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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130485 | Ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing the same When external electrodes of a multilayer ceramic capacitor are formed by performing direct plating on surfaces at which internal electrodes are exposed without forming paste electrode layers, bonding forces of plating layers are relatively weak, and in addition, whe... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125763 | Multilayer ceramic electronic component and method for making the same A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes external terminal electrodes that are formed by depositing metal plating films on exposed portions of internal conductors embedded in a ceramic body, depositing a copper plating films that cover the metal plating fi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107217 | Multilayer capacitor Each of second terminal portions of a first terminal electrode has a wide part a width of which is larger than a first lead width of lead portions in each first internal electrode, and a narrow part a width of which decreases from the wide part toward the second ter... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098479 | Capacitor having zinc coated common edge with welded aluminum terminal A capacitor is provided having a capacitor element, with first and second metalized thermoplastic sheets, which are offset and wound together to create common edges at opposite ends, a zinc or zinc-rich conductive coating thermally sprayed on each of the common edge... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8077445 | Monolithic ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a plating substep of depositing precipitates primarily composed of a specific metal on an end of each of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate and growing th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7933113 | Multilayer electronic component and method for manufacturing multilayer electronic component A method for manufacturing a laminated ceramic capacitor includes a step of preparing a laminate which has a first principal surface, a second principal surface, a first end surface, a second end surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface and which inc... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7808770 | Monolithic ceramic capacitor In an LW-reverse-type monolithic ceramic capacitor including external terminal electrodes each including a resistance component, internal electrodes include nickel or a nickel alloy, and the external terminal electrodes each include a first layer, a second layer pro... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7710711 | Multilayer capacitor A first terminal electrode has a first electrode portion disposed on a first face and connected to a first internal electrode, and a second electrode portion disposed on a third face and connected to the first electrode portion. A second terminal electrode has a fir... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7612983 | Monolithic ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing the same A monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic laminate provided with ceramic layers and internal electrode layers disposed between the ceramic layers such that a portion of each internal electrode is led to an end surface of the ceramic laminate and t... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7551422 | Multilayer capacitor, manufacturing method thereof A multilayer capacitor having a dielectric body, an internal layer portion, external layer portions a first terminal electrode connected with a first internal conductor layer and a first external conductor layer, formed at least on a first side face of side faces of... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7440256 | Laminated ceramic substrate and manufacturing method therefor A laminated ceramic substrate includes a side electrode in which a side edge electrode layer formed on a side edge portion of a ceramic layer overlaps with and connects to a side edge electrode layer formed on a side edge portion of another ceramic layer directly ab... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7407520 | Method of making a multi-electrode double layer capacitor having hermetic electrolyte seal A long life double layer capacitor and method of making the same including a case and a first terminal with an electrically insulating hermitic seal interposed between the first terminal and the case. A first current collector foil is electrically coupled to an inte... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7339781 | Electronic component and electronic device An electronic component having an element body, and a terminal electrode disposed on the element body. The terminal electrode has a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a third electrode layer. The first electrode layer is formed on an external surfa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331799 | Stacked electronic component and fastening device thereof A stacked electronic component includes multiple energy storage units and a fastening device. Each energy storage unit has a first electrode and a second electrode. The fastening device includes first and second fastening member disposed on opposite sides of the ene... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333318 | Multilayer capacitor and mold capacitor A multilayer capacitor 1 has a laminated body 20 configured by laminating a plurality of dielectric substrates 2 each having a plurality of internal electrodes 3 and 5 formed on its main surface and a capacitance component is gener... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327555 | Capacitor structure A capacitor structure includes a first electrode structure, a second electrode structure, and a capacitor dielectric. The first electrode structure includes a plurality of first conductive plates vertically disposed and parallel to one another. The second electrode ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319582 | Multilayer capacitor and method of manufacturing the same A multilayer capacitor includes first and second internal electrodes that are opposed to each other so as to generate an electrostatic capacitance and have a capacitance generating portion functioning to generate the electrostatic capacitance, terminal connecting po... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316755 | Method of producing multi-terminal type laminated ceramic electronic component In a method of producing a multi-terminal type laminated ceramic electronic component in which internal electrodes are embedded in a sintered ceramic member, and the internal electrodes have plural first lead-out electrodes led out to a first side surface and plural... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310218 | Laminated ceramic capacitor A laminated ceramic capacitor includes a body having an inner layer portion and an outer layer portion and a plurality of terminal electrodes spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the body. The inner layer portion has a plurality of internal electrod... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7295421 | Multilayer ceramic electronic components and method for manufacturing the same A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a skittered laminated body including internal electrodes that have a strength that is greater than that of ceramic layers provided therein. End portions of the internal electrodes protrude from end surfaces of the l... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284307 | Method for manufacturing wiring board A method for manufacturing a wiring board, comprising the steps of: forming a first electrode layer having first and second opening portions, forming a dielectric layer formed on the first electrode layer and having third and fourth opening portions, forming a secon... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286368 | System to control effective series resistance of decoupling capacitor According to some embodiments, a system includes an integrated circuit package to support an integrated circuit die. The integrated circuit package may include a plurality of conductive contacts and a decoupling capacitor. The decoupling capacitor may include a posi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273502 | Method for manufacturing capacitor A capacitor and a method for manufacturing the same provide a branched capacitor with a large capacitance and a super-slim structure. The method includes sintering a ceramic substrate; forming a plurality of troughs in the sintered ceramic substrate, the plurality o... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265964 | Multilayer feedthrough capacitor array A multilayer feedthrough capacitor array is provided with a capacitor element, and first to sixth terminal electrodes. The capacitor element has a plurality of laminated insulator layers, a first signal internal electrode and a first ground internal electrode dispos... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7248459 | Integrated multi-capacitor network A novel multi-capacitor divider network in which two capacitors are fabricated in a single package, using a common dielectric material, is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the multi-capacitor network comprises a high-voltage capacitor a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248458 | Orientation-insensitive ultra-wideband coupling capacitor and method of making An orientation-insensitive ultra-wideband coupling capacitor. The orientation-insensitive ultra-wideband coupling capacitor includes a plurality of external surfaces, a low frequency portion, and a high frequency portion. The high frequency portion is so disposed on... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230816 | Ultra low inductance multi layer ceramic capacitor A multilayer capacitor having a low parasitic inductance includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a dielectric, a first contact, and a second contact. The first electrode is substantially rectangular and it includes a first contact finger. The dielectric has ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221555 | Surface mount MELF capacitor The surface mount MELF capacitor of the present invention includes a wire and a conductive powder element electrically connected to the wire. The surface mount MELF capacitor has insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the conductive powder element and... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215530 | High ESR low ESL capacitor In some embodiments, a capacitor includes a first conductive layer electrically coupled to a first terminal, a second conductive layer electrically coupled to a second terminal, a floated conductive layer disposed between the first and second conductive layers, and ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212396 | Method for fabricating a thin film resistor A method of fabricating high resistivity thin film resistors. An isolation region is formed on a substrate to isolate the active regions. A polysilicon layer is formed above the substrate. A diffusion barrier layer is formed above the polysilicon layer. Lightly dope... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208218 | Method of suppressing the oxidation characteristics of nickel A method of providing a resistance to oxidation of Nickel at high temperatures by combining Ni powder with five percent Pt resinate, and heating the same to a temperature of 500° C. to 1300° C. Electro-conductive components serving as electrodes and the like compr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206187 | Ceramic electronic component and its manufacturing method Ceramic electronic components having improved peel resistance and a method of manufacturing them are disclosed. The components have laminated bodies that include internal electrodes which join or bond the layer to the external conductor and prevent the external cond... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190566 | Laminated electronic component A laminated electronic component includes a ceramic body having an inner portion and a pair of outer portions disposed above and below the inner portion and a pair of external electrodes disposed on lateral sides of the ceramic body. A plurality of internal electrod... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180723 | Multilayer capacitor A dielectric body 12 has internal conductor layers 14 arranged in it. At the far sides of the internal conductor layers 14 separated by ceramic layers 12A, internal conductor layers 16 are arranged. A length W of a side of the diel... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180155 | Method for manufacturing thin-film multilayer electronic component and thin-film multilayer electronic component In a method for manufacturing a thin-film multilayer electronic component, dielectric thin films and thin-film internal electrodes are alternately layered on each other to form a laminate. The thin-film internal electrodes are alternately displaced in a predetermine... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164573 | High ESR or fused ceramic chip capacitor A fused or high ESR ceramic capacitor for power applications has a fuse or resistor inserted between an end termination and a terminal for one set of alternating conductive plates in the capacitor. The length and thickness of the fuse allows adjustment of the curren... | 01/16/2007 |
