Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed on an exterior of the body and connected to the internal electrodes. At least one of the plurality of dielectric layers includes a plurality of grains, and a ratio of grains having dislocations, among the plurality of grains, is 20% or greater.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes. The internal electrodes are exposed to fifth and sixth surfaces of the body, and first ends thereof are respectively exposed to third or fourth surfaces of the body. First and second side margin portions are respectively disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces. The body includes an active portion, and upper and lower cover portions disposed respectively on a first surface and a second surface of the active portion in a first direction. The ratio of a dimension of the lower cover portion in the first direction C to a dimension of the first side margin portion in the third direction A, C/A?2.6, C/T is 0.080, where T is a dimension of the body in the first direction, and D<C where D is the dimension of the body in the first direction.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body having an active region, upper and lower cover regions, and width margins on opposing sides of the active region. The width margin includes a first region on an internal side thereof adjacent the first and second internal electrodes and a second region on an external side between the first region and a respective external surface of the capacitor body, and the upper and lower cover regions each include a third region on an internal side thereof adjacent the internal electrodes and a fourth region on an external side between the third region and a respective external surface of the capacitor body. The active region, the second region, and the fourth region have a same dielectric constant A, and the first and third regions have a same dielectric constant B, and A and B are different from each other and satisfy 0.5?B/A.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a structure comprising a biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film having at least one layer comprising a homopolymer of propylene which layer is in contact with an oil phase, the homopolymer of propylene has a) a content of isotactic pentads in the range from 95% to 98%, and b) a content of ash of not more than 30 ppm, based on the total weight of the homopolymer of propylene, characterized in that the oil phase has an absorbance value of ?0.1, relative to the pure oil, as determined spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 860 nm by the reduction of transmitted light intensity. The present invention further refers to the use of a biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film for making capacitors comprising said structure, wherein the oil phase has an absorbance value of ?0.

Abstract: A method of capacitance structure manufacturing includes following operations. A plurality of insulating tubes is formed over a substrate and perpendicular to the substrate. A first supporting layer and a second supporting layer above the first supporting layer are formed and connect the insulating tubes. The first supporting layer protrudes from the second supporting layer. Conductive material is filled in the insulating tubes to form rod capacitors forming a capacitor array and the capacitor array is covered by an oxide layer from its top to the substrate. The oxide layer is formed along the first supporting layer and the second supporting layer such that the oxide layer extends along a direction having an angle with respect to the substrate.

Abstract: An energy storage device can include a cathode, an anode, and a separator between the cathode and the anode, where the anode and/or electrode includes an electrode film having a super-fibrillized binder material and carbon. The electrode film can have a reduced quantity of the binder material while maintaining desired mechanical and/or electrical properties. A process for fabricating the electrode film may include a fibrillization process using reduced speed and/or increased process pressure such that fibrillization of the binder material can be increased. The electrode film may include an electrical conductivity promoting additive to facilitate decreased equivalent series resistance performance. Increasing fibrillization of the binder material may facilitate formation of thinner electrode films, such as dry electrode films.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and inner electrode layers, the multilayer body including an electrode facing portion in which the inner electrode layers are laminated to face each other with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween. The multilayer body has a thickness of at least about 1.5 mm in a lamination direction, a length of at least about 3.0 mm, and a width of at least about 1.5 mm. Each of the dielectric layers includes Ba, Ti, and Cl. A Cl concentration C1 in the entire electrode facing portion satisfies about 10 wtppm<C1<about 50 wtppm. On an imaginary central axis line, a Cl concentration C2 in a central portion of the electrode facing portion and a Cl concentration C3 in both end portions of the electrode facing portion satisfy about 0.5C2?C3<C2.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, wherein a concentration of a rare earth element in an active region with respect to a main component ceramic of the active region is equal to or more than a concentration of a rare earth element in at least a part of a protective region with respect to a main component ceramic of the protective region, wherein an average ionic radius of the rare earth element of the at least a part of the protective region is equal to or less than an average ionic radius of the rare earth element in the active region.

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a first region, a second region, a multi-layer unit, and a side margin. In the first region, crystal grains including intragranular pores are dispersed. In the second region, crystal grains including intragranular pores are not dispersed. The multi-layer unit includes ceramic layers that are laminated in a first direction and include the second region, and internal electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers. The side margin covers the multi-layer unit from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and includes a region, the region being adjacent to the multi-layer unit and including the first region.

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body and an external electrode. The ceramic body includes a first main surface and a second main surface that face in a first direction, internal electrodes laminated in the first direction, and a penetrating hole that has a diameter decreasing from the first main surface toward the second main surface and includes a tapered surface, the internal electrodes being exposed on the tapered surface. The external electrode includes a first conductive layer disposed along the tapered surface, and a second conductive layer disposed along the first main surface and connected to the first conductive layer.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a ceramic electronic device includes: preparing a ceramic electronic device having a multilayer chip, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode, and bonding an organic compound having a siloxane bonding to at least a part of a region including a surface of the multilayer chip where neither the first external electrode nor the second external electrode is formed and surfaces of the first external electrode and the second external electrode, by contacting heated silicon rubber to the region.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked, and further including a plurality of internal electrodes having a dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and connected to the internal electrodes. The body further includes an active portion in which the plurality of internal electrodes are located to form capacitance and a side margin portion covering a first surface and a second surface of the active portion opposing each other. An average grain size of a dielectric layer included in the active portion is different from an average grain size of a dielectric layer included in the margin portion. The side margin portion includes an extending portion extending between the external electrodes and the internal electrodes to cover a portion of the internal electrodes.

Abstract: In a multilayer ceramic electronic component, a stacked body includes a first outer layer and a first outermost internal electrode layer. The first outer layer defines a first main surface. The first outermost internal electrode layer is adjacent to the first outer layer. The first outermost internal electrode layer is in contact with a first external electrode at a first end surface. The thickness of the first outer layer at the first end surface is greater than the thickness of the first outer layer at the center or approximate center in a length direction.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a ceramic main body of a parallelepiped shape having at least two edge faces facing each other, and having an internal electrode layer inside; and external electrodes formed on the two edge faces and having a structure in which a plated layer is formed on a ground layer having a metal, as a main component, and ceramic; the external electrodes have an extension region which extends to at least one of four side faces from the two edge faces, and a part of which corresponds to a corner portion of the ceramic main body and includes a portion with the ground layer and a first portion, without the ground layer, arranged at a position where one of the two end faces and one of the four side faces are connected; and the plated layer covers the ground layer and the first portion.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and having first and second surfaces opposing each other; a plurality of internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body; and first and second side margin portions disposed on end portions of the internal electrodes exposed to the first and second surfaces, wherein the ceramic body includes an active portion, and cover portions disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the active portion, each of the first and second side margin portions is divided into a first region and a second region, each of the cover portions is divided into a first region and a second region, and contents of magnesium (Mg) contained in the second regions of the cover portions and the first and second side margin portions are larger than those of magnesium (Mg) contained in the first regions thereof, respectively.

Abstract: A method of producing a core-shell particle includes introducing a barium titanate-based base powder and an additive to a reactor, and exposing the barium titanate-based base powder and the additive to a thermal plasma torch to obtain core-shell particles including a core portion having barium titanate (BaTiO3) and a shell portion including the additive and formed on a surface of the core portion.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor and a board having the multilayer capacitor mounted thereon are provided. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes disposed on both ends of the capacitor body and connected to exposed portions of the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. A/B satisfies 0.0016?A/B<1 in which A is a thickness of the dielectric layer and B is an average length of margins of the capacitor body in a length direction, and A is 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: Anodes made from powder, such as tantalum powder, that is highly spherical is described. Methods to make the anodes are further described.

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a multi-layer unit having a side surface facing in a direction of a first axis and including internal electrodes laminated in a direction of a second axis orthogonal to the first axis and having end portions on the side surface, and a side margin including a first inner layer adjacent to the side surface and including a first region containing a glass component, a first outer layer outside of the first inner layer, and a ridge positioned at an end portion of the first outer layer in the direction of the second axis and including a second region containing a glass component at a lower concentration than a concentration of the glass component of the first region, the side margin having a dimension of 13 ?m or less in the direction of the first axis; and an external electrode.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body, and an external electrode layer including a foundation electrode layer which is a fired layer. The multilayer body includes an inner layer portion including ceramic layers and inner conductive layers, and outer layer portions each including the ceramic layers. The foundation electrode layer includes an inner layer electrode portion adjacent to the inner layer portion and outer layer electrode portions respectively adjacent to the outer layer portions. The outer layer electrode portions respectively include high-content regions and low-content regions in order from an end surface of the multilayer body. The content of metal in the high-content regions is higher than the content of metal in the low-content regions.