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Class 361/303 - Significant electrode feature

Subclass of Class 361 - Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Definition: Subject matter under subclasses 301.1+ with significant
No. of patents: 859
Last issue date: 02/25/2014

NumberTitleIssue Date
6979486Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes ceramic layers made of a dielectric material, and internal electrodes made of a conductive material. The internal electrodes are provided with cavities which have an average size ranging from about 1.0 μm to about 10 μm and ...
6977805Capacitor element, semiconductor integrated circuit and method of manufacturing those
A dielectric layer is formed on a first metal layer, the dielectric layer is formed with many concave portions at the upper surface. A second metal layer is formed on the dielectric layer, the second metal layer is formed with a convex portion at a position correspo...
6975499Vacuum variable capacitor with energization and heat shielding bellows
A vacuum variable capacitor includes an energization bellows arranged in a vacuum vessel and having ends mounted to a movable-electrode support plate and a movable side-end plate, respectively, a heat shielding bellows arranged inside the energization bellows and ou...
6975500Capacitor having improved electrodes
Capacitor material for use in forming capacitors, is disclosed. More specifically, the invention is directed to capacitors formed from this material that have one or more discrete electrodes (314), each electrode (314) being exposed to at least two thi...
6970362Electronic assemblies and systems comprising interposer with embedded capacitors
To reduce switching noise, the power supply terminals of an integrated circuit die are coupled to the respective terminals of at least one capacitor embedded in an interposer that lies between the die and a substrate. In an embodiment, the interposer is a multilayer...
6969647Method of making single layer capacitor
A method of making a monolithic or essentially monolithic single layer capacitor with high structural strength and capacitance. Sheets of green-state ceramic dielectric material and ceramic/metal composite material are laminated together, diced into individual chips...
6970341Integrated broadband ceramic capacitor array
A monolithic capacitor structure includes opposed and overlapping plates within a dielectric body, which are arranged to form a lower frequency, higher value capacitor. Other conductive structure is located either inside the dielectric body or on an external surface...
6970342Multilayer capacitor
A multilayer capacitor configured of internal electrodes, each of which has a similar shape that is continuous and has a pair of parallel parts extending parallel to one another. First and second ends of each internal electrode are formed at different positions from...
6967827Laminated capacitor
A laminated capacitor includes a first capacitor element having a capacitance component provided by capacitance forming portions, facing each other, and an inductance component provided by the current pass between lead-out portions, a second capacitance element havi...
6965507Multilayer 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...
6961230Capacitor, capacitor equipped semiconductor device assembly, capacitor equipped circuit substrate assembly and electronic unit including semiconductor device, capacitor and circuit substrate
A capacitor includes a capacitor main body having a front surface on which a semiconductor device is to be mounted and a rear surface at which the capacitor main body is to be mounted on a first main surface of a circuit substrate, a plurality of internal electrodes...
6958899Electronic device
Terminal electrodes 11 and 12 of a main body 2 of a multilayer capacitor 1 are connected to electrode connection parts 21A and 22A of a pair of external terminals 21 and 22 formed by a metal material. At the bottom part of the electrode connection part 21A, an exter...
6955960Decoupling capacitor for high frequency noise immunity
Systems and methods are provided for an on-chip decoupling device and method. One aspect of the present subject matter is a capacitor. One embodiment of the capacitor includes a substrate, a high K dielectric layer doped with nano crystals disposed on the substrate,...
6956729Capacitor element and production thereof
A capacitor element includes a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film, and an upper electrode that are formed on a substrate. In the capacitor element, the ferroelectric film is formed by a reaction rate-determining method, and the lower electrode has a thickness of ...
6953721Methods of forming a capacitor with an amorphous and a crystalline high K capacitor dielectric region
The invention comprises integrated circuitry and to methods of forming capacitors. In one implementation, integrated circuitry includes a capacitor having a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode and a high K capacitor dielectric region received the...
6954349Metallized film capacitor
A metallized film capacitor is made by winding or laminating a both-side metallized polypropylene (PP) film and a non-metallized PP film. Limiting the heat shrinkage factor and the thickness of the PP films, the position of deposited electrodes, and the rate of the ...
6954348Tunable MEMS capacitor
Various embodiments of tunable capacitors are disclosed. One embodiment is in the form of a tunable capacitor (368) having a pair of stationary capacitor electrodes (392) that are fixed to and disposed the same distance above a substrate (388) i...
6952049Capacitor-built-in type printed wiring substrate, printed wiring substrate, and capacitor
A capacitor-built-in-type printed wiring substrate which can reliably eliminate noise and attain extremely low resistance and low inductance in connections between an IC chip and the capacitor, and a printed wiring substrate and capacitor for use in the same. A capa...
6950300Ultra 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 ...
6947275Fin capacitor
Disclosed is a capacitor structure and method for forming the same. This structure has a conductive substrate, conductive fins extending above the substrate, and trenches extending into the substrate. These trenches are positioned between locations where the fins ex...
6943039Method of etching ferroelectric layers
Method of etching a ferroelectric layer includes etching an upper electrode and partially through a ferroelectric layer. A dielectric material is subsequently deposited upon the upper electrode and the partially etched ferroelectric layer. A second etch step complet...
6944007Capacitor structure
A capacitor is configured by a bottom electrode BE, an inter-electrode dielectric D, and a top electrode TE. Directly under the bottom electrode BE, for example, silicon oxide (SiO2) is disposed, and directly above the top electrode TE as well, for exampl...
6944009Ultra 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 ...
6940708Electronic component
An electronic component includes: an element having a pair of terminal electrodes; and a pair of metal terminals formed of metal materials respectively and connected to the pair of terminal electrodes respectively, in which: a portion of the metal terminal that exte...
6940707Differential capacitor, differential antenna element, and differential resonator
In a differential capacitor1, first and second capacitors 1003 and 1004 are formed in substantially symmetrical positions from each other with respect to a vertical plane B-B′, on a semiconductor substrate 1020. The differential capacit...
6940706Electrode material and capacitor
It is acknowledged that an electric double layer capacitor is markedly superior in power density and cycle characteristics to a secondary battery. However, a higher energy density is required to apply it to a power supply of hybrid vehicle, electric vehicle or the l...
6939775Capacitor and method of storing energy
A method for storing energy in a capacitor includes connecting a first conductor to a first electrode. A second conductor is connected to a second electrode. The second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer inclu...
6939723Method of forming haze-free BST films
Described herein is a method for producing a haze-free (Ba, Sr)TiO3 (BST) film, and devices incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the BST film is made haze-free by depositing the film with a substantially uniform desired crystal orientation, for exam...
6940710Multilayered chip capacitor
A multilayered chip capacitor including a capacitor main body including a plurality of dielectric layers, which are laminated; at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes, each of which is formed on the corresponding one of the plural dielectric layers...
6940705Capacitor with enhanced performance and method of manufacture
A decoupling capacitor is formed in a semiconductor substrate that includes a strained silicon layer. A substantially flat bottom electrode is formed in a portion of the strained silicon layer and a capacitor dielectric overlying the bottom electrode. A substantiall...
6940709Storage 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...
6937457Decoupling capacitor
A decoupling capacitor with increased resistance to electrostatic discharge (ESD) is provided on an integrated circuit (IC). The capacitor may be single or multi-fingered. In one example, the capacitor includes first and second electrodes separated by a dielectric m...
6936565Modified carbide and oxycarbide containing catalysts and methods of making and using thereof
Compositions including modified carbide-containing nanorods and/or modified oxycarbide-containing nanorods and/or modified carbon nanotubes bearing carbides and oxycarbides and methods of making the same are provided. Rigid porous structures including modified oxyca...
6936877Integrated circuit including a capacitor with a high capacitance density
The invention relates to an electronic device provided with an electronic component which comprises an integrated circuit arrangement which has a semiconducting substrate, active components, and passive components such as capacitors with high and with low capacitanc...
6937458Selectable decoupling capacitors for integrated circuit and methods of use
Selectable capacitors are used to modify performance characteristics of functional circuit elements of an integrated circuit (IC). In one embodiment, the decoupling capacitors are implemented as additional or alternative mounting pads on a surface of the IC. At leas...
6934144Capacitor and method of manufacturing the same
To provide a capacitor capable of utilizing carbon nanotube characteristics effectively to obtain excellent electric or mechanical characteristics, and a method of manufacturing the same. The capacitor is characterized by including two opposing electrodes, at least ...
6933193Method of forming a capacitor
A carbon containing masking layer is patterned to include a plurality of container openings therein having minimum feature dimensions of less than or equal to 0.20 micron. The container openings respectively have at least three peripheral corner areas which are each...
6934143Metal-insulator-metal capacitor structure
A capacitor having an electrically/conductive plate, an electrically conductive segmented electrically conductive plate segments and a second plurality of electrically conductive plate segments, a first capacitor dielectric disposed between the plate and the segment...
6930874High current capacitors
A capacitor including an expandable part fabricated on a capacitor housing is enclosed. The expandable part is expandable by a fault that occurs within the capacitor housing, thereby extending the capacitor housing to contact with an external interrupter. The extern...
6927967Capacitor substrates made of refractory metal nitrides
Electrolytic capacitor powder substrates are provided of refractory metal nitrides to reduce instability at a substrate-oxide (as formed) interface whereby the resultant capacitor sensitivity to hear, bias and frequency is reduced. ...
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