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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347880 | Flat capacitor having staked foils and edge-connected connection members A method of joining a connection member to a capacitor foil using a staking tool having a tip of less than 0.030″ (0.762 mm) in diameter. Another embodiment couples multiple connection members of a capacitor together by edge-connecting each connection member to it... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342768 | Active balancing modular circuits Provided are active balancing modules that control voltage imbalances between capacitors stacked in a series arrangement and methods for their manufacture. These modules are simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and versatile. They may be used alone or they may be ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7301752 | Formation of metal-insulator-metal capacitor simultaneously with aluminum metal wiring level using a hardmask Disclosed is a method of fabricating a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. In this method, a dielectric layer is formed above a lower conductor layer and an upper conductor layer is formed above the dielectric layer. The invention then forms an etch stop layer ab... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7184256 | High-voltage feed-through capacitor and magnetron A high-voltage feed-through capacitor includes: a capacitor element; a grounding metal fitting; an insulating resin; two through conductors; an insulating cover; and an insulating tube. The capacitor element has two separate electrodes on one side and one common ele... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180389 | EMI filter and frequency filters having capacitor with inductance cancellation loop An electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter or frequency filters (e.g. bandpass or band reject filters) in which a capacitor has an inductance cancellation loop. Inductive coupling between capacitors can allow undesired high frequencies to propagate across a filter... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7161792 | Capacitor cell, semiconductor device and process for manufacturing the same A capacitor cell for reducing noise in a high drive cell includes a plurality of vias for supplying power to an interconnection layer positioned over the capacitor cell from an upper interconnection layer, so that the resistance of the power supply path is reduced. | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157671 | Flat capacitor for an implantable medical device One aspect provides a capacitor having a first stack of capacitive elements a second stack of capacitive elements, wherein the first and second stacks are enclosed in separate compartments of a capacitor case that electrically isolate the electrolytes of each stack ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154739 | Flat capacitor having an active case A capacitor comprising an aluminum case; a capacitor stack mounted within the aluminum case, the capacitor stack comprising one or more anodes and one or more cathodes, one of the one or more anodes and one or more anodes attached to the aluminum case; wherein the c... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148768 | Filter element A filter element includes a coil part formed in an overall tube-like shape by layering a signal transmitting belt-like conductor and a grounding belt-like conductor with a belt-like insulator in between and winding so that the grounding belt-like conductor is outsid... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7109830 | Low cost highly isolated RF coupler Methods of assembling a coupler are provided in which a first printed circuit board is provided, and a second printed circuit board is then surface mounted on the first printed circuit board. The first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102873 | Capacitor element and method for trimming a capacitor element A capacitor element on a chip, e.g., a MMIC chip, includes a main capacitor in parallel with a series configuration of trimming capacitors. The total capacitance value of the parallel arrangement can be increased from its inherently minimum value by applying one or ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092238 | Metallized film capacitor The present invention is to provide a metallized film capacitor having a compact size, a large capacitance and a low inductance whereas number of parts is reduced. The metallized film capacitor comprises: a plurality of capacitor elements (1) provided with me... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7072713 | Flat capacitor for an implantable medical device One aspect provides a capacitor feedthrough assembly having an electrically conductive member dimensioned to extend at least partially through a feedthrough hole of a case of the capacitor, the conductive member having a passage therethrough. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7042704 | High-voltage capacitor, high-voltage capacitor device and magnetron The present invention is directed to a high-voltage capacitor, high-voltage capacitor device and magnetron in which, undesirable radiation waves generated in the frequency range of 450 MHz to 1000 MHz in a magnetron are suppressed to such a level that there is no ad... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042701 | High-voltage CMOS-compatible capacitors A high-voltage stacked capacitor includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. Each capacitor includes a first plate having a first semiconductive body and a second plate having a floating electrode. The first and second semiconductive bodies are electrically i... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7019959 | Method for forming a printed circuit board and a printed circuit board formed thereby Upper, inner and lower sections (182, 180 and 184) of a PCB (100) are formed with each section having a substrate (140, 150 and 160) having patterned layers of metallization (105 and 110, 115 and 120, and 12... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6944009 | Ultra broadband capacitor assembly Systems and apparatuses for providing a broadband capacitor assembly. One broadband capacitor assembly includes a first capacitor operable to provide a first end of an operational band of frequencies within an operational band of a broadband capacitor assembly. The ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928726 | Circuit board with embedded components and method of manufacture A substrate assembly (10) and method of making same has at least one embedded component (25) in a via (24) of a substrate core (22) and includes a first adhesive layer (20) coupled to the substrate core, and a second adhesive layer... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6842327 | High-voltage CMOS-compatible capacitors A high-voltage stacked capacitor includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. Each capacitor includes a first plate comprising a first semiconductive body and a second plate comprising a floating electrode. The first and second semiconductor bodies are electri... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6611421 | Non-polarized tantalum capacitor and capacitor array Non-polar tantalum capacitors and non-polar tantalum capacitor arrays with compact designs are provided. The reduced volume and footprint of the capacitors and arrays in turn reduces the amount of space required in any device in which they are used. In ad... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6597561 | Electrical contact system An electrical contact system is provided which comprises an electrically conductive porous fleece and one or more contact bodies. The electrically conductive porous fleece and the contact bodies are sintered to each other, so avoiding hot spots during the... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6545565 | Filter, antenna sharing device, and communication device In a band elimination filter, a trap capacitor and a frequency control capacitor are made by using a simple capacitor plate individually provided for each respective resonance circuit.... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6525924 | Device for accumulating electrical energy composed of a winding of superimposed strips and method of production The invention relates to a device for accumulation of electrical energy. The device is a substantially cylindrical winding of strips. At least one strip is a strip conductor. The device is defined transversally by a substantially cylindrical lateral face ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6525628 | Surface mount RC array with narrow tab portions on each of the electrode plates Both discrete and array RC components are described using cofireable resistive material as part of internal electrodes of the device. The devices include a sintered body of multilayer ceramic material in which multiple first and second electrode layers ar... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6470545 | Method of making an embedded green multi-layer ceramic chip capacitor in a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate Embedded green multi-layer ceramic capacitors in low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrates are provided. A first set of electrodes is printed on a ceramic tape. A first dielectric layer is placed over the first set of electrodes and the ceramic t... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6469886 | Monolithic integrated capacitor A monolithic integrated capacitor is formed by two conductive coatings applied to a substrate and separated from each other by a dielectric layer. The upper coating lying on the dielectric layer is connected via at least one conductive air bridge with at ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6441459 | Multilayer electronic device and method for producing same A multilayer electronic device comprised of a capacitor body in which a plurality of internal electrodes are separately arranged in a plurality of blocks via ceramic layers. At least one lead is led out from each internal electrode. The terminal electrode... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6243605 | Cardiac rhythm management system having multi-capacitor module A multi-capacitor module carries vertically-oriented surface mount tantalum capacitors. The module provides at least one conductor for coupling to the substrate capacitor terminals that are distal thereto. The module occupies less space, when mounted to a... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5940263 | Power capacitor bank switching devices A device is disclosed for connecting a plurality of capacitors between a first and a second terminal. The device includes a plurality of bus bars located in a parallel spaced apart relationship. A plurality of fasteners fasten the plurality of capacitors ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5822174 | Multilayer feedthrough capacitor A multilayer feedthrough capacitor of the present invention has an internal structure of stacking one over another alternately dielectric sheets 1a, on each of which signal feedthrough electrodes 2a, 2b and 2c and separating earth electrodes 7a and 7b are... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5777839 | Capacitor using dielectric film A capacitor using a dielectric film wherein plural capacitor units each including one or two capacitor elements are formed on an insulator upper electrodes of at least two capacitor elements of different capacitors units are electrically connected. Each o... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5751539 | EMI filter for human implantable heart defibrillators and pacemakers An improved ceramic feedthrough capacitor design which results in distinct advantages in EMI (electromagnetic interference) filtering and therapeutic waveform management for implantable defibrillators and pacemakers and the like. The invention provides ce... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5726608 | Trimmable multi-terminal capacitor for a voltage controlled oscillator The invention provides a trimmable multi-terminal capacitor. The multi-terminal capacitor comprises a plurality of capacitors with each of the capacitors having a common terminal. The capacitors are formed on a layer of dielectric material having a common... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5694309 | Synchronization of power converter arrays A power conversion array delivers power to a load. The array includes at least four power converters, each of the power converters comprising an output power port for connection to the load and a synchronization port for passing synchronization informatio... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5644468 | Metallized wound-dielectricalization condenser X-Y multiple capacitances An X-Y condenser having an X-capacitance and two Y-capacitances, for example, for connection as a line filter, has a base winding of metallized dielectric foil strip on which a pair of axially spaced auxiliary windings are applied. A deposited metal conta... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5608246 | Integration of high value capacitor with ferroelectric memory An integrated circuit capacitor and method for making the same utilizes a ferroelectric dielectric, such as lead-zirconate-titanate ("PZT"), to produce a high value peripheral capacitor for integration on a common substrate with a ferroelectric memory arr... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5589298 | Electrochemical devices comprising lithium nitride-metal compounds in at least one of a pair of electrodes Electrochemical devices comprise at least a pair of electrodes and a lithium ion conductive electrolyte provided between the pair of electrodes. At least one of the electrodes comprises a lithium nitride-metal compound having a one-dimensional chain struc... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5590016 | Multilayer through type capacitor array The invention decreases crosstalk due to capacitive coupling between through type capacitor elements in a multilayer through type capacitor array. On dielectric sheets between electrodes, which constitute a multi capacitor array, through-holes filled with... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5544002 | High voltage capacitor and magnetron A high voltage capacitor is disclosed that comprises a grounding member (1), two through type capacitors (2 and 3), an insulating case (6) and insulating resin (71 and 72). The grounding member (1) has two raised portions (101 and 102) on which the throug... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5539613 | Compact semiconductor device including a thin film capacitor of high reliability In a semiconductor device which has a substrate, at least one thin film capacitor having a lower electrode layer deposited on the substrate, a dielectric layer overlaid on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer stacked on the dielectric l... | 07/23/1996 |
