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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043535 | Conductive ink It is an object of the present invention to provide a conductive ink which enables to form a circuit or the like having excellent adhesion to a substrate and to form a conductor having high film density and low electric resistance. In order to attain the object, a c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8021580 | Conductive metal paste The present invention provides a conductive metal paste, available for fabrication of a metal fine particle sintered product layer, which has excellent adhesion to a surface of an underlying substrate such as a glass substrate and also has good conductivity. The con... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017044 | Bimodal metal nanoparticle ink and applications therefor A bimodal metal nanoparticle composition includes first metal nanoparticles having an average diameter of from about 50 nm to about 1000 nm, and second stabilized metal nanoparticles having an average diameter of from about 0.5 nm to about 20 nm, the second stabiliz... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012378 | Nickel ink Disclosed is a nickel ink comprising a dispersion medium and nickel particles dispersed in the medium and containing a methyldimethoxysilane coupling agent. The dispersion medium comprises a glycol having a boiling point of 300° C. or lower at ambient temperature, ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998370 | Conductive paste as well as conductive coating and conductive film prepared from same The task of the present invention is to offer a conductive paste that can be molded into a conductive coating or film that can maintain flexibility and ductility even while possessing a thickness of 50 μm˜125 μm. The conductive paste of the present invention incl... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7785499 | Nickel-rhenium alloy powder and conductor paste containing the same The invention provides a nickel-rhenium alloy powder that contains nickel as a main component, 0.1 to 10% by weight of rhenium and 50 to 10,000 ppm of silicon in terms of silicon atoms, and that is suitable, in particular, for the formation of an internal electrode ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785498 | Method of producing conducting polymer-transition metal electro-catalyst composition and electrodes for fuel cells A method of producing an electro-catalyst composition for use as an electrode, gas diffusion layer-supported electrode, catalyst-coated solid electrolyte layer, and membrane-electrode assembly in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) type fuel cell. The method comprises:... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7744779 | Nickel-rhenium alloy powder and conductor paste containing the same A nickel-rhenium alloy powder comprising nickel as a main component, 0.1 to 10% by weight of rhenium, and having an average particle size of 0.05 to 1.0 μm is provided. The nickel-rhenium alloy powder has a surface oxide film containing a nickel oxide and a rhenium... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7527752 | Method for surface treatment of nickel nanoparticles with organic solution A method for surface treatment of nickel nanoparticles using an organic solution, including dispersing nickel nanoparticles in a reductive organic solvent to obtain homogeneity; heating the dispersion of nickel nanoparticles; and separating the solution after treatm... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7462303 | Conductive composition and ceramic electronic component Disclosed is a conductive composition used for a conductor of an electronic component, comprising a metal particle and a metal oxide particle which has an average particle size of 5 to 60 nm, a melting point of 1500° C. or higher, and a content of 0.1 to 10.0 wt % ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7442327 | Use of dispersions in making electronic devices Dispersions useful in making capacitors, printed circuit boards, etc., comprising an electronic particulate solid, a carrier and a dispersant of formula (1): R—(O-A-CO)x(O—B—CO)y-Z wherein R is hydrogen or a polymerisation terminating group; A is C8-20-alkylen... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442226 | Ultrafine metal powder slurry In an ultrafine metal powder slurry containing an organic solvent, a surfactant, and an ultrafine metal powder, the surfactant is oleoyl sarcosine, the content of the ultrafine metal powder in the ultrafine metal powder slurry is 70 to 95 percent by mass, and more t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435360 | Manufacturing process of conductive composition and a manufacturing process of conductive paste A manufacturing method of conductive paste comprising arranging process (S20 to S23) of ceramics particles, arranging process (S10 to S14) of wetted metal particles, forming process (S30) of slurry wherein metal particles and ceram... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413686 | Conductive particle and adhesive agent A conductive particle can be used for connecting a variety of adherends. The conductive particle includes a resin particle, a first conductive particle disposed around the resin particle, a first resin coating disposed on the periphery of the resin particle. The fir... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390442 | Anisotropic conductive film and method for producing the same An anisotropic conductive film, and its production method, especially suitable for mounting a semiconductor package and sufficiently satisfying the requirements of higher density mounting because short circuit does not occur in the plane direction of the film even i... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371459 | Electrical devices having an oxygen barrier coating An electrical device includes two electrodes and a conductive polymer layer, containing a mixture of a polymer and a conductive filler, separating the electrodes. A oxygen barrier material containing a thermosetting polymer component is present on the exposed surfac... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368069 | PTC thermistor In a PTC thermistor comprising at least a pair of electrodes disposed so as to face each other and a thermistor element disposed between the electrodes and having a positive resistance-temperature characteristic, the thermistor element is a molded body constituted b... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7309849 | Polymer compositions exhibiting a PTC property and methods of fabrication Various embodiments of the invention provide polymeric compositions including PTC composites that exhibit highly non-linear PTC effects together with extremely rapid, repeatable switching within a predetermined temperature range. In one embodiment, the polymer compo... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7242049 | Memory device A floating gate transistor has a reduced barrier energy at an interface with an adjacent gate insulator, allowing faster charge transfer across the gate insulator at lower voltages. Data is stored as charge on the floating gate. The data charge retention time on the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7214419 | Conductive paste multilayered board including the conductive paste and process for producing the same A conductive paste is provided, which has good conductivity and good adhesiveness to substrates and has good long-lasting stability of these properties, and which, when applied to a through-hole of a multi-layered substrate, ensures improved reliability of bonding t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202445 | Door mirror heater To provide a door mirror heater for a vehicle such as a motor vehicle or the like on which a high voltage battery is mounted, a door mirror heater compliant to a high voltage battery having a heat generating circuit provided with a PTC layer corresponding to a heati... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186289 | Nickel powder and production method therefor There is provided a nickel powder suitable as conductive particles for use in conductive paste and conductive resin, that is inexpensive, has superior weather resistance, low resistivity when kneaded with resin, and is stable when used in the long-term, and a produc... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186356 | Analytical device A sensor for chemical species or biological species or radiation presenting to test fluid a polymer composition comprises polymer and conductive filler metal, alloy or reduced metal oxide and having a first level of electrical conductance when quiescent and being co... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7169208 | Method and composition for dispersing extra-fine nickel powder A composition for use with alloys including extra-fine nickel powder dispersed with a hydrophobic inorganic dispersant which is preferably high-purity silica treated with hexamethyldisilazane (fumed silica). The composition breaks and prevents the agglomeration of t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169666 | Method of forming a device having a gate with a selected electron affinity A floating gate transistor has a reduced barrier energy at an interface with an adjacent gate insulator, allowing faster charge transfer across the gate insulator at lower voltages. Data is stored as charge on the floating gate. The data charge retention time on the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160487 | Conductive composition and ceramic electronic component Disclosed is a conductive composition used for a conductor of an electronic component, comprising a metal particle and a metal oxide particle which has an average particle size of 5 to 60 nm, a melting point of 1500° C. or higher, and a content of 0.1 to 10.0 wt % ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154153 | Memory device A floating gate transistor has a reduced barrier energy at an interface with an adjacent gate insulator, allowing faster charge transfer across the gate insulator at lower voltages. Data is stored as charge on the floating gate. The data charge retention time on the... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148785 | Circuit protection device A circuit protection device (31) suitable for surface mounting on a substrate (19). The device has a laminar PTC resistive element (3) which is composed of a conductive polymer composition and is positioned between first and second electrodes ( | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148281 | Polymer blend and method of preparing same A method of preparing an electrically conductive polymer blend, and an electrically conductive polymer blend includes steps of selecting at least two polymeric materials that are substantially immiscible together, mixing the polymeric materials into a blend so that ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147897 | Weldable compositions comprising a conductive pigment and silicon and methods for using the same A weldable coating composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a binder in which is dispersed a conductive pigment and a source of silicon. Enhanced corrosion protection is offered, without sacrificing weldability of the coating layer. The composition is app... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147804 | Terminal electrode compositions for multilayer ceramic capacitors The present invention relates to terminal electrode compositions for multilayer ceramic capacitors. More specifically, it relates to terminal electrode compositions for multilayer ceramic capacitors, which compositions are made of a conductive-based powder and a gla... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141448 | Controlled collapse chip connection (C4) integrated circuit package which has two dissimilar underfill materials An integrated circuit package which may include the dispense of a second encapsulant material (or fillet) different from the first underfill material on an integrated circuit package which may include an integrated circuit that is mounted to a substrate. The package... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134879 | Anisotropic conductive material body, display apparatus, method for producing the display apparatus, and conductive member An anisotropic conductive material body includes an insulating medium; and a plurality of conductive members dispersed in the medium. At least a surface of each of the plurality of conductive members is conductive. A force is applied to at least one of the plurality... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7122131 | Conductive paste for via conductor, ceramic wiring board using the same, and method of manufacturing the same The present invention is directed to a conductive paste for via conductor, comprising a Cu powder having a glass layer formed on the surface, a Ni powder having a metal oxide layer formed on the surface, and a ceramic component homogeneous as that of a ceramic compo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115976 | Method and apparatus for epoxy LOC die attachment A plurality of lead frames is supplied in a lead frame-by-lead frame sequence. A curable adhesive, preferably a 505 Epoxy, is applied to one surface of each lead frame as it indexes through an application device. An attaching device attaches a device to each lead fr... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109548 | Operating a memory device A floating gate transistor has a reduced barrier energy at an interface with an adjacent gate insulator, allowing faster charge transfer across the gate insulator at lower voltages. Data is stored as charge on the floating gate. The data charge retention time on the... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097686 | Nickel powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Nickel powder batches and methods for producing nickel powder batches. The powder batches include particles having a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The present invention is also directed to devices incorporating the nickel ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088572 | Polymer gel electrolyte, secondary cell, and electrical double-layer capacitor A polymer gel electrolyte includes an electrolyte solution composed of a plasticizer with at least two carbonate structures on the molecule and an electrolyte salt, in combination with a matrix polymer. Secondary batteries made with the polymer gel electrolyte can o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084084 | Highly durable silica glass, process for producing same, member comprised thereof, and apparatus provided therewith Highly durable silica glass comprising silica having incorporated therein aluminum and at least one element (M) selected from group 2A elements, group 3A elements and group 4A elements of the periodic table. Preferably, the sum of aluminum and element (M) is at leas... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083744 | Terminal electrode compositions for multilayer ceramic capacitors The present invention relates to terminal electrode compositions for multilayer ceramic capacitors. More specifically, it relates to terminal electrode compositions for multilayer ceramic capacitors which have a metal oxide component selected from SnO2, V... | 08/01/2006 |
