Abstract: A dielectric ceramic contains a barium titanate and Li. In the dielectric ceramic, the following inequalities are satisfied: 0.5?e?6.0, 0.06<Rg<0.17, and ?g<0.075, where e is the content, in molar parts, of Li with respect to 100 molar parts of the titanate; Rg is the average size, in ?m, of grains in the dielectric ceramic; and ?g is the standard deviation, in ?m, of the size of the grains.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic for use in dielectric ceramic layers has a main component represented by a composition formula of (Sr1-x-ySnxBay)TiO3, wherein x is 0.005?x?0.24, y is 0?y?0.25 in the composition formula. Preferably, the dielectric ceramic includes 0.01 mol to 5 mol of M (M is at least one of Mn and V) calculated as MO and/or 0.2 mol to 5 mol of Si calculated as SiO2, with respect to 100 mols of the main component, and more preferably, further includes 0.1 mol to 25 mol of Ca calculated as CaO with respect to 100 mols of the main component. The dielectric ceramic has an increased dielectric constant permitting size reduction when used in a laminated ceramic capacitor.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic exhibiting a high dielectric constant is provided. The relative dielectric constant of the dielectric ceramic is stable with respect to temperature dependence and exhibits insulation resistance having a reduced voltage dependence. The dielectric ceramic of the invention can be used to form a multilayer ceramic capacitor that has a long life.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus capable of ESL reduction. The electronic apparatus includes a capacitor and a mounting board. The capacitor includes a multilayer body, an internal electrode, and a terminal electrode. The mounting board has a connection pad formed on its upper surface and has a through conductor formed inside thereof that is connected to the connection pad. The capacitor is mounted on the mounting board by connecting the terminal electrode to the connection pad. The internal electrode has an end portion exposed at an area ranging from an end face to a middle portion of a lateral face in the multilayer body. In a planar view, the through conductor is located immediately below a part of the end portion of the internal electrode exposed at the lateral face of the multilayer body, the part lying furthermost from the end face.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dielectric ceramic composition comprises a main component including a dielectric oxide having a composition shown by [(Ca1-xSrx)O]m[(Zr1-y-z-?TiyHf2Mn?)O2], note that, 0.991?m?1.010, 0?x?1, 0?y?0.1, 0<z?0.02, 0.002<??0.05), 0.1 to 0.5 parts by mol of Al2O3 and 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mol of SiO2 with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main component. A purpose of the present invention is to provide a dielectric ceramic composition available to prevent the occurrence of crack even when a dielectric layer is made thin, for example, 2 ?m or less, while maintaining various advantageous properties of a dielectric ceramic composition of [(CaSr)O]m[(TiZrHf)O2] type.

Abstract: In a laminated ceramic electronic component, external terminal electrodes include plating films directly covering exposed portions of internal electrodes on end surfaces of a ceramic element assembly. On the boundaries between the end surfaces and principal surfaces of the ceramic element assembly, substantially rounded corners are provided, and the plating films are arranged such that the ends of the plating films stop at the corners and do not project from the principal surfaces.

Abstract: A nickel oxide that is co-doped with a first alkali metal dopant and a second metal dopant may be used, for example, to form a dielectric material in an electronic device. The dielectric material may be used, for example, in a capacitor. The second metal dopant of the nickel oxide may be, for example, tin, antimony, indium, tungsten, iridium, scandium, gallium, vanadium, chromium, gold, yttrium, lanthanum, ruthenium, rhodium, molybdenum or niobium.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic with stable insulation properties even after calcination under a reducing atmosphere, as is preferred for a laminated ceramic capacitor, is a CaTiO3 composition containing Sn. It is preferable for the dielectric ceramic to contain, as its main component, (Ca1-xBaxSny)TiO3 (0?x<0.2, 0.01?y<0.2) with a solution of Sn at the B site.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising an element body in which a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer are stacked. The dielectric layer is constituted from a dielectric ceramic composition including; a compound having a perovskite structure expressed by a formula of ABO3 (A is at least one selected from Ba, Ca, and Sr; B is at least one selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf); an oxide of Mg; an oxide of rare earth elements including Sc and Y; and an oxide including Si. The dielectric ceramic composition comprises a plurality of dielectric particles and a grain boundary present in between the dielectric particles. In the grain boundary, when content ratios of Mg and Si are set to D(Mg) and D(Si) respectively, D(Mg) is 0.2 to 1.8 wt % in terms of MgO, and D(Si) is 0.4 to 8.0 wt % in terms of SiO2.

Abstract: A crystal constituting a dielectric porcelain, comprised of a first crystal group composed of crystal grains of 0.2 atomic % or less calcium concentration and a second crystal group composed of crystal grains of 0.4 atomic % or more calcium concentration, wherein the ratio of concentration of each of magnesium and a first rare earth element contained in a center portion to that contained in a surface layer portion of crystal grains constituting the first crystal group is greater than the corresponding concentration ratio of crystal grains constituting the second crystal group, and wherein on a polished surface resulting from polishing of the surface of the dielectric porcelain, when the area of crystal grains of the first crystal group is referred to as a and the area of crystal grains of the second crystal group referred to as b, the ratio of b/(a+b) is in the range of 0.5 to 0.8.

Abstract: To provide a dielectric ceramics achieving a high insulation resistance even at a low applied voltage, and minimizing insulation resistance drop when the voltage is increased, and also provide a multilayer ceramic capacitor including the dielectric ceramics as a dielectric layer, and having excellent life characteristics in a high temperature load test. The dielectric ceramics has crystal grains composed mainly of barium titanate and containing vanadium, and a grain boundary phase existing between the crystal grains. The dielectric ceramics contains 0.0005 to 0.03 moles of vanadium in terms of V2O5, with respect to 1 mole of barium constituting the barium titanate. In the X-ray diffraction chart of the dielectric ceramics, the diffraction intensity of (004) plane indicating the tetragonal system of barium titanate is larger than the diffraction intensity of (400) plane indicating the cubic system of barium titanate.

Abstract: There are provided a method of manufacturing perovskite powder, and perovskite powder and a multilayer ceramic electronic component manufactured thereof. The manufacturing method includes: washing metal oxide hydrate to remove impurities therefrom; adding pure water and an acid or a base to the metal oxide hydrate to prepare a metal oxide sol; mixing the metal oxide sol with a metal salt to form perovskite particle nuclei; and conducting grain growth of the perovskite particle nuclei by hydrothermal treatment to produce perovskite powder. The method of manufacturing perovskite powder and the perovskite powder manufactured by the same have advantages such as excellent crystallinity, reduced generation of fine powder, and favorable dispersion properties.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition contains a barium titanate based composite oxide as its main constituent, and contains a first accessory constituent including at least Al and a second accessory constituent including one or more elements selected from among Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, wherein the content of the Al is 0.02 to 6 parts by mol with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main constituent, and the content ratio of the second accessory constituent to the Al is 0.01 to 0.4 in terms of mols. Dielectric layers are formed from a sintered body of the dielectric ceramic composition. The addition of various types of accessory elements such as rare-earth elements is possible, if necessary. This invention achieves a dielectric ceramic composition which is capable of ensuring favorable DC bias characteristics while ensuring high reliability, and a laminated ceramic capacitor using the dielectric ceramic composition.

Abstract: A glass ceramic composition is provided which can be fired at a temperature of 1,000° C. or less to form a sintered body having a low relative dielectric constant, a small temperature coefficient of resonant frequency, a small change in capacitance before and after a loading test, a high Qf value, high electrical insulating reliability, and a high flexural strength. A glass ceramic composition forming glass ceramic layers laminated to each other in a multilayer ceramic substrate is also provided. The glass ceramic composition includes a first ceramic powder containing forsterite as a primary component; a second ceramic powder containing SrTiO3 and/or TiO2 as a primary component; a third ceramic powder containing BaZrO3 as a primary component; a fourth ceramic powder containing SrZrO3 as a primary component; and a borosilicate glass which contains Li2O, MgO, B2O3, SiO2, and ZnO, and also which contains at least one of CaO, BaO, and SrO.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component including thin external terminal electrodes each having a superior bonding force to a ceramic base body is provided. In order to form the external terminal electrodes, after Cu plating films are deposited on exposed portions of internal electrodes by direct plating on a ceramic base body, a Cu liquid phase, an O2-containing liquid phase, and a Cu solid phase are generated between the Cu plating film and the ceramic base body by a heat treatment, so that Cu oxides are dispersed in the Cu plating film, at least near an interface with the ceramic base body. Since the Cu oxides function as an adhesive, a bonding force of the Cu plating film to the ceramic base body can be increased, and hence the external terminal electrode having a superior bonding force to the ceramic base body can be obtained.

Abstract: A ceramic material has a perovskite structure and is represented by formula of (1?x)ABO3-xYZO3. In the formula, “x” is a real number that is greater than 0 and is less than 1 each of “A,” “B,” “Y,” and “Z” is one or more kinds selected from a plurality of metal ions M other than a Pb ion and alkali metal ions, “A” is bivalent, “B” is tetravalent, “Y” is trivalent or combination of trivalent metal ions, and “Z” is bivalent and/or trivalent metal ions, or a bivalent and/or pentavalent metal ions.

Abstract: There are provided a ceramic composition for a multilayer ceramic capacitor, a multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising the same, and a method of manufacturing the multilayer ceramic capacitor. The ceramic composition includes a dielectric ceramic powder; an organic binder; and an antistatic agent represented by a specific Chemical Formula. A ceramic green sheet comprising the ceramic composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention only generates a small amount of static electricity and shows excellent mechanical physical properties even in the case that the thickness thereof is thin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer ceramic capacitor which has a dielectric ceramic having a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer mainly comprises barium titanate, contains a crystalline particle having an average crystal diameter of 0.15 to 0.3 ?m, and contains Mg in an amount of 0.5 to 2 parts by mol in terms of MgO, Mn in an amount of 0.2 to 0.5 part by mol in terms of MnO, and a first rare earth element (RE) selected from Ho, Y, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu and a second rare earth element (RE) selected from Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb and Dy in a total amount of 0.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic comprising a barium titanate as a main component and a capacitor comprising the dielectric ceramic are disclosed. The dielectric ceramic has a high dielectric constant that is stable over temperature, and has a small spontaneous polarization. The capacitor can reduce audible noise caused by an electrically induced strain in a power supply circuit.

Abstract: A monolithic ceramic capacitor includes dielectric ceramic layers having a thickness of less than 1 ?m. When this thickness is t and the crystal grains of a dielectric ceramic of the layers have a mean diameter of r, a mean number N of grain boundaries satisfies 0<N?2 where N=t/r?1. The dielectric ceramic contains, as a main component, a perovskite type compound ABO3 (where A is Ba or Ba and at least one of Ca and Sr, B is Ti or Ti and at least one of Zr and Hf), and further contains Mn and V as auxiliary components. On the basis of 100 molar parts of the main component, the content of Mn is 0.05 to 0.75 molar parts, the content of V is 0.05 to 0.75 molar parts, and the total content of Mn and V is 0.10 to 0.80 molar parts.

Abstract: A batch powder composition for preparing a non-ferroelectric, sintered dielectric ceramic; a multilayer ceramic capacitor thereof; and an energy storage device. The batch powder contains a titanate powder of at least one of CaTiO3, SrTiO3, or CaxSr1-xTiO3 where x=0 to 1, and an acceptor additive. A sintering aid and a donor additive also may be present in the batch powder. The batch powder may be sintered at temperatures of about 1050° C. or less. The ceramic contains a titanate from the titanate powder, the acceptor additive, and the optional sintering aids and donor additive. The multilayer ceramic capacitor is made of the sintered dielectric ceramic and may have electrodes of copper or a copper-nickel alloy. An energy storage device has electrical connections connected to the electrodes of the multilayer ceramic capacitor. The electrical connections may be in electrical communication with additional multilayer ceramic capacitors.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component has a chip element body having a conductor arranged inside, external electrodes, and a discrimination layer. The chip element body has first and second end faces facing each other, first and second side faces being perpendicular to the first and second end faces and facing each other, and third and fourth side faces being perpendicular to the first and second end faces and to the first and second side faces and facing each other. The external electrodes are formed on the first and second end faces, respectively, of the chip element body. The discrimination layer is provided on at least one side face out of the first side face and the second side face in the chip element body. The chip element body is comprised of a first ceramic. The discrimination layer is comprised of a second ceramic different from the first ceramic and has a color different from that of the third and fourth side faces.

Abstract: This semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a plurality of cylindrical lower electrodes aligned densely in a memory array region; a plate-like support which is contacted on the side surface of the cylindrical lower electrodes, and links to support the plurality of the cylindrical lower electrodes; a pore portion provided in the plate-like support; a dielectric film covering the entire surface of the cylindrical lower electrodes and the plate-like support in which the pore portion is formed; and an upper electrode formed on the surface of the dielectric film, wherein the boundary length of the part on the side surface of the cylindrical lower electrode which is exposed on the pore portion is shorter than the boundary length of the part on the side surface of the cylindrical lower electrode which is not exposed on the pore portion.

Abstract: There is provided a dielectric ceramic composition including a base powder expressed by a composition formula of Bam(Ti1-xZrx)O3, where 0.995?m?1.010 and 0<x?0.10, and first to fifth accessory components, and a multilayer ceramic capacitor having the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor having the dielectric ceramic composition has a high dielectric constant and superior high-temperature reliability.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic includes primary crystal grains. The primary crystal grains include a composite oxide of Ti and at least one kind of alkaline earth metal element selected from Ca, Sr and Ba. The primary crystal grains contain metal compositions of Mg, Mn and a rare earth element. At least one of the metal composition of the Mg, the Mn and the rare earth element is present at a higher concentration on the surface side of the primary crystal grains than the inside thereof. A 0.04 to 0.2 parts by mass of Zr in terms of oxide to 100 parts by mass of the composite oxide is present. As a result, a high dielectric constant can be imparted even to finely granulated barium titanate based crystal grains.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor which exhibits excellent lifetime characteristics in a high temperature loading test uses a dielectric ceramic constituting the dielectric layers which contains (Ba1-xCax)TiO3 as its main constituent, and contains a parts by mol of Al, b parts by mol of V, c parts by mol of Mg, and d parts by mol of Re with respect to 100 parts by mol of the (Ba1-xCax)TiO3. The Re is at least one metal element selected from among Y, La, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb, and the x, a, b, c, and d respectively satisfy the conditions of 0.050?x?0.150, a?0.15, 0.05?b?0.50, c?0.50, and d?1.00.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a capacitor includes forming a first ceramic film on a first base made of a metal, forming a second ceramic film on a second base made of a metal, forming a first copper electrode pattern and a first copper via-plug on a surface of one of the first and second ceramic films, the electrode pattern and the via-plug being separate from each other, bonding the first and second ceramic films together with the first electrode pattern and the via-plug therebetween, by applying a pulsed voltage between the first base and the second base while the first base and the second base are pressed so that the first ceramic film and the second ceramic film are pressed on each other, and removing the second base.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor suitable for intermediate to high voltage applications uses a dielectric ceramic represented by {100(BaTiO3+aBaZrO3)+bR+cMg+dMn+eSi} where R is a rare earth element; 0?a?0.2, 8.0?b?12.0, 1.0?c?10.0, 0.1?d?3.0, and 1.0?e?10.0, and includes first grains of 0.7 ?m or more in grain size and an average first grain size (Aave) and area ratio of the ceramic (SA), and second grains of 0.6 ?m or less in grain size and an average second grain size (Bave) and area ratio (SB), 0.8 ?m?Aave?2.0 ?m, 0.1 ?m?Bave?0.5 ?m, Aave/Bave?3.0, 0.3?SA?0.9, 0.1?SB?0.7, and 0.8?SA+SB?1.0.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor which has high moisture resistance includes a laminated body including a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and internal electrodes placed between the ceramic layers; and an external electrode formed on an outer surface of the laminated body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes, and the laminated ceramic capacitor has the feature that the ceramic layers contain CaZrO3 as their main constituent, and the feature that a layer containing a (Ba, Ca)—Zn—Si based oxide (including an oxide containing no Ca) is formed between the laminated body and the external electrode.

Abstract: A capacitor comprises a substrate layer, a first electrode layer disposed on the substrate layer, and a first dielectric layer disposed on the electrode layer. The dielectric layer comprises a polymeric material having an elongation less than or equal to about 5 percent.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electronic component built-in substrate of the present invention, a mounted body including a first insulating layer, a stopper metal layer formed under the first insulating layer of a portion corresponding to a component mounting region and a second insulating layer formed on a lower surface of the first insulating layer and covering the stopper metal layer is prepared, and a concave portion is obtained by penetration-processing a portion of the first insulating layer, which corresponds to the component mounting region to form an opening portion, while using the stopper metal layer as a stopper. Also, the stopper metal layer in the concave portion is removed, then an electronic component is mounted on the concave portion, and then a third insulating layer is formed on the electronic component.

Abstract: Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors which satisfy COG requirements and which are compatible with reducing atmosphere sintering conditions so that non-noble metals such as nickel and nickel alloys thereof may be used for internal and external electrodes are made in accordance with the invention. The capacitors exhibit desirable dielectric properties (high capacitance, low dissipation factor, high insulation resistance), excellent performance on highly accelerated life testing, and very good resistance to dielectric breakdown. The dielectric layers comprise a strontium zirconate matrix doped with other metal oxides such as TiO2, MgO, B2O3, CaO, Al2O3, SiO2, and SrO in various combinations.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic and a laminated ceramic capacitor using the dielectric ceramic are achieved which provide favorable thermal shock resistance without damaging properties or characteristics such as dielectric properties, insulation properties, temperature characteristics, and characteristics in high temperature loading, even when the dielectric layers are reduced in thickness and the number of stacked layers increased. The dielectric ceramic contains, as its main constituent, a barium titanate based compound represented by the general formula ABO3, and a crystalline oxide containing Al, Mg, and Si is present as secondary phase grains in the dielectric ceramic.

Abstract: There are provided a reduction-resistant dielectric composition and a ceramic electronic component including the same. The reduction-resistant dielectric composition may include a BaTiO3-based matrix powder, 0.1 to 1.0 moles of a transition metal oxide or transition metal carbonates, based on 100 moles of the matrix powder, and 0.1 to 3.0 moles of a sintering aid including silicon oxide (SiO2). The ceramic electronic component including the reduction-resistant dielectric composition may have a high capacitance and superior reliability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer ceramic electronic component, comprising an element body obtained by stacking dielectric layers (thickness t1) and electrode layers (thickness t2). The dielectric layer (2) includes a compound expressed by ABO3 (A includes Ba, and may include Ca or Sr; and B includes Ti, and may include Zr or Hf), and includes 0.75 to 2.0 moles of MgO, 0.4 to 1.0 mole of an oxide of Y, Dy, Ho and the like in terms of the oxide, and 0.4 to 0.8 mole of SiO2 per 100 moles of the compound. A segregation phase (20) containing Mg is formed in at least a part of an electrode missing portion (30), where the electrode layer is supposed to be formed but no electrode layer is formed. Line coverage of the electrode layer (3) is 60 to 90% and relations of 0.3?t1?2.0 and 0.3?t2<1.0 are fulfilled.

Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of forming capacitors. A metal oxide mixture may be formed over a first capacitor electrode. The metal oxide mixture may have a continuous concentration gradient of a second component relative to a first component. The continuous concentration gradient may correspond to a decreasing concentration of the second component as a distance from the first capacitor electrode increases. The first component may be selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide and mixtures thereof; and the second component may be selected from the group consisting of niobium oxide, titanium oxide, strontium oxide and mixtures thereof. A second capacitor electrode may be formed over the first capacitor electrode. Some embodiments include capacitors that contain at least one metal oxide mixture having a continuous concentration gradient of the above-described second component relative to the above-described first component.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic includes crystal grains containing barium titanate as a main component, magnesium, a rare-earth element, and manganese, wherein the crystal grains have a cubic crystal structure; and the dielectric ceramic contains, per mole of barium, 0.033 to 0.085 mol of magnesium in terms of MgO, 0.1 to 0.2 mol of the rare-earth element (RE) in terms of RE2O3, and 0.006 to 0.018 mol of manganese in terms of MnO. Such a dielectric ceramic has a high relative dielectric constant, stable temperature characteristic of the relative dielectric constant, and no spontaneous polarization.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprises as a main component, Cu oxide, Si oxide and one selected from the group consisting of Zn oxide alone and a combination of Mg oxide and Zn oxide, as a subcomponent, a glass component including B oxide and at least one selected from the group consisting of Si oxide, Ba oxide, Ca oxide, Sr oxide, Li oxide and Zn oxide, and having a glass softening point is 750° C. or less, wherein a content of said glass component is 1.5 to 15 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of said main component. According to the present invention, a dielectric ceramic composition can be provided which is available to be sintered at low temperature (for example, 950° C. or lower) while comparatively decreasing contents of a glass component, which shows good properties (specific permittivity, loss Q value and insulation resistance), and which is available to perform cofiring different materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic dielectric material and to capacitors including the ceramic dielectric material. The ceramic dielectric material of the invention exhibits a high relative dielectric constant and a stable temperature characteristic of the relative dielectric constant.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic and a capacitor comprising the dielectric ceramic are disclosed. The dielectric ceramic has a high dielectric constant that is stable over temperature, and has a small spontaneous polarization. The capacitor can reduce audible noise caused by an electrically induced strain in a power supply circuit.

Abstract: A resistance memory element is provided which has a relatively high switching voltage and whose resistance can be changed at a relatively high rate. The resistance memory element includes an elementary body and a pair of electrodes opposing each other with at least part of the elementary body therebetween. The elementary body is made of a semiconductor ceramic expressed by a formula: {(Sr1-xMx)1-yAy}(Ti1-zBz)O3 (wherein M represents at least one of Ba and Ca, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y and rare earth elements, and B represents at least one of Nb and Ta), and satisfies 0<x?0.5 and 0.001?y+z?0.02 (where 0?y?0.02 and 0?z?0.02); 0.5<x?0.8 and 0.003?y+z?0.02 (where 0?y?0.02 and 0?z?0.02); or 0.8<x?1.0 and 0.005?y+z?0.01 (where 0?y?0.02 and 0?z?0.02).

Abstract: Provided are a glass composition, a dielectric composition and a multi-layer ceramic capacitor embedded low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate using the same. The multi-layer ceramic capacitor embedded low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate is sinterable at a low temperature while showing a high dielectric constant. The glass composition includes a composition component expressed by a composition formula of aBi2O3-bB2O3-cSiO2-dBaO-eTiO2, where a+b+c+d+e=100, and a, b, c, d, and e are 40?a?89, 10?b?50, 1?c?20, 0?d?10, and 0?e?10, respectively.

Abstract: An electronic device having an element body, wherein dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, wherein a hetero phase is formed in the dielectric layers and/or the internal electrode layers; and the hetero phase includes a Mg element and a Mn element. Preferably, the hetero phase is formed at least at a part near boundaries of the dielectric layers and the internal electrode layers.

Abstract: One capacitor fabrication process including metal layer forming a metal layer on one surface of a substrate, dielectric layer forming a dielectric layer on the metal layer, metal foil forming a metal foil on the dielectric layer, separating the noble metal layer from the dielectric layer, and electrode layer forming an electrode layer on the second surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the second surface faces away from the first surface of the dielectric layer with the metal foil. Another capacitor fabrication process includes separation layer forming a separation layer on one surface of a substrate, dielectric layer forming a dielectric layer on the separation layer, metal foil forming a metal foil the dielectric layer, separating the substrate from the separation layer, and an electrode layer forming an electrode layer on the second surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the second surface faces away from the first surface of said dielectric layer with the metal foil.

Abstract: A bismuth sodium titanate (Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3) base material is modified by the partial substitution of aliovalent A-site cations such as barium (as BaO) or strontium (as SrO), as well as certain b-site donor/acceptor dopants and sintering aids to form a multi-phase system, much like known “core/shell” X7R dielectrics based solely on BaTiO3. The resulting ceramic dielectric composition is particularly suitable for producing a multilayer ceramic capacitor (10) that maintains high dielectric constant (and thus the capability of maintaining high capacitance) over a broad temperature range of from about 150° C. to about 300° C. Such capacitors (10) are appropriate for high temperature power electronics applications in fields such as down-hole oil and gas well drilling.

Abstract: A small, large-capacitance multi-layer ceramic capacitor suppressed for remarkable lowering of permittivity, having a capacitor main body formed of ceramic dielectric layers comprising barium titanate as a main component and an Si oxide at a ratio of 0.5 to 10 mol being converted as SiO2 based on 100 mol of barium titanate and internal electrode layers, and a pair of external electrodes which are formed at the end faces of the capacitor main body and connected electrically with the internal electrode layers, in which the ceramic dielectric layer has crystal grains, crystal grain boundaries each present between the crystal grains and a grain boundary triple point, and B/A is 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer ceramic capacitor having dielectric layers and internal electrode layers disposed alternately. The dielectric layers include a dielectric ceramic containing barium titanate as a main component, and also calcium, magnesium, vanadium, manganese, and a rare-earth element. Crystals constituting the dielectric ceramic are constituted by grains containing barium titanate as their main component and containing calcium in a concentration of 0.2 atomic % or less or containing the calcium in a concentration of 0.4 atomic % or more. The crystals grains are also distinct in their relative distributions of magnesium and rare-earth elements between the center of the grain and the surface of the grain. Finally, the relative areas of the two kinds of crystals observed in the plane of a polished surface of the dielectric ceramic are described by a ratio b/(a+b), which is 0.5 to 0.8.

Abstract: Provided is a MLCC module used as a direct current (DC) link capacitor that is included in an inverter of a hybrid vehicle.

Abstract: Provided are a dielectric ceramic composition suitable for use in a monolithic ceramic capacitor that is employed in high-temperature environments such cars, and a monolithic ceramic capacitor constituted by using the dielectric ceramic composition. The dielectric ceramic composition has a composition formula of 100(Ba1-xCax)TiO3+aR2O3+bV2O5+cZrO2+dMnO (where R is at least one metal element selected from among Y, La, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, and a, b, c and d denote values in terms of moles), and conditions of 0.03?x?0.20, 0.05?a?3.50, 0.22?b?2.50, 0.05?c?3.0, and 0.01?d?0.30 are substantially satisfied. The dielectric ceramic layers in the monolithic ceramic capacitor are made of a sintered compact of the dielectric ceramic composition.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic capacitor that has excellent reliability and particularly excellent life characteristics in a load test even when the thickness of a dielectric ceramic layer is reduced uses a dielectric ceramic as a dielectric ceramic layer in a laminated ceramic capacitor which is a substance containing, as the main component, (Ba, R)(Ti, V)O3 or (Ba, Ca, R)(Ti, V)O3 in which R is at least one selected from La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Y, and in which both V and R are present uniformly in the main component particles.