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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7440255 | Capacitor constructions and methods of forming A capacitor construction includes a first electrode and a layer between the first electrode and a surface supporting the capacitor construction. The capacitor construction can exhibit a lower RC time constant compared to an otherwise identical capacitor construction... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436650 | Laminated ceramic capacitor A laminated ceramic capacitor has a high breakdown voltage and excellent withstand-voltage performance, and prevents cracks generated during firing even when the number of lamination layers constituted by ceramic layers and inner electrode layers is increased. The l... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436647 | Thin-film capacitor including an opening therein A thin-film capacitor includes a lower electrode film, a high dielectric film and an upper electrode film disposed sequentially. One film of the three films includes first and second edge portions placed opposite to each other. Furthermore, the one film includes a f... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431911 | Barium titanate and production and process thereof The present invention provides a barium titanate having a small particle size, containing small amounts of unwanted impurities, and exhibiting excellent electric characteristics, which can be employed for forming a dielectric ceramic thin film required for a small-s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428136 | Integral charge storage basement and wideband embedded decoupling structure for integrated circuit A capacitive structure and technique for allowing near-instantaneous charge transport and reliable, wide-band RF ground paths in integrated circuit devices such as integrated circuit dies, integrated circuit packages, printed circuit boards, and electronic circuit s... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428138 | Forming carbon nanotube capacitors A capacitor may be formed of carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes, grown on substrates, may be formed in a desired pattern. The pattern may be defined by placing catalyst in appropriate locations for carbon nanotube growth from a substrate. Then, intermeshing arrays o... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428137 | High performance capacitor with high dielectric constant material A multilayered high performance capacitor formed of two or more conductors with a dielectric layer and one or more a dielectric-conductor interface layer sandwiched in between the conductors. The capacitor may be fabricated using many thin layers, at the nano level,... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7414824 | Storage capacitor having a scattering effect and method of manufacturing the same A storage capacitor having a scattering effect is positioned in a substrate for use in a thin film transistor array loop. The storage capacitor is characterized by having a rough layer overlapped by a medium layer and a passivation layer. The storage capacitor furth... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410510 | Process of producing activated carbon for electrode of electric double layer capacitor A process for producing an activated carbon for an electrode of an electric double-layer capacitor, includes a step of subjecting a carbonized material to an alkali activating treatment, wherein the carbonized material has an average true specific gravity of 1.450 t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411776 | Multilayer capacitor array A multilayer capacitor array comprises a multilayer body, and first to fourth terminal conductors and first and second outer connecting conductors formed on the multilayer body. The multilayer body includes a first electrode group having a plurality of first and sec... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408763 | Low inductance multilayer capacitor A low inductance multilayer parallel plate capacitor including at least one pair of consecutive composite layers stacked parallel to each other in the vertical direction, each layer including a dielectric substrate and a conductor plate having at least two lead port... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405920 | Flat type capacitor-use polypropylene film and flat type capacitor using it A flat type capacitor-use polypropylene film having a Ad(thickness determined by micrometer method—thickness determined by weighing method) of 0.05-0.2 μm and a lengthwise shrinkage dimensional change rate of 3% or less, or a flat type capacitor-use polypropylene... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402876 | Zr— Sn—Ti—O films A dielectric film containing Zr—Sn—Ti—O formed by atomic layer deposition using a TiI4 precursor and a method of fabricating such a dielectric film produce a reliable dielectric layer having an equivalent oxide thickness thinner than attainable usin... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403369 | Low inductance multilayer capacitor A low-inductance multilayer parallel plate capacitor in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped includes at least one pair of consecutive composite layers stacked parallel to each other in the vertical direction, each having a dielectric substrate and a conductor p... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400490 | Ultracapacitors comprised of mineral microtubules Disclosed is an ultracapacitor having electrodes containing mineral microtubules, an electrolyte between the electrodes, and a separator in the electrolyte to provide electrical insulation between the electrodes, while allowing ion flow within the electrolyte. The e... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394646 | Laminated ceramic electronic component A laminated ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic substrate, an internal electrode, and a buffer layer. The ceramic substrate includes a protective layer and a functional layer. The protective layer is disposed on at least one side of the functional layer.... | 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 |
| 7394643 | Laminated electronic component The present invention is intended to provide a laminated electronic component having a configuration in which the number of extraction electrodes is reduced to realize a high ESR, the adhesion of a terminal electrode with respect to an ECA is increased and a short-c... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391602 | Decoupling module for decoupling high-frequency signals from a voltage supply line A decoupling module for decoupling high-frequency signals from a voltage supply line, the module including a plurality of parallel-connected capacitors (K1, K2, . . . ), which each have a capacitance (C1, C2, . . . ), and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388738 | Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor comprises a capacitor body; first and second inner electrodes alternately arranged in the capacitor body; and a first outer connecting conductor and first and second terminal electrodes arranged on an outer surface of the capacitor body. Each ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388739 | Green sheet coating material, green sheet, production method of green sheet and production method of electronic device A green sheet coating material includes ceramic powder and a binder resin containing a butyral based resin as the main component, which furthermore includes a xylene based resin as a tackifier. The xylene based resin is included in a range of 1.0 wt % or less, more ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379288 | Monolithic ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing the same The monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a first external electrode 5, a second external electrode 6, and a ceramic sintered compact 4 including internal electrodes 2 and 3, the first and second external electrodes 5... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375948 | Variable charge packet integrated circuit capacitor A variable IC capacitor includes a semiconductor layer doped to contain mobile charge carriers. Capacitor electrodes C1 and C2 are disposed adjacent to each other on the layer's surface, gate electrodes G1 and G2 are disposed on opposite ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370436 | Dual apparatus and process for quick freezing and/or freeze drying produce An apparatus capable of performing consecutively, independently and/or simultaneously the processes of quick freezing and/or freeze drying of produce. The apparatus is characterized by a central vacuum system operating over one or more independent vacuum chambers ( | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371647 | Methods of forming transistors The invention encompasses a method of forming a structure over a semiconductor substrate. A silicon dioxide containing layer is formed across at least some of the substrate. Nitrogen is formed within the silicon dioxide containing layer. Substantially all of the nit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369395 | Multilayer capacitor The multilayer body 1 is constructed by alternately laminating a plurality of dielectric layers 11 to 22 and a plurality of first and second inner electrodes 31 to 34, 31 to 34. The first inner electrodes 31 to 34 | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368921 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor includes a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer comprising a detector and trace, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369396 | Composite electroactive material for electromechanical actuators A composite electroactive material having a plurality of particle cores, each particle core surrounded by a polymer covering having one or more strands of an electroactive polymer. In one embodiment, the particle cores have a relatively small size, e.g., between abo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369828 | Electronically tunable quad-band antennas for handset applications An electronically tunable quad-band antenna which includes a tunable high band antenna tuned by at least one tunable varactor associated therewith; the tunable high band antenna further includes a substrate, a patch element on said substrate, at least one voltage tu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365958 | Dielectric ceramics, multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for manufacturing the same Crystal grains mainly composed of barium titanate have a mean grain size of not more than 0.2 μm. The volume per unit cell V that is represented by a product of lattice constant (a, b, c) figured out from the X-ray diffraction pattern of the crystal grains is not m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364598 | Method of making an orientation-insensitive ultra-wideband coupling capacitor A method of making an orientation-insensitive ultra-wideband coupling capacitor, including the steps of securing an unterminated multi-layer capacitor of a low frequency portion of the orientation-insensitive ultra-wideband coupling capacitor, coating completely the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365395 | Artificial dielectrics using nanostructures Artificial dielectrics using nanostructures, such as nanowires, are disclosed. In embodiments, artificial dielectrics using other nanostructures, such as nanorods, nanotubes or nanoribbons and the like are disclosed. The artificial dielectric includes a dielectric m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362039 | Piezoelectric element, method of manufacturing the same, liquid-jet head, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid-jet apparatus Disclosed are a piezoelectric element, which has a high withstand voltage and a longer durability life, a manufacturing method of the piezoelectric element, a liquid-jet head, a manufacturing method of the liquid-jet head, and a liquid-jet apparatus. The manufacturi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361950 | Integration of a MIM capacitor with a plate formed in a well region and with a high-k dielectric A MIM capacitor is formed on a semiconductor substrate having a top surface and including regions formed in the surface selected from a Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) region and a doped well having exterior surfaces coplanar with the semiconductor substrate. A capac... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362559 | Ceramic chip-type electronic component with electrode covering resin and method of making the same A chip-type electronic component includes a ceramic chip body incorporating an element, an external electrode formed on a side surface of the chip body, a conductive elastic resin film which is larger in width than the external electrode and formed to cover the exte... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359178 | Electrical functional unit An electrical function unit includes a carrier having dielectric layers, electrically conductive layers, and a first contact on a surface of the carrier, where the dielectric layers and electrically conductive layers are stacked such that electrically conductive lay... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355835 | Stacked capacitor and method of fabricating the same A capacitor has stacking capacitor elements, each of which contains a conductor plate, a first band being an insulator and disposed around the plate, a second band being an insulator and disposed around the plate so as to be substantially parallel to the first band,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355838 | Green sheet coating material, green sheet, production method of green sheet and production method of electronic device A green sheet coating material including ceramic powder, a binder resin including a butyral based resin as the main component, and a solvent. The solvent includes a first solvent medium having a relatively low boiling point, wherein said binder resin is easy to be d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355836 | Array capacitor for decoupling multiple voltage rails An array capacitor is provided. The array capacitor includes a plurality of ground planes inside a dielectric substrate, and a plurality of ground vias. The ground vias electrically connect the ground planes together. Further, the ground vias are connected to ground... | 04/08/2008 |
