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Semiconductive ceramics
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1977-01-17
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Granted: 1979-03-06
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Expires: 1997-01-17
Abstract
Abstract A composition consisting of 5 to 95 mol% of bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) and 95 to 5 mol% of copper oxide (Cu 2 O), or a composition consisting of 50 to 95 mol% of copper oxide (Cu 2 O) and 50 to 5 mol% of manganese dioxide (MnO 2 ), or a composition consisting of 5 to 95 mol% of bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) and 95 to 5 mol% of manganese dioxide (MnO 2 ), is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries of semiconductor ceramics composed mainly of strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ) to form highly insulating layers in the grain boundaries to thereby provide semiconductive ceramics wherein the rate of change of dielectric constant with temperature as well as the dielectric loss (tan δ) are smaller than in the conventional barium titanate type semiconductor products. Further, the insulation resistance is higher than in the conventional product.
Inventors
- 👤 Gen Itakura
- 👤 Takashi Iguchi
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-24 12:49
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B1/00; H01B1/06; H01B1/08; C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/46; C04B35/462; C04B35/465; C04B35/47; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/018; H01G4/06; H01G4/08; H01G4/12; H01G4/1272; H01G4/1281; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
Semiconductive ceramics characterized in that a composition comprising at least two of the following materials: copper oxide (Cu 2 O), bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ), manganese oxide (MnO 2 ) and lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ), is thermally diffused as an insulating layer in the grain boundaries in a polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor mainly composed of strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ) with small amounts of niobium oxide (Nb 2 O 5 ), tantalum oxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) or bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) so that insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
Semiconductive ceramics characterized in that a composition comprising at least two of the following materials: copper oxide (Cu 2 O), bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ), manganese oxide (MnO 2 ) and lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ), is thermally diffused as an insulating layer in the grain boundaries in a polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor mainly composed of strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ) with small amounts of niobium oxide (Nb 2 O 5 ), tantalum oxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) or bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) so that insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 1, wherein a composition comprising two materials selected from copper oxide (Cu 2 O), bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) and manganese oxide (MnO 2 ) is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor composed of 99.9 to 98 mol% of strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ) and 0.1 to 2 mol% of niobium oxide (Nb 2 O 5 ) or tantalum oxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 2, wherein the composition comprising 5 to 95 mol% of Bi 2 O 3 and 95 to 5 mol% of Cu 2 O is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor specified so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 2, wherein the composition comprising 50 to 95 mol% of Cu 2 O and 50 to 5 mol% of MnO 2 is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor specified so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 2, wherein the composition comprising 5 to 95 mol% of Bi 2 O 3 and 95 to 5 mol% of MnO 2 is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor specified so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
96 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 1, wherein the composition comprising 5 to 95 mol% of Bi 2 O 3 and 95 to 5 mol% of Cu 2 O is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor composed of 99.8 to 96 mol% of strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ), 0.1 to 2 mol% of bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) and 0.1 to 2 mol% of niobium oxide (Nb 2 O 5 ) or tantalum oxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
100 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 1, wherein the composition comprising at least two materials selected from Bi 2 O 3 , MnO 2 , Cu 2 O and Li 2 CO 3 is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor composed of 99.8 to 93 mol% of strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ), 0.1 to 5 mol% of bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) and 0.1 to 2 mol% of niobium oxide (Nb 2 O 5 ) or tantalum oxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 7, wherein the composition comprising 50 to 95 mol% of Bi 2 O 3 and 50 to 5 mol% of MnO 2 is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor specified so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 7, wherein the composition comprising 95 to 50 mol% of Cu 2 O and 5 to 50 mol% of MnO 2 is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor specified so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
60 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 7, wherein the composition comprising 5 to 85 mol% of Bi 2 O 3 , 5 to 85 mol% of Cu 2 O and 5 to 20 mol% of MnO 2 is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor specified so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
69 words
Semiconductive ceramics according to claim 7, wherein the composition comprising 5 to 85 mol% of Cu 2 O, 5 to 85 mol% of Bi 2 O 3 , 3 to 10 mol% of MnO 2 and 5 to 50 mol% of Li 2 CO 3 is thermally diffused in the grain boundaries in the polycrystalline ceramic semiconductor specified so that the insulating layers are provided in said grain boundaries.
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