2O, 10% CDO, 6% TIO2 AND 12% SIO2, E. 60.7% NB2O5, 9.4% NA2O, 9.6% CDO, 12% SIO2 AND 8.3% TA2O5, F. 44% NB2O5, 8.6% SIO2, 16.1% BAO, 23.1% PBO, 3.8% SRO, 1% AI2O3 AND 3.4% B2O3, G. 45.2 NB2O5, 8.8% SIO2, 8% BAO, 23.8% PBO, 9.8% SRO, 1% AI2O3 AND 3.5% B2O3, H. 47.1% NB2O5, 9.2% SIO2, 17.3% BAO, 11,6% PBO, 10.2% SRO, 1% AI2O3 AND 3.6% B2O3, THE STATED PERCEN T AGES BEING THE APPROXIMATE PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE LISTED INGREDIENTS IN SAID SECOND LAYER OF GLASS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 253 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL CAPACITOR COMPRISING A CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, A BASE ELECTRODE COMPRISING A LAYER OF FINELY DIVIDED PRECIOUS METAL, A FIRST LAYER OF GLASS ADHERING SAID BASE ELECTRODE TO SA D SUBSTRATE, A LAYER OF GLAS-CERAMIC HIGH PERMITTIVITY DIELECTRIC COMPRISING A FINE DISPERSION OF HIGH PERMITTIVITY FERROELECTRIC CRYSTALS THROUGHOUT SAID LAYER, A TOP ELECTRODE COMPRISING A LAYER OF FINELY DIVIDED PRECIOUS METAL AND A SECOND LAYER OF GLASS ADHERING SAID TOP ELECTRODE TO SAID LAYER OF DIELECTRIC, T HE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES SAID SECOND LAYER OF GLASSHAVING THE ABILITY TO SOFTEN IN THE TEMPERATURE RANGE 700*-850*C AND ON FURTHER HEATING TO RE-CRYSTALLIZE AT TEMPERATURES BELOW 1.000*C OF COMPOSITIONS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A. 45.4% NB205, 8.9% SIO2, 13.8% BAO, 19.6% PBO, 7.9% SRO, 1% AL2O3 AND 3.5% B2O3. B. 45. 4% NB2O5, 4.4% SIO2, 13.8% BAO, 19.6% PBO, 7.9% SRO, 1% AL2O3. 8.0% B2O3, C. 45.5% NB2O5, 8.9% SIO2, 13.8% BAO, 19.M% PBO, 7.9% SRO AND 4.2% B2O3, D. 62.2% NB2O5, 9.7% NA2O, 10% CDO, 6% TIO2 AND 12% SIO2, E. 60.7% NB2O5, 9.4% NA2O, 9.6% CDO, 12% SIO2 AND 8.3% TA2O5, F. 44% NB2O5, 8.6% SIO2, 16.1% BAO, 23.1% PBO, 3.8% SRO, 1% AI2O3 AND 3.4% B2O3, G. 45.2 NB2O5, 8.8% SIO2, 8% BAO, 23.8% PBO, 9.8% SRO, 1% AI2O3 AND 3.5% B2O3, H. 47.1% NB2O5, 9.2% SIO2, 17.3% BAO, 11,6% PBO, 10.2% SRO, 1% AI2O3 AND 3.6% B2O3, THE STATED PERCEN T AGES BEING THE APPROXIMATE PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE LISTED INGREDIENTS IN SAID SECOND LAYER OF GLASS.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 26 words
A capacitor as claimed in claim 1 wherein said layer of glass-ceramic high permittivity dielectric has substantially the same compositions as said second layer of glass.

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