Abstract: To provide an electrolytic capacitor having a configuration that achieves a low impedance by increasing the content of water, satisfies a withstand voltage of 400 V or more, and is capable of enhancing the long-term reliability. Provided as a solution is an electrolytic capacitor (1) including an electrolytic solution (2e) containing ethylene glycol, 10 to 30% by mass of water, and 1 to 12% by mass of an amine salt of a carboxylic acid, having added thereto 0.01 to 2% by mass of one or more kind of ammonium hypophosphite, an amine salt of hypophosphorous acid, and hypophosphorous acid, the carboxylic acid being a polycarboxylic acid having a chain hydrocarbon skeleton and a molecular weight of 140 to 500.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film capacitor that includes a capacitive insulating film having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first capacitive electrode covering the first surface of the capacitive insulating film, and a second capacitive electrode covering the second surface of the capacitive insulating film and including a plurality of capacitor areas divided by a slit and a plurality of fuse areas connecting two of adjacent capacitor areas. The second capacitive electrode has a structure in which a plurality of conductor films including a first conductor film and a second conductor film lower in electrical resistivity than the first conductor film are laminated.

Abstract: A capacitive element is manufactured by using the multilayer printed circuit board technology. The body of the element includes a layer of dielectric material interposed between two layers of conductive material arranged on opposite sides of the layer of dielectric material. Each layer of conductive material is in turn covered, on its free side, with an external covering layer. The material for making the layer of dielectric material is chosen among materials having: —a dielectric permeability ?r>1, —a dielectric rigidity k>100 kV/mm, and —a loss figure Df?0.002. Furthermore, the dimensions of the layer of dielectric material are greater than the dimensions of the layers of conductive material, so as to limit the edge effects that might cause discharge phenomena and make the capacitive element flexible.

Abstract: A radioactive substance is effectively suppressed by an oxide-film removal step of removing an oxide film on a metallic material surface with which a coolant containing the radioactive substance comes in contact, and a titanium-oxide deposition step of depositing a titanium oxide on the metallic material surface after the oxide film has been removed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing a time-varying time delay randomly into the individual reproduction channels of a sound recording, two in the case of binaural presentation. This emulates the temporal aspect of microphone and/or listener motion. The present invention may be applied as a unidirectional process. No preparation of the source material is required. It can be applied to any multichannel audio signal set. It can process analog or digital signals. The process may be used with headphones, loudspeakers, hearing aids or similar assistive hearing devices.

Abstract: An electrical component includes a ceramic base body. The ceramic base body includes several ceramic layers including a function layer and a composite layer bordering the function layer. The composite layer can include a zirconium oxide-glass filler mixture.

Abstract: A dielectric device comprises a substrate made of a metal and an oxide dielectric layer mounted on a surface of the substrate. The surface of the substrate has metal oxide regions distributed like islands, while the oxide dielectric layer is in close contact with the substrate through the metal oxide regions. Since adhesion is higher in an area where the substrate and the oxide dielectric layer are in close contact with each other through the metal oxide regions distributed like islands on the surface of the substrate, the adhesion between the substrate and oxide dielectric layer in the dielectric device is enhanced. As compared with a case where a rough surface is formed on a metal foil, the metal oxide region and the substrate are inhibited from forming a rough surface, whereby leakage characteristics can be kept from being deteriorated by the rough surface.

Abstract: A wireless communications adapter adapted for connection to a direct audio input of a hearing assistance device, the wireless communications adapter adapted for radio frequency communications with a remote device. Varying embodiments enable communication using a protocol compatible with a BLUETOOTH standard to reach a hearing assistance device through a direct audio input. Some examples of the wireless communication adapter offer microphone options to receive audio information and transmit it with far field communications.

Abstract: A two-phase mixed media insulator having a dielectric fluid filling the interstices between macro-sized dielectric beads packed into a confined volume, so that the packed dielectric beads inhibit electro-hydrodynamically driven current flows of the dielectric liquid and thereby increase the resistivity and breakdown strength of the two-phase insulator over the dielectric liquid alone. In addition, an electrical apparatus incorporates the two-phase mixed media insulator to insulate between electrical components of different electrical potentials. And a method of electrically insulating between electrical components of different electrical potentials fills a confined volume between the electrical components with the two-phase dielectric composite, so that the macro dielectric beads are packed in the confined volume and interstices formed between the macro dielectric beads are filled with the dielectric liquid.

Abstract: A ceramic green sheet structure has a ceramic green sheet including at least a ceramic material and a resin and a conductive layer formed on the ceramic green sheet. An electrode non-formed area has a porosity equal to or greater than 17%, and preferably, equal to or less than 25%. Moreover, an electrode formed area where the conductive layer is formed may have a smaller porosity than the electrode non-formed area where no conductive layer is formed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a material for forming a capacitor layer comprising a dielectric layer formed by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method. The material can reduce a leakage current of a capacitor circuit. In order to achieve the object, a material for forming a capacitor layer comprising a dielectric layer between a first conductive layer to be used for forming a top electrode and a second conductive layer to be used for forming a bottom electrode, characterized in that the dielectric layer is a dielectric oxide film formed by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method; and particles constituting the dielectric oxide film are impregnated with a resin component is employed.

Abstract: To provide a dielectric-layer-provided copper foil or the like for extremely improving the product yield while making the most use of the increase effect of an electric capacity of a thin dielectric layer using the sputtering vapor deposition method. In the case of dielectric-layer-provided copper foils respectively having a dielectric layer on one side of a copper foil, the dielectric layer 6 is an inorganic-oxide sputter film having a thickness of 1.0 ?m or less and formed on the one side of the copper foil in accordance with the sputtering vapor deposition method and the dielectric-layer-provided copper foils for respectively forming a capacitor layer, characterized in that a pit-like defective portion generated on the inorganic-oxide sputter film is sealed by polyimide resin are used.

Abstract: A method of producing a multilayer microelectronic substrate, in which: a) a number of thermally combinable films with a first compression temperature are provided; b) at least one film with a second compression temperature, which lies above the first compression temperature, is provided; c) at least one of the films with the second compression temperature is arranged between films with the first compression temperature; d) the laminated films are heated to the first compression temperature, and further to a first end-temperature until the films with the first compression temperature are completely compressed, the first end-temperature being kept below the second compression temperature; and e) the laminated films are heated to the second compression temperature and, if applicable, further to a second end-temperature in order to compress the at least one film with the second compression temperature, characterized in that at least one of the films is made from magnetodielectric material, with nickel oxide N

Abstract: 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 peeled area of the deposited electrodes to a certain range provides a metallized film capacitor having improved dieletric strength, tan ?, and charge-discharge characteristics.

Abstract: Different from conventional so-called mix-type film capacitors involving several disadvantages, in which the dielectric layers consist of a combination of a dielectric plastic resin film and an insulating paper sheet, the invention provides an all-film oil-impregnated capacitor in which the dielectric layers consist only of a plastic resin film such as a biaxially oriented polypropylene resin film (OPP film) suitable for use in microwave ovens. The all-film capacitor of the invention can be obtained and has satisfactory properties only when prepared by using specified materials including the OPP film, aluminum foil and capacitor oil and under specified conditions relative to the dielectric tangent values and dielectric capacity values before and after impregnation with a capacitor oil as well as the conditions in the step of oil impregnation.

Abstract: Different from conventional so-called mix-type film capacitors involving several disadvantages, in which the dielectric layers consist of a combination of a dielectric plastic resin film and an insulating paper sheet, the invention provides an all-film oil-impregnated capacitor in which the dielectric layers consist only of a plastic resin film such as a biaxially oriented polypropylene resin film (OPP film) suitable for use in microwave ovens. The all-film capacitor of the invention can be obtained and has satisfactory properties only when prepared by using specified materials including the OPP film, aluminum foil and capacitor oil and under specified conditions relative to the dielectric tangent values and dielectric capacity values before and after impregnation with a capacitor oil as well as the conditions in the step of oil impregnation.

Abstract: A capacitive element for a circuit board or chip carrier is formed from a pair of conductive sheets having a dielectric component laminated therebetween. The dielectric component is formed of two or more dielectric sheets, at least one of which can be partially cured followed by being fully cured. The partially cured sheet is laminated to at least one other sheet of dielectric material and one of the sheets of conductive material. The total thickness of the two sheets of the dielectric component does not exceed about 4 mils and preferably does not exceed about 3 mils. The use of two or more sheets of dielectric material makes it very unlikely that two or more defects in the sheets of dielectric material will align, thus greatly reducing the probability of a defect causing a failure in test or field use.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a capacitor to be embedded in an electronic circuit package comprising the steps of selecting a first conductor foil, selecting a dielectric material, coating the dielectric material on at least one side of the first conductor foil, and layering the coated foil with a second conductor foil on top of the coating of dielectric material. Also claimed is an electronic circuit package incorporating at least one embedded capacitor manufactured in accordance with the present invention.

Abstract: A capacitor element for a power capacitor having a two foils (3, 5) of metal forming a pair of electrodes, and also films (2a, 2b, 4a, 4b) of dielectric material forming the dielectric medium of the capacitor element. The capacitor element is produced by the foils and films being arranged one on top of the other and wound to a roll, so that the capacitor element displays a first end surface where one of the foils (5) has a long edge (10) indented between two of the films (2a, 4b), and also a second end surface where the other foil (3) has a long edge (9) indented between two of the films (2b, 4a), each of which indented long edges has an edge portion (15; 16) surrounded by an elongate field equalizer (18; 19) of dielectric material surrounding the edge portion.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor is formed by alternately stacking a plurality of dielectric layers and a multiplicity of internal electrodes, which are connected to a pair of external electrodes. Each of the dielectric layers is obtained from a dielectric ceramic compound composed of ceramic grains and a glass component connecting the ceramic grains, and the glass component contains one or more additive elements in a form of a solid solution. The additive elements are selected from the group consisting of Mn, V, Cr, Mo, Fe, Ni, Cu and Co.

Abstract: A polymer film capacitor is provided, utilizing a metallized film formed by a first vacuum-formed plasma treated surface, a vacuum-deposited, first radiation polymerized acrylate monomer film having first and second surfaces, the first surface being disposed on the first plasma-treated surface of the polymer substrate, and a metal layer disposed on the second surface of the first polymerized film. The metallized film is wound into a capacitor.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid with improved performance in capacitors contains 65% by weight or more monobenzyltoluene. Capacitors including the dielectric fluid can have improved discharge extinction voltages at 60° C.

Abstract: An improved capacitor roll with alternating film and foil layers is impregnated with an adhesive, elastomeric gel composition. The gel composition is a blend of a plasticizer, a polyol, a maleic anhydride that reacts with the polyol to form a polyester, and a catalyst for the reaction. The impregnant composition is introduced to the film and foil layers while still in a liquid form and then pressure is applied to aid with impregnation. The impregnant composition is cured to form the adhesive, elastomeric gel. Pressure is maintained during curing.

Abstract: Through conductors pass through a capacitor and a grounding member. Insulating tubes cover the through conductors respectively. An insulating case is provided at one surface of the grounding member. An insulating cover is provided at an opposite surface of the grounding member. Insulating resins fill a space inside the insulating case, a space inside the insulating cover, and a space around the capacitor. The insulating case is constituted of a mixture containing polybutylene terephthalate and an inorganic substance which contains glass powder and ceramic powder. The content of the inorganic substance is set within a range of 15 wt % to 45 wt % relative to the entire quantity of the mixture.

Abstract: A capacitor has a polymer housing and a wound metallized film capacitive element received in the housing, with leads connected to terminals on the cover of the housing through a pressure responsive interrupter assembly. An air chamber is provided in the housing, confining a compressible volume of air, and insulating fluid fills the remaining volume of the housing, substantially immersing the capacitive element. The air chamber is advantageously defined by a piston slidably mounted in the housing. Upon a high pressure condition caused by failure of the capacitive element, the volume of air is compressed to cushion the onset of the high pressure, protecting the case from rupture prior to operation of the pressure responsive interrupter assembly.

Abstract: An improved capacitor roll with alternating film and foil layers is impregnated with an adhesive, elastomeric gel composition. The gel composition is a blend of a plasticizer, a polyol, a maleic anhydride that reacts with the polyol to form a polyester, and a catalyst for the reaction. The impregnant composition is introduced to the film and foil layers while still in a liquid form and then pressure is applied to aid with impregnation. The impregnant composition is cured to form the adhesive, elastomeric gel. Pressure is maintained during curing.

Abstract: The present invention is a dielectric film, and method for making the film, suitable for use in the construction of capacitor devices, including wound capacitors. In order to overcome strength limitations associated with polymers having desirable dielectric properties, the invention includes a dielectric film featuring a polymer impregnated upon a strengthening substrate. The polymer is deposited directly upon the substrate, which substrate provides required physical strength for film processing and capacitor fabrication, without compromising dielectric performance. The inventive film is based on siloxane polymers modified with polar pendant groups to provide a significant increase in dielectric constant and dielectric strength. During film production, the polymer infiltrates the porous paper to provide an interfacial composite layer between the two materials, the interfacial layer consisting of polymer and paper.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a capacitor to be embedded in an electronic circuit package comprising the steps of selecting a first conductor foil, selecting a dielectric material, coating the dielectric material on at least one side of the first conductor foil, and layering the coated foil with a second conductor foil on top of the coating of dielectric material. Also claimed is an electronic circuit package incorporating at least one embedded capacitor manufactured in accordance with the present invention.

Abstract: The invention relates To a process for the impregnation of electrical capacitors which includes performing the impregnation of the coil winding with a dielectric fluid, eliminating the excess of the dielectric fluid, filling the casing containing the impregnated coil winding with a gelable composition and the dielectric fluid for impregnating the coil winding and gelling the gelable composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resonance circuit tag that comprises an insulating substrate and a resonance circuit formed on the substrate. Additionally, the resonance circuit contains at least a capacitor and an inductor. Further, a dielectric of the capacitor satisfies at least either being foamable by heating or being capable of changing its thickness by not less than 10% by heating. The resonance circuit of the present invention also provides various advantages in that it can easily cease functioning, it does not inhibit labor-saving and speedy operation at the cash register, it facilitates large-scale production, and it eliminates degradation of the function of the article to which the tag has been attached.

Abstract: A metallized film including a polymer film, a metal layer having a surface resistance of about 1 .OMEGA./sq. to about 15 .OMEGA./sq. deposited on a portion of the polymer film, the polymer film having another portion defined as a margin having a surface resistance of about 1.times.10.sup.10 .OMEGA./sq. or more, which portion is free of deposited metal; and an about 0.02 to about 1 mm wide boundary zone of deposited metal formed between the deposited metal layer and the margin which substantially continuously decreases in thickness from the deposited metal layer to the margin.

Abstract: A metallized film capacitor is provided with a polyurethane oil insulating fluid. The insulating fluid has a viscosity in the range of about 500 to 3000 poise at 25.degree. C. The polyurethane oil insulating fluid is produced by reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a primary polyol selected from the group consisting of castor oil, ricinoleic acid derivatives of castor oil and mixtures thereof. The reaction may be carried out in the presence of a secondary polyol chain extender such as a hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene diol. The reaction to produce the insulating fluid is carried out under conditions wherein the ratio of NCO groups of the organic polyisocyanate to OH groups of the primary and secondary polyols, if present, is in the range of about 0.1 to 1 to about 0.6 to 1. The ratio ensures that there is no excess of unreacted NCO groups in the insulating fluid and that the reaction produces a viscous fluid, not a substantially solid elastomer.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer capacitor includes depositing a plurality of electrode layers on a substrate alternately with a plurality of amorphous hydrogenated carbon dielectric layers, forming at least two holes in the electrode and dielectric layers with each hole intersecting alternating ones of the electrode layers, and providing an electrically conductive material in each hole for coupling the alternating ones of the electrode layers. Forming the holes can include forming initial holes and then further exposing selected edge portions of the electrode layers by widening dielectric layer portions of the initial holes. Providing the electrically conductive material can include coating surfaces of the holes with an electrically conductive layer and pouring an electrically conductive filler material into the holes. If filler material is poured into the holes, a capacitor lead can be positioned adjacent the filler material and attached by hardening the filler material.

Abstract: Sheet capacitive materials for use in forming a thin-film capacitor comprise an electrically nonconductive substrate, a layer of electrically conductive material disposed a surface of the substrate, and a layer of electrically nonconductive material disposed onto a surface of the conductive material layer. The conductive material layer includes a contact area along a first lengthwise edge of the substrate that is thicker than remaining portions of the material layer. A portion of the substrate adjacent a second lengthwise edge remains exposed. The electrically nonconductive material includes an anti-stick component, and covers the exposed substrate surface and a major portion of the material layer except for the contact area. A first and second sheet is constructed having contact areas along opposite lengthwise edges. The sheets are placed together so that the contact areas are oriented at opposite lengthwise edges, and are staggered so that the contact areas remain exposed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high voltage capacitor and a magnetron which can reduce the weeping noise resulting from the electrostriction phenomenon while maintaining the function as a filter.A capacitor constituted with a dielectric porcelain, is provided with through holes which pass through the dielectric porcelain and electrodes on the two surfaces where the through holes open. One of the electrodes is secured onto one surface of a grounding member. Through conductors are connected with electrical continuity to the electrodes by passing through the capacitor and the grounding member. Insulating resins are filled around the capacitor. The relative dielectric constant of the dielectric porcelain is within the range of 3000 to 6000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biaxially oriented polypropylene film and a capacitor made thereof. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film of the invention is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that is 98-99.5% in isotacticity, above 99% in isotactic pentad fraction, and 1-4% in the sum of the machine- and transverse-direction heat shrinkage at 120.degree. C., or a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that is less than 10 ppm.multidot.% in the product of the film's ash content and internal haze and is above 99% in isotactic pentad fraction. With this constitution, the biaxially oriented polypropylene film of the present invention has good dielectric properties at high temperatures. Furthermore, the capacitor of the invention can be used safely for a long life at operating temperatures higher by up to 20.degree. C. than the maximum operating temperature of 85.degree. C. of the conventional biaxially oriented polypropylene films.

Abstract: A metallized plastic film capacitor is here disclosed which is impregnated with an electrically insulating oil composition comprising 10 to 95% by weight of an aromatic hydrocarbon having at least 3 benzene rings and 90 to 5% by weight of an olefin oligomer containing 7% by weight or less of a fraction having a molecular weight of 500 or less and 2% by weight or less of a fraction having a molecular weight of 400 or less.

Abstract: A radio frequency apparatus has a tuner unit which is disposed in a tuner unit housing, and a demodulation unit which is disposed in a demodulation unit housing easily attached or removed to the tuner unit housing by a connecting device provided on side walls of the tuner unit housing and the demodulation unit housing.

Abstract: A metalized film capacitor has a plurality of electrodes separated by dielectric spacers and contains a dielectric fill system including 1 to 50 wt % of calcium oxide scavenger. This dielectric fill system is especially useful in aluminum metalized film capacitors for AC service.

Abstract: A capacitor employing plural dielectric materials between oppositely facing, distinctly electrically connected plates, or employing interspersed plural dielectric materials outside the space between oppositely facing, distinctly electrically connected plates, wherein one material is a plastic and a second material is a plastic, gas, or vacuum. A method for ameliorating the frequency dependent variation pattern in dielectric behavior, of a single material employed as a dielectric in a capacitor, by employing a plurality of materials between oppositely facing, distinctly electrically connected plates, and/or by employing an interspersed plurality of materials outside the space between oppositely facing, distinctly electrically connected plates.

Abstract: An improved electrical component, such as a capacitor, is fabricated from a porous plug formed from metal impregnated with a ceramic material. In the case of a capacitor, the ceramic material is a dielectric composition. A metal which does not oxidize at temperatures close to the ceramic sintering temperature can be used to fabricate the plug. A first lead is attached directly to the plug. The plug is infiltrated and coated with a layer of the ceramic material. The plug which is infiltrated and coated with ceramic material is fired to sinter the dielectric. A second lead is then attached to the layer of ceramic and if a dielectric ceramic composition was used, then a capacitor is formed.

Abstract: An electrical film capacitor in which a pair of metal film electrodes and a porous layer are wound into an assembly, and in which the porous layer serves to wick a liquid dielectric into the wound assembly. The liquid dielectric is an adipic acid ester such as di-isononyl adipate. Mono-isopropyl biphenyl can be added as well.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid for a metallized film capacitor consisting essentially of glyceryl triacetate and 0.01 to 10 weight % of a hindered phenolic antioxidant of N,N'-bis[3-(3',5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl] hydrazine. The capacitor body includes metallized polypropylene film forming the electrodes and a separating dielectric.

Abstract: An impregnated, wound capacitor comprises dielectric strips (1) which consists at least partially of plastic foils swelled by the impregnant. The electrodes of regenerably thin metal layers are connected at the end faces (S, S') of the capacitor coil with end contact layers. Impregnation holes (L) are arranged in the dielectrically active part of the coil such that the maximum spacing r, between successive holes on the capacitor surface, is equal to R=r .sqroot.3, where r is the impregnation reach.

Abstract: In a capacitor, a dielectric fluid including 0 to about 10 wt. % of an antioxidant, 0 to about 10 wt. % of an epoxide stabilizer, the remainder essentially a compound with more than two stearate groups. The presently preferred compound of the dielectric fluid is glyceryl tri(acetoxystearate). A primary function of the dielectric fluid is to help prevent air from contacting the capacitor body of the capacitor. The capacitor body includes as its dielectric a plastic film such as polypropylene and the above mentioned dielectric fluid. Air pockets in and around the capacitor body are impregnated with such fluid to minimize disruptive electrical or corona discharges without harmfully swelling the plastic film to thereby improve the operating efficiency of such capacitor.

Abstract: An aluminum electrolytic capacitor capable of operation at 150 VDC or higher and 105.degree. C. contains as its electrolyte a diisopropylamine or a triethylamine mono salt of azelaic acid dissolved in a solvent mixture of ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol and N-methylpyrrolidinone, ethylene glycol N-methylpyrrolidinone and dimethylformamide, butyrolactone, or butyrolactone and N-methylpyrrolidinone, all containing small amounts of water.

Abstract: A high stress corrosion resistant metallized capacitor is disclosed having at least one electrode consisting of a metallic bilayer vapor deposited on a dielectric strip. In a preferred embodiment, a layer of aluminum is covered by a second metal layer which is between about 1/6 to 1/12 the thickness of the aluminum layer and is continuous throughout. The aluminum layer extends beyond the second layer in a marginal area.

Abstract: A power factor capacitor made with case to housing insulation of thin electrical grade polypropylene in multilayers to greatly exceed basic impulse level voltage test requirements.

Abstract: Capacitor foil is passed between a lateral fluted roller and a backing plate to produce a rectangular foil strip having a closely spaced array of parrallel flutes transversely thereof, with part of the flute depth being impressed into the metal and part being due to the bonding of the metal to form the flutes.

Abstract: Polypropylene glycol dielectric fluids are used to impregnate electrical capacitors and particularly metallized capacitors for improved performance.