Abstract: A method of manufacturing an Electro Static Discharge (ESD) protection componentin which slurry including varistor particles and a resin binder is produced, and a varistor green sheet is formed from this slurry. A conductor layer is formed on a surface of the varistor green sheet. A adhesive layer is formed on a baked ceramic substrate, the varistor green sheet is adhered to the adhesive layer and then baked. The method produces a high-performance and uniform ESD protection component.

Abstract: It is possible to realize an electrostatic discharge protection component having a very small electrostatic capacity suited to a high-frequency equipment and comprising a ceramic insulating substrate, a varistor unit composed of a varistor layer and an internal electrode, which are sintered and integrated on the ceramic insulating substrate, and at least a pair of external electrodes provided on the varistor unit, the varistor unit being formed with a varistor.

Abstract: A varistor includes a ceramic insulating substrate, a varistor section having an outer surface, and first and second external electrodes provided on the outer surface of the varistor section. The varistor section includes a varistor layer on the ceramic insulating substrate, first and second internal electrodes, and first and second via-conductors embedded in the varistor layer and exposing from the varistor layer. The second internal electrode has a portion facing the first internal electrode. The first internal electrode and the portion of the second internal electrode sandwiches at least a portion of the varistor layer. The first and second via-conductors are connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The first and second external electrodes are connected to the first and second via-conductors, respectively. This varistor has a small thickness and a large mechanical strength.

Abstract: A ceramic green sheet is irradiated with a laser beam of a high-peak short-pulse type to form a hole in the sheet. With the laser beam, a minimum oscillation output is more than 60% of a maximum oscillation output. This prevents material of the ceramic green sheet from melting partially and remaining around the hole. Therefore, a multi-layer assembly of ceramic green sheets built by joining the sheets in layers and baking these joined sheets hardly has a structural defect around a via-electrode provided in the hole.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramics includes a main ingredient, and a supplemental ingredient in an amount of 0.05 to 2 wt % for the main ingredient. The main ingredient is expressed by xBiO3/2-yCaO-zNbO5/2 and is within a scope of a specified quadrilateral region in a ternary system diagram, and the supplemental ingredient is a glass composition including at least SiO2, Li2O and MO (M includes at least one of Ca, Sr and Ba). A ceramic electronic component is produced by co-firing a dielectric layer composed of the dielectric ceramics and a conductive layer mainly composed of silver, and has a low degradation in Q value and excellent microwave characteristics.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection component of an array type includes ceramic insulating substrate 12; varistor region 10 which is pasted on ceramic insulating substrate 12 and then is sintered integrally with ceramic insulating substrate 12; and at least one ground outer electrode 15A and a plurality of input/output outer electrodes 15B. Varistor region 10 includes at least one ground inner electrode 14A, varistor layer 10C and the plurality of input/output outer electrodes 15B so as to form the plurality of varistors. Ground inner electrode 14A is connected with ground outer electrode 15A. This structure enables the protection component to be extremely thin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an ESD protection component, where the method includes at least a step of producing slurry including varistor particles and a resin binder; a step of producing a varistor green sheet from this slurry; a step of forming a conductor layer; a step of forming an adhesive layer on a ceramic substrate; a step of sticking a varistor green sheet on an adhesive layer; and a step of baking, providing a high-performance and uniform ESD protection component.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramics includes a main ingredient, and a supplemental ingredient in an amount of 0.05 to 2 wt % for the main ingredient. The main ingredient is expressed by xBiO3/2-yCaO-zNbO5/2 and is within a scope of a specified quadrilateral region in a ternary system diagram, and the supplemental ingredient is a glass composition including at least SiO2, Li2O and MO (M includes at least one of Ca, Sr and Ba). A ceramic electronic component is produced by co-firing a dielectric layer composed of the dielectric ceramics and a conductive layer mainly composed of silver, and has a low degradation in Q value and excellent microwave characteristics.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic substrate includes a glass ceramic body, a conductive pattern, and a via conductor. The conductive pattern is formed in the glass ceramic body and on at least one principal surface of the glass ceramic body. The via conductor makes a connection between the predetermined conductive patterns. The via conductor includes a conductive material and a Mo compound or a Mo metal. The conductive material includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, Pt and Pd as a main component. The amount of Mo compound or Mo metal is in the range of 0.05 to 10 parts by weight in terms of Mo metal with respect to 100 parts by weight of the conductive material. This multilayer ceramic substrate can achieve sufficient flatness and high dimensional accuracy, while preventing defects that occurs in the vicinity of electrodes after firing.

Abstract: A ceramic green sheet is irradiated with laser beam of high-peak short-pulse type to form a hole in the sheet. In the laser beam, the minimum oscillation output more than 60% of the maximum oscillation output. This prevents material of the ceramic green sheet from melting partially and remaining around the hole. Therefore, a multi-layer assembly of the ceramic green sheets built by joining the sheets in layers and baking the joined sheets hardly has a structural defect around a via-electrode provided in the hole.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic component with high reliability and accuracy in dimension in which electrical characteristics thereof are not largely deteriorated and defects such as cracks around the inner electrodes in the substrate after firing are inhibited, in a firing technique with high accuracy in dimension for sandwiching a glass ceramic laminate with heat-shrinkage inhibiting sheets and firing them.

Abstract: A multilayer LC composite component includes a glass-ceramic composition and internal electrodes containing silver or copper as a main component. The multilayer LC composite component is outstanding in mounting reliability particularly to a resin substrate, easy to manufacture, and has excellent electric characteristics at high frequency. The glass-ceramic composition includes 45 to 35 wt. % of forsterite powder and 55 to 65 wt. % of glass composite powder, and compositions of the glass composite powder include 40 to 50 wt. % of SiO2, 30 to 40 wt. % of BaO, 3 to 8 wt. % of Al2O3, 8 to 12 wt. % of La2O3, and 3 to 6 wt. % of B2O3. It is high in flexural strength, moderately high in coefficient of thermal expansion, easy to use in manufacturing a greensheet, and densely sintered at a temperature of less than 950 degrees C.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition including at least a first component containing Al2O3, MgO and ROa (R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb and Gd; a is a value stoichiometrically determined in accordance with the valence of R); SiO2 as a second component; and a third component containing a glass composition including two or more components containing at least one selected from the group consisting of SiO2 and B2O3. A dielectric ceramic composition stably has a high strength in a high frequency band such as microwave, millimeter wave, etc., and has a small dielectric constant, a low loss, and a small temperature constant at capacitance.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic substrate includes a glass ceramic body, a conductive pattern, and a via conductor. The conductive pattern is formed in the glass ceramic body and on at least one principal surface of the glass ceramic body. The via conductor makes a connection between the predetermined conductive patterns. The via conductor includes a conductive material and a Mo compound or a Mo metal. The conductive material includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, Pt and Pd as a main component. The amount of Mo compound or Mo metal is in the range of 0.05 to 10 parts by weight in terms of Mo metal with respect to 100 parts by weight of the conductive material. This multilayer ceramic substrate can achieve sufficient flatness and high dimensional accuracy, while preventing defects that occurs in the vicinity of electrodes after firing.

Abstract: A diplexer employed in mobile communications equipment such mobile phones which can divide signals into two channels with a simple configuration without interfering the other band. In this diplexer, an inductor 105 is connected between a &pgr;-type three-stage one polar low-pass filter 115 and a common terminal 113 as a first matching circuit, and a capacitor 106A is connected between a one polar band-pass filter 116 and a common terminal 113 as a second matching circuit so that interference with the other band can be prevented and the higher harmonics can be sufficiently attenuated with simple configuration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiplexer/demultiplexer for use in mobile communication devices and provides a small and low-loss multiplexer/demultiplexer. The present invention provides a multiplexer/demultiplexer including a first to a third ports each externally terminated with a pure resistance, in which the second port is made to be a common port by connecting between the first port and the ground a first resonant circuit which makes serial resonance at a frequency within a first frequency band or in its proximity, and further connecting an inductive element in series between the first port and the second port, and connecting between the third port and the ground a second resonant circuit which makes serial resonance at a frequency within a second frequency band which is different from the first frequency band or in its proximity, and further connecting a capacitive element in series between the third port and the second port.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition including at least a first component containing Al2O3, MgO and ROa (R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb and Gd; a is a value stoichiometrically determined in accordance with the valence of R); SiO2 as a second component; and a third component containing a glass composition including two or more components containing at least one selected from the group consisting of SiO2 and B2O3. A dielectric ceramic composition stably has a high strength in a high frequency band such as microwave, millimeter wave, etc., and has a small dielectric constant, a low loss, and a small temperature constant at capacitance.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition used in a high frequency band such as microwave or millimeter wave, etc., and having a low dielectric constant, low loss and small absolute value of the temperature coefficient at resonance frequency. The dielectric ceramic composition comprises Al2O3, MgO and ROn. The Al2O3, MgO and ROn are expressed by a composition formula: xAlO3/2—YMgO—zROn (R is at least one element selected from La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd and Tb; and n is a value stoichiometrically determined in accordance with the valence of the R), wherein x≧55, y≧0.5, z≧0.5 and x+y+z=100. A dielectric ceramic comprising a crystal phase and a glass phase also is provided. The crystal phase includes a magneto-plumbite phase that includes Al2O3.