Assignee: Vishay Sprague, Inc.

Location: Sanford, ME
No. of patents: 26

Number	Title	Issue Date
8125762	High voltage capacitors A multilayer ceramic capacitor component includes a ceramic capacitor body having opposite ends and comprised of a plurality of electrode layers and dielectric layers, first and second external terminals attached to the ceramic capacitor body. The plurality of elect...	02/28/2012
7715173	High voltage capacitors A capacitor includes a ceramic capacitor body having opposite ends and comprised of a plurality of electrode layers and dielectric layers and first and second external terminals attached to the ceramic capacitor body. The internal active electrodes within the cerami...	05/11/2010
7449032	Method of manufacturing surface mount capacitor A surface mount capacitor (10) and method for making the same. A solid slug or pellet anode body (1) is encapsulated in a case (6) of insulating material. An anode and cathode termination pair (2, 3) are formed with surface mount mounting...	11/11/2008
7283350	Surface mount chip capacitor A surface mount chip capacitor includes a metal substrate, a conductive powder element including a valve metal and partially surrounding the metal substrate with the metal substrate extending outwardly from the conductive powder towards the anode end of the surface ...	10/16/2007
7221555	Surface mount MELF capacitor The surface mount MELF capacitor of the present invention includes a wire and a conductive powder element electrically connected to the wire. The surface mount MELF capacitor has insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the conductive powder element and...	05/22/2007
7179309	Surface mount chip capacitor The surface mount chip capacitor of the present invention includes a wire and a conductive powder element electrically connected to the wire. The surface mount chip capacitor has insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the conductive powder element and...	02/20/2007
7167357	Surface mount MELF capacitor The surface mount MELF capacitor of the present invention includes a wire and a conductive powder element electrically connected to the wire. The surface mount MELF capacitor has insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the conductive powder element and...	01/23/2007
7161797	Surface mount capacitor and method of making same A surface mount capacitor (10) and method for making the same. A solid slug or pellet anode body (1) is encapsulated in a case (6) of insulating material. An anode and cathode termination pair (2, 3) are formed with surface mount mounting...	01/09/2007
7088573	Surface mount MELF capacitor The surface mount MELF capacitor of the present invention includes a wire and a conductive powder element electrically connected to the wire. The surface mount MELF capacitor has insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the conductive powder element and...	08/08/2006
7085127	Surface mount chip capacitor The surface mount chip capacitor of the present invention includes a wire and a conductive powder element electrically connected to the wire. The surface mount chip capacitor has insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the conductive powder element and...	08/01/2006
6914770	Surface mount flipchip capacitor The surface mount flipchip capacitor of the present invention includes a wire and a conductive powder element electrically connected to the wire. The surface mount flipchip capacitor has insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the conductive powder ele...	07/05/2005
6541302	Method of forming termination on chip components A method for forming terminations on the opposite ends of a chip component includes placing a chip component in a cavity with one end of the chip component exposed. Termination conductive material is then deposited on the exposed end of the chip component...	04/01/2003
6483693	Center molded capacitor A first mold die and a second mold die are moved together and are shaped to define a mold cavity therebetween. A capacitor pellet is positioned within the mold cavity and a plurality of projections extend inwardly to engage the capacitor pellet and hold i...	11/19/2002
6447570	Sintered Tantalum and Niobium capacitor pellets doped with Nitrogen, and method of making the same A pellet for use in electrolytic capacitors is comprised of a powder selected from one of Tantalum and Niobium. The pellet is porous, free from oxygen, annealed by heat, and diffused with nitrogen with all these attributes being achieved in an oxygen free...	09/10/2002
6411499	Capacitor termination assembly A capacitor includes a pellet molded within a protective material and having a cathode termination surface at one end and an anode wire extending from the other end. The cathode termination surface is centered with respect to the longitudinal axis of the ...	06/25/2002
6410083	Method for doping sintered tantalum and niobium pellets with nitrogen A method of doping tantalum and niobium pellets with nitrogen is described wherein the resulting pellets are substantially free of nitride precipitate on their outer surfaces. The method includes the step of heating the pellets to a temperature of from ab...	06/25/2002
6380577	Tantalum chip capacitor The tantalum chip capacitor of the present invention includes a anode terminal which is substantially flat. The tantalum wire which extends from the tantalum pellet through the insulating material terminates substantially flush with the insulating materia...	04/30/2002
6368364	Method for centering capacitor in mold A capacitor includes a pellet molded within a protective material and having a cathode termination surface at one end and an anode wire extending from the other end. The cathode termination surface is centered with respect to the longitudinal axis of the ...	04/09/2002
6319292	Method for making capacitor pellet and lead assembly A capacitor includes a porous pellet formed from compressed conductive particles. The pellet has a lead receiving external surface. The conductive particles at the lead receiving surface are fused together to create a fused layer on the external surface o...	11/20/2001
6284555	Capacitor mold and method for using same A first mold die and a second mold die are moved together and are shaped to define a mold cavity therebetween. A capacitor pellet is positioned within the mold cavity and a plurality of projections extend inwardly to engage the capacitor pellet and hold i...	09/04/2001
6238444	Method for making tantalum chip capacitor The tantalum chip capacitor of the present invention includes a anode terminal which is substantially flat. The tantalum wire which extends from the tantalum pellet through the insulating material terminates substantially flush with the insulating materia...	05/29/2001
6212065	Capacitor pellet and lead assembly A capacitor includes a porous pellet formed from compressed conductive particles. The pellet has a lead receiving external surface. The conductive particles at the lead receiving surface are fused together to create a fused layer on the external surface o...	04/03/2001
6185090	Method for doping sintered tantalum and niobium pellets with nitrogen Doped tantalum and niobium pellets with nitrogen is described wherein the resulting pellets are substantially free of nitride precipitate on their outer surfaces. The tantalum and niobium pellets are formed by heating the pellets to a temperature of from ...	02/06/2001
6010660	Method for doping sintered tantalum pellets with nitrogen A method of doping tantalum pellets with nitrogen is described wherein the resulting pellets are substantially free of nitride precipitate on their outer surfaces. The method includes the step of heating the pellets to a temperature of from about 1000-140...	01/04/2000
5888590	Apparatus and method for conformally coating a capacitor A method of conformally coating a capacitor with an epoxy layer of the present invention is used to coat the capacitor using fluidized bed techniques. The method includes the use of a chiller bar which is placed against the cathode surface of a capacitor ...	03/30/1999
5825611	Doped sintered tantalum pellets with nitrogen in a capacitor Doped tantalum pellets with nitrogen is described wherein the resulting pellets are substantially free of nitride precipitate on their outer surfaces. The tantalum pellets are formed by heating the pellets to a temperature of from about 1000°-1400° C. i...	10/20/1998

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Assignee: Vishay Sprague, Inc.