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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120003544 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, CAPACITOR, BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE Provided are an electrode structure which is excellent in adhesiveness between an aluminum material as a base material and a dielectric layer and adhesiveness between the dielectric layers and allows a higher capacitance than the conventional one to be obtained, even wh... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110299219 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE PRODUCT A compressible and deformable layer is densified and laminated to a layer of a material that is relatively resistant to stretching. The densification and bonding take place in a single step. As used in fabrication of electrodes, for example, electrodes for double layer ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110286147 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND CAPACITOR An electrode material comprising 0.5-50 wt % functionalized graphene material and a capacitor comprising the electrode material are provided. A method for preparing the functionalized graphene material is also provided. The method comprises the step of chemically reduci... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110229753 | HIGH OUTPUT ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE The present invention relates to an electric energy storage device such as a capacitor, a secondary battery, or the like, and more particularly, to an electric energy storage device capable of improving high output characteristics by using a voltage terminal. The electr... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110151286 | High performance energy storage devices A lead-acid battery comprising:
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| 20110140826 | WIRE MATERIAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CAPACITOR A wire material includes at least two branch structures disposed so as to be continuous with each other, each of the branch structures including a conductor and a pair of branching conductors connected to the conductor. The branching conductors may be connected to a fro... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110104536 | ELECTRODE FOR ENERGY STORAGE MEANS An energy storage unit, such as a galvanic cell, is composed of a first electrode (10), a second electrode (18) and a separation element (24), which is arranged between the first and the second electrode. Therein, the first and the second electrode ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100284123 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING HIGH-DENSITY CAPACITORS The present invention describes systems and methods for fabricating high-density capacitors. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for fabricating a high-density capacitor system including the steps of providing a substrate and depositing a ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100246087 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR, MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, AND DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises an electrostatic actuator, an estimation circuit, a storage circuit and a bias circuit. The electrostatic actuator has a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and an insulating film disposed between the top electrode and the bot... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100172064 | ELECTRIC APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC POWER A shape of longitudinal section of a side wall of an insulation tube is formed into an arch. With this shape, as compared with a mere cylindrical insulation member, it is possible to elongate a creepage distance without extending a length in an axial direction of the in... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100164669 | PASSIVE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WITH INORGANIC DIELECTRIC COATING LAYER A passive electrical component includes an inorganic dielectric coating layer laser applied to a conductor layer.... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100142115 | BURIED CAPACITOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CHANGING CAPACITANCE THEREOF Provided are a buried capacitor, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of changing a capacitance thereof. The buried capacitor includes an upper electrode including at least one first hole, a lower electrode including at least one second hole, and a dielectri... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136381 | Electrode plate multi-end sides to single end side current collector of an electricity storage/discharge device The present invention discloses that the auxiliary electric conductor is additionally installed between the positive or negative electrode plates being installed at the edge inside the individual electrode cell having electrode plates and the electrode cell casing, and ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100136414 | APPARATUS FOR STORING ENERGY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME An apparatus for storing energy may include: a plurality of nanowire cells electrically connected to each other; and a storage for storing electrical energy generated from the nanowire cells. Each of the plurality of nanowire cells may include: first and second electrod... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100118465 | Method of Manufacturing Silicon Topological Capacitors In accordance with the present invention, a novel method to fabricate topological capacitors is provided. The fabrication method of the instant invention is based upon a reversed surface topology utilizing deep reactive ion etching to establish conductive capacitive ele... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20090262483 | CAPACITOR IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A capacitor may include at least one of a polysilicon layer over a semiconductor substrate; a capacitor dielectric layer over a polysilicon layer; an insulating layer over a capacitor dielectric layer; a metal layer connected to a capacitor dielectric layer through a fi... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090231777 | NANOLITHOGRAPHIC METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN EMBEDDED PASSIVE DEVICE FOR A MICROELECTRONIC APPLICATION, AND MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING SAME A method of manufacturing an embedded passive device for a microelectronic application comprises steps of providing a substrate (110, 210, 310), nanolithographically forming a first section (121, 221, 321) of the embedded passive device over the substrate,... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20080259521 | POWER INTEGRITY CIRCUITS WITH EMI BENEFITS A stable power, low electromagnetic interference (EMI) apparatus and method for connecting electronic devices and circuit boards is disclosed. The apparatus involves a capacitor which includes a body member, a set of power terminals and a set of ground terminals connect... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080218932 | Embedded capacitor An embedded capacitor method and system is provided for printed circuit boards. The capacitor structure is embedded within an insulator substrate, minimizes real-estate usage, provides a high capacitance, enhances capacitance density, and yet forms an advantageous plana... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080173978 | MIM capacitor and metal gate transistor An embedded MIM capacitor in a logic circuit and method for forming the same are disclosed. The device includes a substrate, a bottom electrode, a dielectric film, and a top electrode. The substrate comprises an insulator region. The bottom electrode comprises a first c... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173919 | Deposition method for a transition-metal-containing dielectric The present invention relates to a method for depositing a dielectric material comprising a transition metal compound. After providing a substrate, a first pre-cursor comprising a transition metal compound and a second pre-cursor predominantly comprising at least one of... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080089004 | Capacitor with hafnium, lanthanum and oxygen mixed dielectric and method for fabricating the same Disclosed is a capacitor with a dielectric layer having a low equivalent oxide thickness compared to a HfO2 layer and capable of decreasing a level of a leakage current incidence and a method for fabricating the same. Particularly, the capacitor includes: a b... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080030921 | MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers; internal electrodes formed between the dielectric ceramic layers; and end termination electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes, wherein the dielectric ceramic layer is... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20070279832 | Capacitive micro-electro-mechanical sensors with single crystal silicon electrodes The devices presented herein are capacitive sensors with single crystal silicon on all key stress points. Isolating trenches are formed by trench and refill forming dielectrically isolated conductive silicon electrodes for drive, sense and guards. For pressure sensing d... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070267747 | Dispersions of Intrinsically Conductive Polymers, and Methods for the Production Thereof The invention relates to a dispersion which contains particles of at least one intrinsically conductive polymer, wherein the particle size is on average (weight) less than 1 μm, and which is characterized in that the dispersant is a liquid at room temperature, and a la... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070146962 | CAPACITOR IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A capacitor may include at least one of a polysilicon layer over a semiconductor substrate; a capacitor dielectric layer over a polysilicon layer; an insulating layer over a capacitor dielectric layer; a metal layer connected to a capacitor dielectric layer through a fi... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070020843 | Method of producing a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor A chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor comprises capacitor elements. A cathode terminal comprising a plate-like conductor is interposed between cathode layers of the capacitor elements. The capacitor elements are bonded to each other by a bonding agent such as a solde... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20060203420 | Multi-terminal type laminated capacitor and manufacturing method thereof Electrode layers 121 to 128 are superimposed in a ceramic porcelain 1 with ceramic layers therebetween. The electrode layers 121 to 128 respectively include internal electrodes A1 to A8 and extraction electrodes B1 | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060196024 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICES HAVING IMPROVED CAPACITANCE Some embodiments of the invention include a capacitor in which a dielectric of the capacitor is formed by oxidizing at least a portion of a metal layer. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060044731 | Method for manufacturing multilayer electronic component At the time of pressing an electrode layer 12a against a surface of a green sheet 10a having a thickness of 3 μm or thinner to bond the electrode layer 12a with the surface of the green sheet 10a, an adhesive laye... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060018078 | Solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor comprises a capacitor element which includes an anode foil and a cathode foil rolled with a separator interposed therebetween, and a solid electrolyte layer or an electrically conductive polymer layer provided therein. The cathode foil is ... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060007629 | Electrolyte for electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic capacitor and process for producing tetrafluoroaluminate salt of organic onium There are provided an aluminum electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode, a cathode comprising aluminum and an electrolytic solution containing an onium salt of fluorine-containing anion, wherein the electrolytic solution has a water concentration of 1% by weight or le... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060007630 | Ferroelectric register, and method for manufacturing capacitor of the same The present invention discloses a ferroelectric register and a method for manufacturing a capacitor of the same. The ferroelectric register is configured to reduce probability of data storage failure due to a weak state capacitor, by connecting a plurality of capacitors... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060002054 | Electric machine with integrated electronics in a circular/closed-loop arrangement An electric machine including multiple windings, a switch circuit connected to each of the windings, a positive bus bar, and a negative bus bar. The switch circuits are in communication with the windings to selectively energize each of the windings. The positive bus bar... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050259378 | Multiple region vibration-sensing touch sensor The present invention provides a multiple region vibration-sensing touch sensor that incorporates at least two sets of vibration sensors on a single touch plate, each set of vibration sensors defining distinct touch regions. The vibration sensors detect vibrations indic... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050237694 | Methods and apparatus for reducing thermal noise Methods and apparatus for reducing the thermal noise integrated on a storage element are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a sampling circuit comprising a sampling capacitor to store a charge, the sampling capacitor being exposed to an ambient te... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050225927 | Processes for the production of niobium oxides with controlled tantalum content and capacitors made therefrom The present invention relates to niobium oxides having a controlled tantalum content and processes for producing such niobium oxides. The tantalum content can be homogenous or heterogeneous and can be obtained using various process, including co-precipitation, impregnat... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050225926 | Cup-shaped housing and condenser with said housing A housing (1) having a lid (5), for electrochemical cells having at least two electrodes is proposed, wherein indentations (5B, 10B) for contacting the electrodes are present both in the lid and in the housing bottom. In this arrangement, the... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050213280 | Trench capacitor power supply system and method A plurality of trenched capacitors are grouped in phases. A control circuit switches each phase between charging and discharging states devised to supply one or more loads with controlled power. ... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050207090 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and electric circuit A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a cathode including a solid electrolytic layer, an anode, and a dielectric layer provided between the cathode and the anode. The anode includes an anode body, an input anode terminal and an output anode terminal. A bypass current ... | 09/22/2005 |
