Abstract: A fluid pressure responsive capacitive transducer (20) having a lowered manufacturing cost is shown in which a sheet (10) of cast or roll compacted tape material having a selected thickness is partitioned into a multitude of rectangular substrates portions (16) and another sheet (12) having another selected thickness is partitioned into a like number and sized diaphragm portions (18) and are processed in sheet form to apply capacitor plates and associated conductive traces as well as a sealing and spacing glass layer. At least one sheet is then separated into groups, generally comprising one, two or four portions, and pairs of groups of substrates and diaphragms are held together and heated to seal the transducers. Groups of more than one portion of the first and second sheets are then separated into individual transducers.

Abstract: Procedure for making Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 spheroids, 600 micrometers in diameter or less, utilizes an AlOOH sol containing 0.25% weight percent MgO (in the form of Mg(NO.sub.3).sub.2 .multidot.6H.sub.2 O) and HNO.sub.3. The sol is dispersed into droplets in a particle forming fluid (e.g., 2-ethylhexanol) where gelling occurs. The gelled spheroids are collected, dried and pre-fired in air at temperatures less than 1,200.degree. C. for up to about 12 hours. The dried and prefired beads are fired in a 2-step process at temperatures of about 1,850-1,950.degree. C. in the following sequence:a first dry oxygen firing for about ten minutes, followed by a wet hydrogen firing for up to 350 minutes. Reasonably transparent microspheres having crystallites in the range of 5-100 micrometers are obtained with little intergranular porosity, and their density is estimated to be near theoretical.

Abstract: This application is directed to a process of forming a laminate. The steps include providing a glass and a metal foil of either deoxidized copper alloy or oxygen-free copper alloy. The glass is heated at a temperature of between about 600.degree. to about 1025.degree. C. with a viscosity between about 10.sup.3 to about 10.sup.8 poise. Then it is pressed against the foil and cooled to chemically bond it to the foil and form a laminate of a metal foil and a substantially pore-free glass.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the process of forming a multi-layer or hybrid circuit assembly. The assembly includes at least one ceramic substrate having a deoxidized or oxygen free copper alloy foil bonded thereto by a bonding glass. The copper alloy foil may be a circuit to which a resistive metal alloy tape can be bonded so as to provide a path of precise resistance. Also, layers of foil may be glass bonded to a substrate and stacked to form multi-layer circuits.

Abstract: This invention relates to a laminated glass capacitor and method of making the capacitor. The capacitor is constructed of a plurality of internal electrodes stacked and having glass layers therebetween to give electrostatic capacity. External electrodes are connected to associated internal electrodes for taking out the electrostatic capacity. The glass layers are selected from a substantially pore free glass and the internal electrodes are formed of a metal foil selected from the group consisting of deoxidized copper alloy and oxygen free copper alloy.