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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7572406 | Perovskite ceramic powder and electronic component using same and manufacturing methods thereof A ceramic powder having a perovskite structure is manufactured by synthesizing a ceramic powder by a dry synthesis process and then heat-treating the synthesized ceramic powder in a solution. The dry synthesis method includes a solid phase synthesis method, an oxala... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7341639 | Electroceramic component comprising a plurality of contact surfaces A method produces a component having a ceramic base body and contact surfaces on opposite sides of the ceramic base body. The method includes forming first protective layers on the opposite sides of the ceramic base body in regions not to be covered by the contact s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335329 | Method of making a multilayer ceramic capacitor A method of producing a multilayer ceramic capacitor having internal electrode layers and dielectric layers with dielectric particles is disclosed. An average particle diameter of the dielectric particles, when measured parallel with the direction of the internal el... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335328 | Method for manufacturing multilayer ceramic capacitor A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes the steps of: preparing a mixture of a raw material powder mainly composed of barium titanate particles; forming the mixture and a binder into a green sheet; alternately layering the green sheet and a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7309397 | Process for the manufacture of piezoceramic multilayer actuators A block of stacked green films provided with internal electrodes is laminated, at least one actuator is separated from the block, the actuator obtains its shape by means of a machining operation, is then sintered, and the sinter skin produced by the sintering is use... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294598 | Dielectric oxide materials A material made of a dielectric oxide of type Ca0.25Cu0.75TiO3 having a dielectric constant greater than 3,000. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276130 | Production method of multilayer ceramic electronic device A method of producing a multilayer ceramic electronic device, having a firing step for firing a pre-firing element body wherein a plurality of dielectric layers and internal electrode layers containing a base metal are alternately arranged, characterized in that the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7186570 | Method of manufacturing ceramic film, method of manufacturing ferroelectric capacitor, ceramic film, ferroelectric capacitor, and semiconductor device A lower electrode is formed over a substrate, and a raw material including a complex oxide is heated in an atmosphere pressurized to two atmospheres or more and containing oxygen at a volume ratio of 10% or less at a temperature raising rate of 100° C./min or less,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7041615 | Dielectric composition, method of manufacturing a ceramic multilayer element, and electronic device The dielectric composition contains a mixture of a ceramic composition containing BaaREbTicO3, wherein RE represents a rare earth element, with 0.05≦a≦0.25, 0.525≦b≦0.70, 0.85≦c≦1.0, and 2a+3b+4c=6, and free fr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011726 | Method of fabricating thin dielectric film and thin film capacitor including the dielectric film A method of fabricating a thin dielectric film, a thin dielectric film formed according to the method, and a system including the thin dielectric film. The method includes: depositing a ceramic precursor material on a metal sheet, the ceramic precursor material incl... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6949486 | Dielectric ceramic composition, electronic device and their process of manufacturing A dielectric ceramic composition comprising a main component including 53.00 to 80.00 mol % magnesium oxide converted to MgO, 19.60 to 47.00 mol % titanium oxide converted to TiO2 and 0.05 to 0.85 mol % manganese oxide converted to MnO. This dielectric ce... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6939822 | Dielectric ceramic, methods for making and evaluating the same, and monolithic ceramic electronic component A dielectric ceramic has a ceramic structure of crystal grains and grain boundaries between the crystal grains. The crystal grains are of a main component represented by the formula ABO3 and an additive containing a rare earth element wherein A is at leas... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933256 | Dielectric ceramic composition, electronic device, and method for producing same A dielectric ceramic composition comprising at least a main component containing a dielectric oxide of a composition expressed by {(Sr1−xCax)O}m.(Ti1−yZry)O2 and a first subcomponent containing at... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905995 | Ceramic powder and multilayer ceramic device A ceramic powder including ceramic main component particles and additive component particles deposited on the surfaces of the main component particles. The mean particle size of the main component particles is made not more than 1.5 μm, and the mean particle size o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6800270 | Method of production of dielectric ceramic composition and method of production of electronic device containing dielectric layers A method of production of a dielectric ceramic composition having at least a main component of Ba2TiO3, a second subcomponent including at least one compound selected from SiO2, MO (where M is at least one element selected from Ba, C... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6743381 | Process for forming varistor ink composition A process for forming a thixotropic ink for use in manufacturing the ceramic of a zinc oxide varistor where the ceramic includes zinc, oxygen and a plurality of additive elements. The process includes the steps of calcining a mixture of powders of zinc oxide and the... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6730624 | Non-reducing dielectric ceramic, monolithic ceramic capacitor using the same, and method for making non-reducing dielectric ceramic A non-reducing dielectric ceramic contains Ca, Zr and Ti as metallic elements and does not contain Pb. In a CuKα X-ray diffraction pattern, the ratio of the maximum peak intensity of secondary crystal phases to the maximum peak intensity at 2θ=25° to 35° of a pe... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727200 | High dielectric constant very low fired X7R ceramic capacitor, and powder for making A dielectric ceramic powder and multilayer ceramic capacitors made from the powders are disclosed. A dielectric start powder mixture includes at least ninety weight percent essentially pure barium titanate powder having an average particle size of from 0.2 to 1.2 mi... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723673 | High dielectric constant very low fired X7R ceramic capacitor, and powder for making The invention includes a dielectric ceramic powder mixture comprising at least ninety weight percent essentially pure barium titanate powder having an average particle size of from 0.2 to 1.2 microns; from 0.2 to 2.5 weight percent of barium lithium borosilicate flu... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6656863 | Dielectric ceramic composition, electronic device, and method for producing the same A dielectric ceramic composition comprising at least a main component containing a dielectric oxide of a composition expressed by {(Sr1-x Cax)O}m.(Ti1-y Zry)O2 and a fourth subcomponent con... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6620750 | Dielectric ceramic composition and method for manufacturing multilayered components using the same The present invention discloses dielectric ceramic compositions having dielectric properties suitable for high frequency bands, such as microwave and millimetric wave, and a method for manufacturing multilayered components, such as chip LC filters, chip d... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6607690 | Methods for manufacturing ceramic green sheet and multilayer ceramic electronic parts A ceramic green sheet is manufactured by preparing a support which includes a releasing layer formed on its top surface and has a smoothness that at least a region of the top surface of the support to be coated with a ceramic slurry has substantially no p... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6599463 | Monolithic ceramic electronic component and production process therefor, and ceramic paste and production process therefor A process for producing a monolithic ceramic electronic component, which includes: providing a ceramic slurry, a conductive paste, and a ceramic paste; forming a plurality of composite structures each comprising a ceramic green sheet produced by shaping t... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6589457 | Polymer-assisted aqueous deposition of metal oxide films An organic solvent-free process for deposition of metal oxide thin films is presented. The process includes aqueous solutions of necessary metal precursors and an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer. After a coating operation, the resultant coatin... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6514603 | Multilayer ceramic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprises dielectric ceramic layers and conductive layers, the dielectric ceramic layers including core-shell structured ceramic particles. The ceramic particles disposed nearer to the conductive layers have shell portions h... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511564 | Method for producing ceramic slurry, ceramic green sheet, and fabricating monolithic ceramic electronic component A method for producing a ceramic slurry used for fabricating a ceramic electronic component includes a mixing and pulverizing step for mixing and pulverizing a ceramic powder having an average particle size of about 0.01 to 1 μm, a solvent and a dispersa... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6485672 | Method of manufacturing dielectric ceramic composition and electronic device containing dielectric layer A method of manufacturing a dielectric ceramic composition comprising at least a main component of BaTiO3, a second subcomponent as represented by (Ba, Ca)x SiO2+x (where, x=0.8 to 1.2), and other subcomponents. The main c... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6416603 | Monolithic ceramic capacitor and method of producing the same Disclosed is a monolithic ceramic capacitor composed of plural dielectric ceramic layers made of a ceramic material comprising strontium titanate and bismuth oxide or the like, plural inner electrodes made of a base metal material comprising nickel or a n... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6411495 | Laminated ceramic capacitor The present invention provides a dielectric ceramic composition whose electrostatic capacity has an excellently low temperature dependence; which can be fired in a reducing atmosphere; and which is advantageously used in a laminated ceramic capacitor havi... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6383323 | Dielectric ceramic, method for producing the same, laminated ceramic electronic element, and method for producing the same A dielectric ceramic which exhibits small variation in dielectric constant, allows use of a base metal, can be fired in a reducing atmosphere and which is suitable for constituting a dielectric ceramic layer for, e.g., a laminated ceramic capacitor is obt... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6346161 | Laminated electronic part, method for the production thereof, and dielectric ceramic composition The process for the production of a laminated electronic part containing a major component as represented by general formula: X(Mga Zn.sub.(1-a))x SiOx+2 --YAl2 O3 --ZSrTiO3 (where symbol a is d... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6141846 | Method of manufacturing ceramic capacitors using conductive paste Thin, smooth conductive layers for internal electrodes of multilayer ceramic capacitors are produced by a method including the steps of forming a conductive paste layer on a green ceramic sheet with a conductive paste by screen printing so as to have a ce... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6107227 | Barium neodymium titanate dielectric ceramic composition incorporating samarium oxide for improved electrical performance A high purity dielectric ceramic composition is disclosed. This composition provides improved electrical properties in the form of ultra-high electrical Q, a low (Tf) property and a high dielectric constant (K). This composition is also amenabl... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6087287 | Barium titanate-magnesium ceramic for use in capacitors or the like A dielectric ceramic essentially in the form of an aggregate of crystal grains each having a ferroelectric core enclosed in a paraelectric shell. The shells are created by thermal diffusion of magnesium into the crystal grains. Through control of the firi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6074970 | Dielectric ceramic composition, multilayer ceramic capacitor and process of producing same A multilayer ceramic capacitor is produced by using a dielectric ceramic composition prepared by allowing a composition represented by the composition formula (Ba1-x Cax)TiO3 (provided that 0.005ࣘxࣘ0.05), namely, 0.5-5... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6045747 | Method of producing an LC-circuit A method is provided of producing an LC-circuit in form of a single component, in which the inductor and capacitor elements are arranged atop one another, and where the inductor elements are formed by ferromagnetic zones made of layers (6,8) of ferrite of... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5942063 | Method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic component including capacitor A method of preparing a multilayer ceramic component including capacitor therein includes the steps of carrying a long ceramic green sheet along its longitudinal direction and measuring the thickness thereof while carrying the same, forming an internal el... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5935358 | Method of producing a laminate ceramic capacitor The method of producing a ceramic sheet for laminated ceramic electronic devices according to the present invention comprises printing an electrically conductive composition imagewise on one side of a carrier film F either directly or indirectly through a... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5868884 | Method for producing ceramic dielectrics A method for producing ceramic dielectrics containing a water soluble metal acid or salt includes making a mixture by kneading a water soluble metal acid or salt, particulates, sintering auxiliaries and water, mixing the mixture with a binder and plastici... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5798081 | Method for sintering green ceramic mouldings A method of sintering green-ceramic moldings in a heating vessel of a furnace wherein during sintering, the moldings are set in motion in the heating vessel by moving the heating vessel in the furnace. Preferably, the vessel is rotated and pre-firing take... | 08/25/1998 |