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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107218 | Capacitors Some embodiments include methods of forming capacitors. A metal oxide mixture may be formed over a first capacitor electrode. The metal oxide mixture may have a continuous concentration gradient of a second component relative to a first component. The continuous con... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8094430 | Capacitors, couplers, devices including same and methods of manufacturing same Capacitors are provided comprising a first plate, a second plate spaced from the first plate and a dielectric between the first and second plates. In certain embodiments the plates are arranged generally opposite each other and each is shaped in a periodically repea... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094431 | Methods for improving the dielectric properties of a polymer, and related articles and devices In one aspect of the present invention, a method for increasing the dielectric breakdown strength of a polymer is described. The method comprises providing the polymer and contacting a surface of the polymer in a reaction chamber with a gas plasma, under specified p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7898792 | Thin-film capacitor A thin-film capacitor and a method for making the thin-film capacitor having a structure that can prevent vertical stress acting on outer connecting terminals, such as bumps, from concentrating on electrode layers, and capable of easily increasing the equivalent ser... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7852611 | High capacitance film capacitor system and method for manufacturing the same A film capacitor including a pair of electrodes having multiple pores is provided. The film capacitor includes a polymer film deposited upon each of the pair of electrodes to form a dielectric layer. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839622 | Trench capacitor device suitable for decoupling applications in high-frequency operation A capacitor device, an electronic circuit comprising a capacitor device, an electronic component, and a method of forming a capacitor device are described. In the capacitor device, a current-path region extends from one of two trench capacitor electrodes to a respec... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835134 | Capacitor and method for fabricating the same A capacitor includes a lower electrode, a dielectric structure over the lower electrode, the dielectric structure including at least one crystallized zirconium oxide (ZrO2) layer and at least one amorphous aluminum oxide (Al2O3) laye... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7616426 | Capacitor and method for fabricating the same A capacitor includes a lower electrode, a dielectric structure over the lower electrode, the dielectric structure including at least one crystallized zirconium oxide (ZrO2) layer and at least one amorphous aluminum oxide (Al2O3) laye... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7580241 | Thin film capacitor element composition, high permittivity insulation film, thin film capacitor element, thin film multilayer capacitor, and method of production of thin film capacitor element A thin film capacitor element composition having a bismuth layered compound with a c-axis oriented substantially vertical to the substrate surface, wherein the bismuth layered compound is expressed by the formula (Bi2O2)2+(Am−... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7545625 | Electrode for thin film capacitor devices A method of forming a conductor on a substrate including steps of depositing tantalum on a glass layer of the substrate; oxidizing the tantalum; and depositing a noble metal on the oxidized tantalum to form the conductor. The method can be used to form a ferroelectr... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7499259 | Capacitor with hafnium, lanthanum and oxygen mixed dielectric and method for fabricating the same Disclosed is a capacitor with a dielectric layer having a low equivalent oxide thickness compared to a HfO2 layer and capable of decreasing a level of a leakage current incidence and a method for fabricating the same. Particularly, the capacitor includes:... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7489496 | HV capacitor and testing method A high voltage capacitor design is provided that provides improved performance. The high voltage capacitor includes a stack of mechanically joined capacitor cells, which in one variant utilize a separator formed of two layers of paper. In one version, the high volta... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7483257 | HV capacitor and testing method A high voltage capacitor design is provided that provides improved performance. The high voltage capacitor includes a stack of mechanically joined capacitor cells, which in one variant utilize a separator formed of two layers of paper. In one version, the high volta... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7443649 | Ferroelectric capacitor A ferroelectric capacitor including a lower electrode, a ferroelectric layer and an upper electrode. A part of at least any one of the lower and upper electrodes is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of TiOx, TaOx, ReOx, WOx, IrO2, Pt... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7430107 | Monolithic capacitor, circuit board, and circuit module A monolithic capacitor includes a laminate of ceramic layers, the laminate having first and second surfaces, at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes, first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface, third and fourth external elec... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7426102 | High precision capacitor with standoff An electronic component such as a capacitor includes a substrate having first and second principal surfaces, a dielectric layer overlaying the first principal surface of the substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode. There is a passivation layer overlayin... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420795 | Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor comprises a capacitor body, a first connecting conductor arranged on a first side face of the capacitor body, first and second terminal electrodes, and a first insulator arranged between the first connecting conductor and first terminal electr... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7368825 | Power semiconductor device The present invention is directed to a power semiconductor device in which a control circuit controls a power switching element, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a capacitor disposed on the front surface side of the se... | 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 |
| 7368191 | Electrode array for use in electrochemical cells The invention features an electrode array (7) in which pairs of electrodes (1) are geometrically arranged so that the broadest faces of the exposed electrodes are not directly opposing to each other. Rather, the broadest facing surfaces of the electrod... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7360305 | Method for manufacturing multi-layered ceramic electronic component A method for manufacturing a multi-layered ceramic electronic component includes positioning a multi-layered unit including a release layer, an electrode layer and a ceramic green sheet formed on a support sheet in such a manner that the surface of the multi-layered... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
