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Electro-nickel plating activator composition, a method for using and a capacitor made therewith
Assignee: MRA Laboratories Inc
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Filing: 1987-07-16
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Granted: 1989-02-21
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Expires: 2007-07-16
Abstract
Abstract A plating activator composition that is largely silver is applied in a thin film to two surface areas of a ceramic chip capacitor. Subsequently, many such chip capacitors are electrolytically nickel plated, e.g. are electro-nickel barrel plated to provide two strongly adhered nickel terminals to the component. This activator composition consists essentially of at elast 85% Ag, from 0.1 to 7% Pd, from 1% to 10% of an element selected from Cu, Si, Bi, Zn, Fe, Ni, Sn, Zr, Nb, Sb, Mn and combinations thereof. These terminals are strong, truly conformal and are highly manufacturable.
Inventors
- 👤 Andre de Keyser
- 👤 Luc Naessens
- 👤 Eddy Vincent
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 16:30
CPC Classifications
C; C25; C25D; C25D5/00; C25D5/54; H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/228; H01G4/232; H01G4/2325
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
An electro-plating activator composition, for sensitizing a ceramic surface to be electro-plated with nickel, consisting essentially of the ingredients at least 85% silver, from 0.1% to 7% of the precious metal palladium and from 1% to 10% of an element selected from copper, silicon, bismuth, zinc, iron, nickel, tin, zirconium, niobium, antimony, manganese, and combinations thereof wherein said percentage quantities, are by weight relative to that of the sum of said ingredients.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
An electro-plating activator composition, for sensitizing a ceramic surface to be electro-plated with nickel, consisting essentially of the ingredients at least 85% silver, from 0.1% to 7% of the precious metal palladium and from 1% to 10% of an element selected from copper, silicon, bismuth, zinc, iron, nickel, tin, zirconium, niobium, antimony, manganese, and combinations thereof wherein said percentage quantities, are by weight relative to that of the sum of said ingredients.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The electro-plating activator of claim 1 wherein said palladium amounts to from 0.2 to 2.5 weight percent of said silver.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electro-plating activator of claim 2 wherein said selected elements are comprised of copper amounting to from 1.5 to 5.5 weight percent of said ingredients.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electro-plating activator of claim 1 wherein said palladium is partially replaced by other precious metal selected from platinum, ruthenium, and combinations thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The electro-plating activator of claim 1 wherein said palladium amounts to less than 0.5 weight percent and said element is selected from about 1.5 weight percent zinc, about 0.9 weight percent silicon and another one of said elements, wherein all said weights are with respect to the weight of said silver.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electro-plating activator of claim 5 wherein said another one of said elements is selected from iron, nickel, zironium, niobium, tin, antimony and manganese.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The electro-plating activator of claim 1 wherein said element at least consists of a base metal selected from copper, zinc and silicon.
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