Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161609 | Methods of fabricating an array capacitor Methods of fabricating an array capacitor are disclosed, in which via structures of the array capacitor have increased uniformity in their transverse areas. One method involves perforating a capacitor body to form first holes extending from a first surface and parti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8136213 | Method for fabricating a multi-layer capacitor The method comprises fabricating a layer stack on a substrate, the layer stack comprising at least two electrically conducting layers and at least one electrically insulating layer arranged between the two electrically conducting layers, and displacing a first porti... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8112852 | Radio frequency tunable capacitors and method of manufacturing using a sacrificial carrier substrate An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising manufacturing capacitors by creating a wafer using a substrate as a sacrificial carrier for the construction of said capacitor; and removing said sacrificial carrier wafer once said capacitor proce... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112853 | Method of manufacturing capacitor-integrated busbar A method of manufacturing a capacitor-integrated busbar includes disposing a pair of metal conductors having surfaces facing each other with a gap lying therebetween, injecting a resin material in a fluid state into the gap between the metal conductors disposed to f... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8087136 | Method of producing an electronic device An electronic device having an element body, wherein dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, wherein a hetero phase is formed in the dielectric layers and/or the internal electrode layers; and the hetero phase includes a Mg element a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8056199 | Methods of producing multilayer capacitor A method of producing a multilayer capacitor has steps of preparing a plurality of first and second ceramic green sheets, a step of laminating the plurality of first and second ceramic green sheets, and a step of cutting a ceramic green sheet laminate body along pre... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8020266 | Method of producing a device Methods of making an energy harvesting device are described. A case and integrated piezoelectric cantilever to harvest vibration energy from an environment being sensed is produced via a print forming method injection molding method. The cantilever device consists o... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7996969 | Method for adjusting capacitance value of built-in capacitor in multilayer ceramic substrate, and method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic substrate In a multilayer ceramic substrate having a built-in capacitor provided in a ceramic laminate including a plurality of ceramic layers laminated to each other, the built-in capacitor being formed of a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode, and one of... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987566 | Capacitor forming method The capacitor forming method utilizes a plurality of metal sheet manipulating rollers and a glass supply, which, in combination, make a metal-glass laminate and glass or devitrifying glass dielectric to form a capacitor. Several embodiments of the method manufacture... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7926154 | Method of manufacturing multi-layer ceramic condenser There is provided a method of manufacturing a multi-layer ceramic condenser. A method of manufacturing a multi-layer ceramic condenser may include: laminating a plurality of dielectric green sheets having internal electrodes formed thereon to form a laminate; formin... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913368 | Method of manufacturing chip capacitor including ceramic/polymer composite A method of manufacturing a chip capacitor according to an aspect may include: preparing a capacitor lamination including a dielectric sheet formed of a composite having ceramic powder and a polymer mixed with each other, and first and second internal electrodes for... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7886414 | Method of manufacturing capacitor-embedded PCB A method of manufacturing a capacitor-embedded PCB is disclosed. The method may include fabricating a capacitor substrate having at least one inner electrode formed on one side of a dielectric layer; aligning a semi-cured insulation layer with one side of a core lay... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7866015 | High capacitance density vertical natural capacitors Disclosed are embodiments of a method of forming a capacitor with inter-digitated vertical plates such that the effective gap distance between plates is reduced. This gap width reduction significantly increases the capacitance density of the capacitor. Gap width red... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7836567 | Thin film capacitor, high-density packaging substrate incorporating thin film capacitor, and method for manufacturing thin-film capacitor A capacitor capable of being incorporated into a packaging substrate, which capacitor includes a high-dielectric-constant layer, and an upper electrode layer and a lower electrode layer sandwiching the high-dielectric-constant layer from the upper side and the lower... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832069 | Capacitor device and method of manufacturing the same A capacitor device includes a capacitor Q constituted by a lower electrode (12) formed on a substrate (10), a dielectric film (14), and an upper electrode (16); an insulating film (18) covering the capacitor Q; a first contact hole... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7818855 | Method of making thin-film capacitors on metal foil using thick top electrodes Methods of making thin film capacitors formed on foil by forming onto a thin film dielectric in a single deposition event an integrally complete top electrode having a minimum thickness of at least 1 micron. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7748093 | Filtered feedthrough assembly and method of manufacture A filtered feedthrough assembly having at least one terminal pin therethrough is provided. The feedthrough assembly comprises a ferrule having a cavity therethrough for receiving the terminal pin, and insulating structure having an upper surface. The insulating stru... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7735206 | Method for forming a capacitor dielectric and method for manufacturing capacitor using the capacitor dielectric A method for forming a capacitor dielectric includes depositing a zirconium oxide layer, performing a post-treatment on the zirconium oxide layer such that the zirconium oxide layer has a tetragonal phase, and depositing a tantalum oxide layer over the zirconium oxi... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721397 | Method for fabricating capacitive ultrasonic transducers A capacitive ultrasonic transducer includes a flexible layer, a first conductive layer on the flexible layer, a support frame on the first conductive layer, the support frame including a flexible material, a membrane over the support frame being spaced apart from th... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7673375 | Method of fabricating a polymer-based capacitive ultrasonic transducer A method of fabricating a polymer-based capacitive ultrasonic transducer, which comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) forming a first conductor on the substrate; (c) coating a sacrificial layer on the substrate while covering the first conductor by ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7653973 | Production method of multilayer electronic device A production method of a multilayer electronic device, comprising the steps of forming an electrode layer 12a on a first support sheet 20; forming a green sheet 10a on a surface of the electrode layer 12a to obtain a ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644480 | Method for manufacturing multilayer chip capacitor A method for manufacturing a multilayer chip capacitor includes: forming screen patterns on mother green sheets such that a widthwise margin is not formed on the mother green sheets, the screen patterns are spaced apart from each other in the width direction and the... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7640641 | Method for producing parts for passive electronic components and parts produced Method for producing parts for passive electronic components according to which: a laminated strip (1) is produced which is constituted by at least one stack of a thin metal strip and a layer of adhesive material, and at least one part (6) is cut from ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7617577 | Method of forming a low cost digital variable capacitor A digital variable capacitor package is provided as having a ground plane disposed on predetermined portion of the top surface of a substrate. An elongated signal electrode may also be disposed on the substrate and including a first end defining an input and a secon... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7596842 | Method of making multilayered construction for use in resistors and capacitors The invention concerns a method of making multilayered constructions useful in forming capacitors and resistors, which may be used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards and microelectronic devices. According to the inventive method, a thermosetting polymer la... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7581297 | Method of fabricating piezoelectric vibrator and electronic apparatus and radio wave timepiece having piezoelectric vibrator A piezoelectric vibrator has an airtight terminal comprised of a lead terminal and a piezoelectric member. The lead terminal has an inner lead portion and an outer lead portion. The piezoelectric member has an exciting electrode and a mount electrode disposed on a s... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7565725 | Method for forming a variable capacitor A method for forming a variable capacitor including a conductive strip covering the inside of a cavity, and a flexible conductive membrane placed above the cavity, the cavity being formed according to the steps of: forming a recess in the substrate; placing a mallea... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7509717 | Method of production of multilayer ceramic electronic device A method of production of a multilayer ceramic electronic device having dielectric layers with an interlayer thickness of 5 μm or less and internal electrode layers including a base metal, including the steps of firing, then annealing a stack comprised of a dielect... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7496997 | Method for making a wound capacitor A wound capacitor has a lead configuration that enables enhanced control over equivalent series resistance (ESR) and equivalent series inductance (ESL). The capacitor has a case and a wound foil disposed within the case. A ball-and-lead configuration is coupled to t... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7493680 | Method of fabricating airtight terminals To provide an airtight terminal and a piezoelectric vibrator having a strong rigidity of a lead despite a small-sized constitution, and provide a method of fabricating an airtight terminal constituting a lead penetrating inside of a stem by one piece and a piezoelec... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7444726 | Method of making an essentially monolithic capacitor A monolithic or essentially monolithic single layer capacitor with high structural strength and capacitance, a printed circuit board having the capacitor mounted thereon, and a method of making. Sheets of green-state ceramic dielectric material and glass/metal compo... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444727 | Method for forming multi-layer embedded capacitors on a printed circuit board A method for forming embedded capacitors on a printed circuit board is disclosed. The capacitor is formed on the printed circuit board by a depositing a first dielectric layer over one or more electrodes situated on the PCB. Another electrode is formed on top of the... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7439199 | Capacitive element, method of manufacture of the same, and semiconductor device A capacitive element is characterized by including: a base (12); a lower barrier layer (13) formed on the base (12); capacitors (Q1 and Q2) made by forming a lower electrode (14a), capacitor dielectric layers ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436649 | Ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing the same The heat resistance of a joint between a terminal electrode and a metal terminal as well as the bonding strength of the joint are increased in a ceramic electronic component. The surface of the metal terminal in contact with a binder is formed of a coating layer whi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7416630 | Fabrication of LTCC T/R modules with multiple cavities and an integrated ceramic ring frame A method of fabricating a transmit/receive (T/R) module utilizing low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) material in place of high temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) material and utilizing a combination of multiple lamination steps which also include forming a cer... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406757 | Method of manufacturing liquid ejection head The method manufactures a liquid ejection head comprising: a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected to the nozzles, respectively; a diaphragm which forms wall faces of the pressure chambers; and piezoelectric el... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398595 | Method for forming a storage cell capacitor compatible with high dielectric constant materials An integrated circuit structure includes a digit line and an electrode adapted to be part of a storage cell capacitor and includes a barrier layer interposed between a conductive plug and an oxidation resistant layer. An insulative layer protects sidewalls of the ba... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394645 | Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor according to the present invention comprises a multilayer body 2 including a plurality of dielectric layers laminated together, first internal electrodes 3 and second internal electrodes 4 that are arranged alternately wit... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394644 | Laminated ceramic capacitor and manufacturing method therefor A laminated ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic substrate and a plurality of internal electrodes. The ceramic substrate is of a shape defined by length, width and thickness directions. The internal electrodes are stacked one over another within the ceramic substrat... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388737 | Multilayer capacitor and method of adjusting equivalent series resistance of multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor has a multilayer body in which multiple dielectric layers and multiple inner electrodes are alternately laminated, and multiple terminal electrodes formed on the multilayer body. The multiple inner electrodes include multiple first inner elect... | 06/17/2008 |
