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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188833 | Variable resistance element and manufacturing method of the same A variable resistance element capable of increasing stability of a resistance changing operation and reducing a current necessary for changing, to a low resistance state for the first time, the variable resistance element in an initial state immediately after manufa... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8143992 | Multilayer chip varistor A multilayer chip varistor is provided as one capable of suppressing production of cracks and thereby preventing a connection failure between an internal electrode and a through-hole conductor. An internal electrode 21 is so configured as to be curved toward ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8125307 | Aggregate substrate, production method of aggregate substrate, and varistor An aggregate substrate has a first varistor part, a second varistor part, and a heat dissipation layer. The first varistor part includes a first varistor element layer to exhibit nonlinear voltage-current characteristics, and a plurality of first internal electrodes... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115585 | Variable resistance element In a variable resistance element having a variable resistor between first and second electrodes and changing its electric resistance when a voltage pulse is applied between both electrodes, data holding characteristics can be improved by increasing a programming vol... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115586 | Variable resistance element, and its manufacturing method Provided are a variable resistive element having a configuration that the area of an electrically contributing region in a variable resistor body is smaller than the area defined by an upper electrode or a lower electrode, and a method for manufacturing the variable... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8077008 | Varistor and production method A varistor has a disc of ceramic material having opposed faces with face edges. There is an electrode on each face with a gap between each electrode and the edge of the face. Glass passivation is on at least one face in the gap, the passivation not extending from on... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8044760 | Four-layer element and method for producing a four-layer element A multilayer element has a body in which at least one first internal electrode and at least one second internal electrode are arranged. These internal electrodes have an overlapping region, which extends up to the surface of the body on at least one side. The intern... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8026787 | Ceramic component element and ceramic component and method for the same A ceramic component element is provided. The ceramic component element includes: an insulating ceramic base with pores formed on its surface and previously fired; and a functional ceramic sheet bonded to the insulating ceramic base and having electrical characterist... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013711 | Variable resistance element, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing variable resistance element A method for manufacturing a variable resistance element includes the steps of: depositing a variable resistance material (106) in a contact hole (105), which is formed on an interlayer insulating layer (104) on a substrate and has a lower elect... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7986213 | Multi-layered component with several varistors having different capacities as an ESD protection element An electrical component includes a first varistor and a second varistor. The first varistor includes first electrodes and ceramic between the first electrodes. At least part of the first electrodes overlap vertically. The second varistor includes second electrodes a... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978047 | Variable resistor element and its manufacturing method A variable resistance element comprises a variable resistor of strongly-correlated material sandwiched between two metal electrodes, and the electric resistance between the metal electrodes varies when a voltage pulse is applied between the metal electrodes. Such a ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7924138 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same A titanium oxide film, a nickel oxide film and a top electrode are formed on a bottom electrode, and a resistance element is constituted by the bottom electrode, the titanium oxide film, the nickel oxide film and the top electrode. A thickness of the titanium oxide ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7911317 | Multilayer chip varistor and electronic component A multilayer chip varistor is provided as one having excellent heat radiation performance. A thickness between a first principal face 3 and an outermost internal electrode layer 11A is smaller than a thickness between an internal electrode layer 21 | 03/22/2011 |
| 7872563 | Variably porous structures A method of making a monolithic porous structure, comprises electrodepositing a material on a template; removing the template from the material to form a monolithic porous structure comprising the material; and electropolishing the monolithic porous structure. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7868732 | Microvaristor-based overvoltage protection The disclosure relates to an overvoltage protection means containing ZnO microvaristor particles for protecting electrical elements and a method to produce the means. Single microvaristor particles are placed in an arrangement having a monolayer thickness and are el... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7825767 | System for setting shutdown voltage of electronic device A system for setting a shutdown voltage for an electronic device having a power source with an internal resistor includes a temperature sensing module and a processing module. The temperature sensing module is configured for measuring a temperature of the power sour... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7791449 | Varistor and light-emitting apparatus A varistor comprises an element body, two external electrodes, and a metal conductor. The element body includes a portion having first and second faces opposing each other. Two external electrodes are arranged on the first face of the element body. The metal conduct... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7764160 | Variable-resistance element The invention provides a variable-resistance element having a multilayer structure. The variable-resistance element includes, for example, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an oxygen ion migration layer disposed between the first electrode and the second el... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7714695 | Method for manufacturing SrTiOseries varistor using grain boundary segregation The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a SrTiO3 series varistor using grain boundary segregation, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a SrTiO3 series varistor by sintering a powdered composition in which ac... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7705707 | Bistable microelectronic switch stack A stack for a bistable microelectronic switch. A porphyrin compound and a conductive polymer are sandwiched between two electrodes. The device exhibits a switching behavior at a certain voltage and can be used in arrays to form a memory device. When a first voltage ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7696856 | Varistor element A laminated chip varistor comprises a varistor body, first and second inner electrodes, a heat conductor, and first and second outer electrodes. The varistor body has first and second outer faces. The first and second inner electrodes are disposed in the varistor bo... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7612648 | Disc varistor and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein are a disc varistor having a capability to absorb a double amount of surge and a method of manufacturing the varistor. The varistor includes a disc-shaped first ceramic body having first and second electrodes on opposite surfaces thereof, and a disc... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7598840 | Metal oxide varistor having thermal cut-off function A MOV includes a MOV body, a first lead, a thermal cut-off fuse, a second lead and a silver electrode area. The MOV of the present invention employs the silver electrode area formed on and electrically coupled to the MOV body, thus the MOV has a lower inductance, wh... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7570149 | Electronic circuit device including electric element and varistor on substrate and its manufacture method An electronic element having at least a pair of electrodes is formed on a substrate. A varistor element is formed on the substrate, the varistor element including a pair of electrodes and a varistor insulating film. When a surge voltage is applied across the pair of... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7427802 | Irreversible reduction of the value of a polycrystalline silicon resistor The invention relates to a method and device for the irreversible reduction of the value of an integrated polycrystalline silicon resistor. The inventive method consists in temporarily subjecting the resistor to a stress current which is greater than a current (Im) ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7391295 | High voltage over-current protection device A high voltage over-current protection device includes a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) electrically conductive heat-dissipation layer and two metal electrodes. The PTC electrically conductive heat-dissipation layer includes at least one polymer, an electric... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382224 | Over-current protection device An over-current protection device comprises two metal foils and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material layer. The PTC material layer is sandwiched between the two metal foils and comprises plural crystalline polymers with at least one polymer melting poin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372357 | Varistor body and varistor A preferred varistor body 2 has a structure of alternately laminated internal electrode layer 12 and varistor layer 14. The varistor layer 14 has a composition containing ZnO as the main component, and Co, Pr, and Zr as the auxiliary comp... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365632 | Resistive elements using carbon nanotubes Resistive elements include a patterned region of nanofabric having a predetermined area, where the nanofabric has a selected sheet resistance; and first and second electrical contacts contacting the patterned region of nanofabric and in spaced relation to each other... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361924 | Non-volatile memory element and production method thereof and storage memory arrangement A nonvolatile memory element and associated production methods and memory element arrangements are presented. The nonvolatile memory element has a changeover material and a first and second electrically conductive electrode present at the changeover material. To red... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362209 | Zinc oxide resistor and its manufacturing method Disclosed are a zinc oxide resistor structure, and methods of forming a glass layer and a resistor, which are required for producing the resistor structure. The zinc oxide resistor comprises zinc oxide grains and an oxide glass layer which contains bismuth and boron... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358788 | Compound semiconductor switching circuit device Protecting elements are respectively connected between a control terminal Ctl and a ground terminal GND of a logic circuit L, between a point Cp and a ground terminal GND, and between a power supply terminal VDD and a ground terminal GND thereof. With thi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355504 | Electrical devices An electrical device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes and a laminar PTC resistive element sandwiched between them, the device comprising (a) a main portion which comprises a main part of the first electrode, a ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352267 | Cylindrically shaped superconductor component and its use as resistive current limiter The present invention is directed to a cylindrically shaped superconductor component particularly useful as resistive current limiter composed of a cylindrical superconductor body, in particular of high temperature superconductor material, provided vertically to its... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7320762 | Polymer compound with nonlinear current-voltage characteristic and process for producing a polymer compound The polymer compound contains a polymer matrix and a filler embedded in the matrix. The filler comprises two filler components with nonlinear current-voltage characteristics deviating from one another. By selection of suitable amounts of these filler components, a p... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314583 | Organic positive temperature coefficient thermistor device An organic positive temperature coefficient thermistor device comprising a pair of electrodes disposed so as to oppose each other, and a thermistor body having a positive resistance-temperature characteristic disposed between the electrodes, wherein the thermistor b... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312690 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor includes a probe section for insertion into a hot zone. The probe section includes a thermistor, a first lengthy pin terminating at the thermistor, and a second lengthy pin also terminating at the thermistor. A housing section is on one end of t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309246 | Electrical connector with ESD protection An electrical connector assembly includes a conductive shell and a connector having a dielectric housing disposed within the shell. The housing has a mating face configured to receiver the contacts of a mating connector and a mounting face configured to mount the co... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7277003 | Electrostatic discharge protection component An electrostatic discharge protection component of an array type includes ceramic insulating substrate 12; varistor region 10 which is pasted on ceramic insulating substrate 12 and then is sintered integrally with ceramic insulating substrate | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271700 | Thin film resistor with current density enhancing layer (CDEL) A thin film resistor device and method of manufacture includes a layer of a thin film conductor material and a current density enhancing layer (CDEL). The CDEL is an insulator material adapted to adhere to the thin film conductor material and enables the said thin f... | 09/18/2007 |
