US4574329A
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Multilayer ceramic capacitor
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1984-10-01
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Granted: 1986-03-04
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Expires: 2004-10-01
Abstract
Abstract A multilayer ceramic capacitor characterized by a stack of alternate layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material and of electrode layers consisting of a mixture of a metal having a high electric conductivity and ceramic particles of a material having a sintering temperature which is above the sintering temperature of the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers. As a result of this electrode layer composition, the capacitor can be manufactured by means of a uniaxial pressure sintering process in which the stack is sintered while simultaneously applying pressure in the direction transverse to the plane of the layers. This leads to dielectric layers which are substantially free from pores and have a thickness of at most 20 mu m.
Inventors
- 👤 Antonius J. H. Eijkelenkamp
- 👤 Gijsbertus de With
- 👤 Willem R. de Wild
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 07:06
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/018; H01G4/06; H01G4/08; H01G4/12; H01G4/005; H01G4/008; H01G4/0085; C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/622; C04B35/64; C04B35/645
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
A multilayer capacitor composed of alternate dielectric layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material and of an electrode material, and formed into a compact unit by the application of heat and pressure, characterized in that the capacitor is formed of a compact unit through a thermal treatment by simultaneously applying pressure in a direction transverse to the planes of said layers, and has layers of electrode material consisting of a mixture of 7 to 60% by volume of metal having a high conductivity and of 40 to 93% by volume of particles of a ceramic material having a sintering temperature which is higher than the sintering temperature of the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
115 words
A multilayer capacitor composed of alternate dielectric layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material and of an electrode material, and formed into a compact unit by the application of heat and pressure, characterized in that the capacitor is formed of a compact unit through a thermal treatment by simultaneously applying pressure in a direction transverse to the planes of said layers, and has layers of electrode material consisting of a mixture of 7 to 60% by volume of metal having a high conductivity and of 40 to 93% by volume of particles of a ceramic material having a sintering temperature which is higher than the sintering temperature of the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the electrode material comprises an inert oxide as the ceramic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the ceramic material of the electrode layers is ZrO 2 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers is barium titanate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material have a thickness of at most 20 μm and a density of at least 99%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers is barium titanate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material have a thickness of at most 20 μm and a density of at least 99%.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the electrode material comprises a noble metal as the metal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 8 characterized in that the noble metal is an Ag-Pd alloy.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 9 characterized in that the Ag-Pd alloy comprises at least 30 at.% of Ag.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 10 characterized in that the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers is barium titanate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material have a thickness of at most 20 μm and a density of at least 99%.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers is barium titanate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material have a thickness of at most 20 μm and a density of at least 99%.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the noble metal is Ag.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 15, characterized in that the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers is barium titanate.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 8 characterized in that the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers is barium titanate.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 8 characterized in that the layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material have a thickness of at most 20 μm and a density of at least 99%.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the oxidic ceramic material of the dielectric layers is barium titanate.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multilayer capacitor as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the layers of dielectric oxidic ceramic material have a thickness of at most 20 μm and a density of at least 99%.
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