US4612600A
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Low fire ceramic compositions
Assignee: Tam Ceramics LLC
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Filing: 1984-10-29
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Granted: 1986-09-16
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Expires: 2004-10-29
Abstract
Abstract This invention discloses multilayer capacitors having base metal electrodes sintered at temperatures less than about 950° C. with a lithium fluoride flux, and having a base metal oxide integument at the surface of the electrodes, as well as, a method for making such electrodes with dielectric compositions containing lithium fluoride flux and by adjusting the PO 2 in the sintering atmosphere to avoid oxidation of the base metal and reduction of the metal oxides in the dielectric ceramic.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles E. Hodgkins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 21:54
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/46; C04B35/462; C04B35/465; C04B35/468; C04B35/4682; H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/018; H01G4/06; H01G4/08; H01G4/12; H01G4/1209; H01G4/1218; H01G4/1227; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/43; Y10T29/435
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A method for making ceramic capacitors, which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a sheet from a dielectric composition including a M TiO 3 compound, a metal oxide capable of occupying the barium site in a Perovskite crystal structure and a lithium fluoride flux or percursor thereof wherein the mole ratio of metal oxide to TiO 2 is greater than about 1.00; (b) coating at least a portion of the sheet with a base metal electrode material; (c) sintering the coated sheet at a temperature less than about 950° C. so that an integument of base metal oxide is formed at the surface of electrode material, and the sintering is conducted in an atmosphere having a PO 2 adjusted so that it prevents oxidation of the base metal without significantly reducing the metal oxides in the dielectric composition.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
138 words
A method for making ceramic capacitors, which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a sheet from a dielectric composition including a M TiO 3 compound, a metal oxide capable of occupying the barium site in a Perovskite crystal structure and a lithium fluoride flux or percursor thereof wherein the mole ratio of metal oxide to TiO 2 is greater than about 1.00; (b) coating at least a portion of the sheet with a base metal electrode material; (c) sintering the coated sheet at a temperature less than about 950° C. so that an integument of base metal oxide is formed at the surface of electrode material, and the sintering is conducted in an atmosphere having a PO 2 adjusted so that it prevents oxidation of the base metal without significantly reducing the metal oxides in the dielectric composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method recited in claim 1, wherein: the MTiO 3 compound is from the group consisting of BaTiO 3 , CaTiO 3 , and SrTiO 3 ; the metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of BaO, CaO, and SrO and the molar ratio is between 1.00 and 1.03.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method recited in claim 2, wherein: the MTiO 3 Compound is BaTiO 3 , the base metal is copper and the mole ratio is about 1.02.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
91 words
A ceramic capacitor comprising: a plurality of dielectric layers formed by sintering in a non-oxidizing atmosphere a composition including an M TiO 3 compound selected from the group consisting of BaTiO 3 , CaTiO 3 and SrTiO 3 , and a lithium fluroide flux or precursor thereof having a mole ratio of MO to TiO 2 is greater than about 1.00; and a plurality of electrode layers between the dielectric layers formed from a base metal electrode material; and a base metal oxide integument at the surface of the electrode layers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
91 words
A ceramic capacitor comprising: a plurality of dielectric layers formed by sintering in a non-oxidizing atmosphere a composition including an M TiO 3 compound selected from the group consisting of BaTiO 3 , CaTiO 3 and SrTiO 3 , and a lithium fluroide flux or precursor thereof having a mole ratio of MO to TiO 2 is greater than about 1.00; and a plurality of electrode layers between the dielectric layers formed from a base metal electrode material; and a base metal oxide integument at the surface of the electrode layers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising: a plurality of dielectric layers having a plurality of base metal electrode layers disposed therebetween and a metal oxide integument at the electrode layer's surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
A multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising: a plurality of dielectric layers having a plurality of base metal electrode layers disposed therebetween and a metal oxide integument at the electrode layer's surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
The multilayer ceramic capacitor recited in claim 5, wherein: the dielectric layers are formed from a composition comprising about 93-99 wt % MO:TiO 3 compound and has a M:TiO 2 mole ratio of between about 1.00 and 1.07; and the base metal is selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, nickel, cobalt, copper and their alloys.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The multilayer ceramic capacitor recited in claim 6, wherein: the MTiO 3 compound is BaTiO 3 and the base metal is copper.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A base metal/ceramic structure comprising: a base metal layer cofired with a dielectric ceramic layer having an integument layer of base metal oxide disposed therebetween.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A base metal/ceramic structure comprising: a base metal layer cofired with a dielectric ceramic layer having an integument layer of base metal oxide disposed therebetween.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structure according to claim 8 wherein: the base metal is copper and the base metal oxide is copper oxide.
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