Glass And Material Other Than Glass (e.g., Crystal Glass, Opal Glass, Etc.) Patents (Class 501/32)
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Publication number: 20040182285Abstract: A modified alkali silicate composition for forming an inorganic polymer matrix having improved mechanical properties. The modified alkali silicate matrix is made by reacting an alkali silicate (or its precursors such as an alkali hydroxide, a SiO2 source and water), a non-silicate network former and/or reactive glass, water and optionally one or more multivalent cation(s) selected from Groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 of the periodic table such as an alkaline earth salt, water and optional processing aids. An inorganic matrix composite can be prepared by applying a slurry of the modified aqueous alkali silicate composition to a reinforcing medium and curing the composite at a temperature from about 15° C. up to 1000° C. and a pressure of up to 20,000 psi for typical high-performance organic polymer processing (temperatures about 15° C. to about 200° C. and pressures <200 psi).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Anthony M. Mazany, John W. Robinson, Craig L. Cartwright
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Patent number: 6785941Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multi-layer ceramic electronic part involves the steps of preparing an unbaked laminated body containing a ceramic layer and internal electrodes laminated on one another, applying and drying a conductor, into which is added a material common with a ceramic forming the ceramic layer of the laminated body, on edge portions of the unbaked laminated body, forming external electrodes in contact with the internal electrodes at end surfaces of the laminated body, and baking the laminated body.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2001Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshiya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20040171472Abstract: A ceramic color composition comprising, as represented by mass percentage, from 60 to 85% of a low melting point glass powder, from 15 to 40% of a heat-resistant pigment powder, from 0 to 15% of heat-resistant whiskers, and from 0 to 15% of a refractory powder, wherein Fe3O4: 1 to 35%, MnO2: 1 to 24%, Cr2O3+CuO≧1%, and Cr2O3/8.5+CuO/23+NiO/3.3+CoO/0.71+V2O/56+Se/0.45≦1%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY , LIMITEDInventors: Shuji Taguchi, Shiro Ootaki, Toru Kudo
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Patent number: 6784130Abstract: Inorganic powder as a plasma display panel material comprises a powdery material containing glass powder. The powdery material has a moisture content adjusted to fall within a range between 0.1 and 2 mass %. The powdery material may include the glass powder alone or may further comprise ceramics powder in addition to the glass powder. The inorganic powder may be used as a paste or a green sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiro Morita, Hiroyuki Oshita, Masahiko Ouji, Kazuo Hadano
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Publication number: 20040167007Abstract: A dielectric ceramic article precursor and a process for preparing a dielectric ceramic article are presented. The ceramic article precursor comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite or an amorphous aluminosilicate, a zinc oxide additive and a glass phase. The ceramic article precursor can optionally contain at least one forming aid selected from binders, plasticizers and surfactants. The process for preparing a dielectric ceramic article involves forming a mixture from the above components into a shaped article such as a tape and then calcining the shaped article at a temperature of about 700° C. to about 1000° C. for a time of about 0.5 to about 24 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2004Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventor: Robert L. Bedard
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Publication number: 20040164269Abstract: A low temperature co-fired ferrite-ceramic (FECERA) composite consisting of two different dielectric materials (Ceramic and Ferrite) can be used to make a diversification combination filter component by the process of a multi-layer passive component, so that the combination filter component can prevent the function of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and has an excellent electromagnetic couple effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventor: Chaby Hsu
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Patent number: 6780802Abstract: The invention relates to an illuminating glass product having far infrared ray radiation in which far infrared ray radiating glass is made of use for an illuminating bulb or a glass diffuser for illumination and emission of far infrared rays at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Inventor: Jong-Wook Kim
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Patent number: 6767854Abstract: The invention refers to a material which is chemically long-term stable in a neutral or slightly acid environment and which can be used both as bioactive bone replacement material, e.g. in the form of a coating applied onto metallic prosthesis sticks by thermal spraying, and as substrate material in biotechnology, e.g. in the form of a ceramic sheet. According to the invention, said material comprises 15-45% by weight CaO, 40-45% by weight P2O5, 10-40% by weight ZrO2 and fluoride, said material further comprises two crystalline phases being apatite and calcium zirconium phosphate, and a secondary glass phase. Said material has a very high chemical long-term stability, compared to known materials which can also be produced by means of a melting process.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Bam Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und PrufungInventors: Georg Berger, Ute Ploska
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Publication number: 20040138042Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a flat-panel-display substrate which is high in heat resistance, of which the coefficient of thermal expansion is approximated to that of a thick film dielectric layer, which is low at high temperatures in reactivity with the lead-doped thick film dielectric layer, and which can be made to have a large area. The substrate of the present invention is obtained by sintering a body comprising glass powder and a filler made of metal and/or semi-metal oxide, and is constituted by the sintered body and whose average coefficient of linear thermal expansion is from 7 to 9.5 ppm/° C. in the temperature range of 25 to 700° C. The glass powder includes alkaline-earth oxide, 15 to 50% by weight of silicon oxide, and no greater than 2% by weight of boron oxide. Furthermore, the filler is at a concentration of 10 to 30% by volume of the total amount of the glass powder and the filler in the mould.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takaji Shimosaka, Yukihiko Shirakawa, Shirou Ootsuki
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Publication number: 20040138045Abstract: In a dielectric material for a plasma display panel including 80-100 mass % glass powder and 0-20 mass % ceramic powder, the glass powder consists essentially of, in mass percent, 3-25% BaO, 25-60% ZnO, 15-35% B2O3, 3-30% SiO2, 0.2-6% Li2O, and 0-1.5% Al2O3.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO. LTD.Inventors: Syunsuke Komatsudani, Hiroyuki Ohshita, Masahiko Ohji, Kazuo Hadano
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Publication number: 20040121894Abstract: A pressable dental ceramic comprising a mixture of glass and glass-ceramic frits. A refractory filler is also combined with the frits. The dental ceramic contains an amount of leucite less than about 35 percent by weight. Other additives may be included such as pigments, opacifying agents and fluorescing agents. The dental ceramic comprises a cellular-like microstructure comprised of glassy regions surrounded by clusters of leucite crystals distributed around those glassy regions forming a cellular three-dimensional network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventor: Dmitri Brodkin
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Patent number: 6753070Abstract: An insulating ceramic compact is provided which can be obtained by low-temperature firing, has a low relative dielectric constant and superior high frequency characteristics, and can be co-sintered with a material having a high coefficient of thermal expansion. The insulating ceramic compact is a fired mixture of an MgAl2O4-based ceramic and a borosilicate glass, in which an MgAl2O4 crystal phase and at least one of an Mg3B2O6 crystal phase and an Mg2B2O5 crystal phase are precipitated as primary crystal phases.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2001Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoya Mori, Yasutaka Sugimoto, Osamu Chikagawa
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Patent number: 6753277Abstract: Ceramics comprising filler crystal particles having an average particle diameter of not smaller than 2.5 &mgr;m and a matrix crystal phase present on the grain boundaries of the filler crystal particles, the filler crystal particles being Al2O3 and the matrix crystal phase being diopside-type oxide crystals precipitated from the crystallized glass. The ceramics has a dielectric loss tangent at 60 to 77 GHz of not higher than 50×10−4, and can be effectively used as an insulating substrate in a wiring board for transmitting high-frequency signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Yoshitake Terashi
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Publication number: 20040101693Abstract: A plastic compound (1) comprises at least one organic starting compound (2) of at least one ceramic material (5), and at least one inorganic starting material (3) of the ceramic material (5), the ceramic compound comprising a glass material (4). By subjecting the plastic compound to pyrolysis an electrically insulating glass ceramic (6) having relatively high mechanical stability is obtained. The plastic compound is used as cable sheathing of a cable core. The cable sheathing allows to preserve the functionality of the cable in the case of a cable fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Tobias Erny, Gabriele Preu
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Patent number: 6737374Abstract: A dielectric ceramic article precursor and a process for preparing a dielectric ceramic article are presented. The ceramic article precursor comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite or an amorphous aluminosilicate and a glass phase. The ceramic article precursor can optionally contain at least one forming aid selected from binders, plasticizers and surfactants. Metal oxide additives such as B2O3 or SnO2 as well as metal oxide precursor additives such as nitrates or carbonates of metals such as boron or tin can also be included in the ceramic article precursor. The process for preparing a dielectric ceramic article involves forming a mixture from the above components into a shaped article such as a tape and then calcining the shaped article at a temperature of about 700° C. to about 1000° C. for a time of about 0.5 to about 24 hours.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Robert L. Bedard
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Patent number: 6737166Abstract: The present invention provides the sanitary ware for which it is possible to accurately design the shapes and dimensions of the products after being subjected to firing while maintaining the mechanical strength required to sanitary ware, degradation of the process yield caused by shrinkage and deformation scarcely occurs, and the setting efficiency and productivity are improved as compared to the prior art. The sanitary ware of the present invention is the sanitary ware which includes a ceramic body and a glaze layer formed on the desired portions of the body surface, and is characterized in that the CaO component segregation portions in which portions the CaO component is segregated are dispersed in the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Toto Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Koga, Hidemi Ishikawa, Ryosuke Kato, Atsushi Yoshida
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Patent number: 6737373Abstract: In a PDP barrier ribs material comprising glass powder and silica-based filler powder, the silica-based filler powder comprises fused silica powder and &agr;-quartz powder. At least a part of the silica-based filler powder is spherical filler powder. The remaining part of the silica-based filler powder may be aspherical filler powder. In this case, the ratio of the spherical filler powder and the aspherical filler powder may be 30:70 to 100:0 in mass ratio.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoyuki Okunaga, Yoshirou Kitamura, Tatsuya Gotou, Masahiko Ohji, Kazuo Hadano
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Patent number: 6733890Abstract: An integrated ceramic module is formed of a first ceramic dielectric layer containing a glass as a sintering agent and having a high dielectric constant and high Q value, formed with an electronic component, and a second ceramic dielectric layer containing a glass as a sintering agent and having a low dielectric constant and a high Q value, formed with a signal transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yoshihiko Imanaka, Masatoshi Takenouchi
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Patent number: 6730623Abstract: An exemplary composition of matter and method for making high-efficiency, low-loss capacitors is disclosed as including inter alia a B2O3—Bi2O3—ZnO glass in admixture with material typically comprising about 30-40 wt % cubic phase (Bi0.5Zn0.5)(Zn0.5Nb1.5)O7 and about 60-70 wt % pseudo-orthorhombic phase Bi2(Zn1/3Nb1/3)2O7 (e.g., “BZN”). The mixture effectively reduces the sintering temperature of BZN from the range of about 950-1050° C. to the range of about 850-900° C., thereby rendering BZN suitable for cofiring with, for example, existing LTCC dielectrics. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, configured, adapted or otherwise optionally modified to further improve or otherwise optimize the sintering temperature of BZN and/or BZN-based materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventor: Xunhu Dai
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Patent number: 6713417Abstract: An insulative ceramic compact is composed of a fired mixture of (A) a MgAl2O4, Mg3B2O6 and/or Mg2B205 ceramic powder, and (B) a glass powder including from about 13 to 50% by weight of silicon oxide in terms of SiO2, from 8 to 60% by weight of boron oxide in terms of B2O3, about 20% by weight or less of aluminum oxide in terms of Al2O3, and from about 10 to 55% by weight of magnesium oxide in terms of MgO. The insulative ceramic compact can be obtained by firing at low temperatures of about 1000° C. or less, can be obtained by sintering with Ag or Cu, has a low dielectric constant and a high Q value, and is suitable for use in the high-frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2001Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Chikagawa, Naoya Mori, Yasutaka Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6713416Abstract: A method of making a molecularly imprinted porous structure makes use of a surfactant analog of the molecule to be imprinted that has the imprint molecule portion serving as the surfactant headgroup. The surfactant analog is allowed to self-assemble in a mixture to create at least one supramolecular structure having exposed imprint groups. The imprinted porous structure is formed by adding reactive monomers to the mixture and allowing the monomers to polymerize, with the supramolecular structure serving as a template. The resulting solid structure has a shape that is complementary to the shape of the supramolecular structure and has cavities that are the mirror image of the imprint group. Similarly, molecularly imprinted particles may be made by using the surfactant to create a water-in-oil microemulsion wherein the imprint groups are exposed to the water phase.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Michael A. Markowitz, Paul E. Schoen, Bruce P. Gaber, Banahalli R. Ratna, Paul R. Kust, David C. Turner, Douglas S. Clark, Jonathan S. Dordick
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Patent number: 6710001Abstract: A porous sintered body in which the leaching amounts of heavy metals are small and having high availability contains 0.5-15 weight % of B2O3, preferably contains 20-60 weight % of Al2O3, 18-60 weight % of SiO2, 1-12 weight % of the sum of Na2O, K2O, Li2O, and P2O5, 1-30 weight % of the sum of CaO, SrO, BaO, and MgO, and 0.5-15 weight % of B2O3.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Inax CorporationInventors: Osamu Watanabe, Shuji Kawai
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Patent number: 6706654Abstract: A pressable glass ceramic which contains lithium silicate glass and leucite is disclosed. Also, disclosed is the combination of leucite and a lithium silicate glass to stably increase the coefficients of thermal expansion of the resulting glass composition, and the preparation of leucite suitable for addition to the glass composition. Also disclosed are methods for fabricating glass ceramic and dental products from the pressable glass ceramic.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Elephant Dental B.V.Inventor: Joseph Maria van der Zel
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Publication number: 20040043885Abstract: Film compositions are described which can be used as conductive, resistive or insulating films in a wide variety of electronic and light electrical components. Said films comprise a conductive phase based on pyrochlore-related compounds, and a dielectric phase based on glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventor: Jacob Hormadaly
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Patent number: 6695908Abstract: A method of producing an improved aggregate product from in inferior initial aggregate material base material. A percentage weight of crushed glass material is introduced into the initial aggregate material to form said aggregate product.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2001Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Inventor: Douglas E. Raisch
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Publication number: 20040029701Abstract: An insulating ceramic composition includes a mixture of a ceramic powder containing MgAl2O4 and a glass powder containing 30-60% by mole of silicon oxide on the basis of SiO2 and 20-55% by mole of magnesium oxide on the basis of MgO, and the ceramic powder further includes Mg2SiO4 and TiO2. The insulating ceramic composition can be fired at 1000° C. and co-sintered with Ag and Cu. An insulating ceramic obtained by sintering the insulating ceramic composition has a high Q-factor and is therefore suitable for ceramic multilayer substrates used at high frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Osamu Chikagawa, Sadaaki Sakamoto, Yoichi Moriya
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Publication number: 20040014585Abstract: The invention relates to a glass ceramic mass containing at least one oxide ceramic containing barium, titanium and at least one rare earth metal Rek; and at least one glass material containing at least one oxide with boron, at least one oxide with silicon and at least one oxide with at least one bivalent metal Me2+. The glass ceramic mass is characterised in that the glass material contains at least one oxide with bismuth, especially bismuth trioxide. The oxide ceramic is especially a microwave ceramic of formula BaRek2Ti4O12, Rek being neodymium or samarium. The composition of the oxide ceramic remains essentially constant during the sintering of the glass ceramic, enabling the material properties of the glass ceramic mass, such as permittivity (20-80), quality (800-5000) and Tkf (±20 ppm/K) to be specifically predetermined. The glass ceramic mass is characterised by a densification temperature of under 910 ° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Oliver Dernovsek, Markus Eberstein, Ulrich Fritz, Marion Gemeinert, Christina Modes, Gabriele Preu, Wolfgang Arno Schiller, Wolfram Wersing
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Publication number: 20040014584Abstract: The invention relates to a glass ceramic mass, comprising at least one oxide ceramic, containing barium, titanium and at least one rare earth metal Rek and at least one glass material, containing at least one oxide with boron and at least one oxide of a rare earth metal Reg. The glass material further contains either an oxide of a tetravalent metal Me4+, or at least one oxide of a pentavalent metal Me5+. A compression of the glass ceramic mass occurs above all by viscous flow. A low vitrification temperature can thus be achieved. Crystallisation products are produced during and/or after the compression. The rare earth oxide and the crystallisation products can be used to pre-determine each of a dielectric material property of the glass ceramic mass in a wide range such as permittivity (15-80), Q (350-5000) and Tf value (±20 ppm/K). The glass ceramic mass is characterised by a vitrification temperature of below 850° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Oliver Dernovsek, Markus Eberstein, Wolfgang Guther, Christina Modes, Gabriele Preu, Wolfgang Arno Schiller, Barbel Schulz, Wolfram Wersing
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Publication number: 20040009863Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric ceramic composition comprising: 30 to 90% by weight of a crystallized glass powder capable of depositing a diopside crystal, 1 to 40% by weight of a calcium titanate powder, a strontium titanate powder or a mixed powder thereof, and 0 to 60% by weight of at least one kind of a powder selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2, MgTiO3, BaTi4O9, La2Ti2O7, Nd2Ti2O7, Ca2Nb2O7, SrZrO3 and CaZrO3, and a dielectric ceramics obtained by firing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuji Furuse, Seiichiro Hirahara, Shuji Nakazawa, Yasushi Ode, Tomoyuki Kojima, Fumiaki Sekine, Hiroshi Makino, Manabu Yonekura
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Patent number: 6674236Abstract: A display panel is provided that has a multilayer structure made of a colored glass layer having a desired shape and optical characteristics and a non-colored glass layer having high transparency, as well as high productivity. The display panel has a non-colored glass layer and a colored glass layer contacting the non-colored glass layer. A multilayer structure is formed that includes a colored paste layer and a non-colored paste layer. In the colored paste layer, crystallization glass powder that is crystallized at the temperature TA and coloring agent are diffused. In the non-colored paste layer, glass powder whose softening point is the temperature TB that is higher than the temperature TA. The multilayer structure is heated to the temperature TC that is higher than the temperature TB and is lower than the softening point of the crystallization glass powder after the crystallization to be burned, so that the non-colored glass layer and the colored glass layer are formed simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Noriyuki Awaji, Shinji Tadaki
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Patent number: 6667258Abstract: Disclosed is a zinc phosphate glass consisting essentially, expressed in terms of mole percent on the oxide basis, of 31-34% P2O5, 0-2% Al2O3, 5-11% Li2O, 5-13% Na2O, 3-7% K2O, with Li2O+Na2O+K2O being 10-28%, 20-45% ZnO, 0-10% CaO, 0-10% BaO, 0-10% SrO, with CaO+BaO+SrO being 3-12%, and 0-2% SiO2, said glass exhibiting a stable glass transition temperature below 450° C., a working temperature below 500° C., and a water durability of no more than 5×10−7 g/cm2/min after immersion in water at 95° C. for 24 hours. The low-temperature glass of the present invention is particularly useful for producing glass/polymer blends. Glass/polymer blends containing the glass of the present invention are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Candace Jo Quinn
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Patent number: 6667256Abstract: When ceramic electronic parts such as multilayer ceramic substrates that have a substrate body and metal wiring conductors comprising silver are manufactured, a composition comprising not only a borosilicate glass powder and a ceramic powder, but also an additive powder comprising at least one of cerium oxide, bismuth, bismuth oxide, antimony and antimony oxide is used as a composition for preparing the substrate body. Gray discoloration of the substrate body and yellow discoloration in the vicinities of the metal wiring conductors can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Masuko
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Publication number: 20030228967Abstract: The present invention refers to glass-ceramics consisting of the mixtures (I): ZrO2—SiO2—MeIIO, or (II) SiO2—MeIIIO2—MeIIO, wherein: MeII is chosen in the group consisting of: Ca, Ba, Mg, Zn or mixture thereof; MeIII is chosen in the group consisting of Al, B or mixtures thereof; each of the above said constituents being present in determined quantities; the invention refers also to a process for preparing the glass-ceramics above defined; porcelain stonewares and glazes containing them and their use for preparing ceramic items.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Inventors: Marco Bitossi, Giovanni Baldi, Davide Settembre Blundo, Enrico Generali
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Publication number: 20030228968Abstract: A glass ceramic composition which consists essentially of an inorganic material powder having a melting point or a glass transition point of at least 1,000° C. and a glass powder having a glass transition point of from 450 to 800° C., wherein the average of the major axes L of particles of the above inorganic material powder is from 0.5 to 15 &mgr;m, and the average of the ratios L/W of the major axes L to the minor axes W is at most 1.4. Further, a glass ceramic composition which consists essentially of, as represented by mass percentage, from 10 to 58% of an inorganic material powder having a melting point or a glass transition point of at least 1,000° C. and from 42 to 90% of a glass powder having a glass transition point of from 450 to 800° C., wherein the glass powder consists essentially of, as represented by mol %, SiO2: 35 to 70%, B2O3: 0 to 30%, Al2O3: 3 to 18%, MgO: 0 to 40%, CaO: 0 to 19%, BaO: 0 to 35% and ZnO: 0 to 9%.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Hiroshi Usui, Hitoshi Onoda, Kazunari Watanabe, Yumi Okuyama, Yasuko Osaki, Katsuyoshi Nakayama
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Patent number: 6660780Abstract: A method of making a molecularly imprinted porous structure makes use of a surfactant analog of the molecule to be imprinted that has the imprint molecule portion serving as the surfactant headgroup. The surfactant analog is allowed to self-assemble in a mixture to create at least one supramolecular structure having exposed imprint groups. The imprinted porous structure is formed by adding reactive monomers to the mixture and allowing the monomers to polymerize, with the supramolecular structure serving as a template. The resulting solid structure has a shape that is complementary to the shape of the supramolecular structure and has cavities that are the mirror image of the imprint group. Similarly, molecularly imprinted particles may be made by using the surfactant to create a water-in-oil microemulsion wherein the imprint groups are exposed to the water phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Michael A. Markowitz, Paul E. Schoen, Bruce P. Gaber, Banahalli R. Ratna, Paul R. Kust, David C. Turner, Douglas S. Clark, Jonathan S. Dordick
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Patent number: 6660671Abstract: Composite material with high resistance to temperature changes and a high density, and having an SiO2-containing matrix with quartz glass grains embedded therein is produced by preparing a suspension from a particle mixture of finely divided SiO2 powder having at least two different particle fractions and of the quartz glass grains, forming a green compact and sintering the compact. The matrix has an SiO2 content of at least 99% by wt. and is formed from at least first and second particle fractions, each of which is present as granules of nanoscale, amorphous, synthetically produced SiO2 primary particles having a mean primary particle size of less than 100 nm. The composite material has an SiO2-containing matrix with an SiO2 content of at least 99% by wt. It is particularly suited for applications such as starting material for producing a permanent mold for melting solar silicon.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG.Inventors: Waltraud Werdecker, Udo Gertig, Johann Leist, Rainer Koeppler
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Publication number: 20030224921Abstract: A dielectric ceramic article precursor and a process for preparing a dielectric ceramic article are presented. The ceramic article precursor comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite or an amorphous aluminosilicate and a glass phase. The ceramic article precursor can optionally contain at least one forming aid selected from binders, plasticizers and surfactants. Metal oxide additives such as B2O3 or SnO2 as well as metal oxide precursor additives such as nitrates or carbonates of metals such as boron or tin can also be included in the ceramic article precursor. The process for preparing a dielectric ceramic article involves forming a mixture from the above components into a shaped article such as a tape and then calcining the shaped article at a temperature of about 700° C. to about 1000° C. for a time of about 0.5 to about 24 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventor: Robert L. Bedard
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Publication number: 20030224923Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali-containing magnesium borosilicate glass composition comprising, in mole %, 10-25% SiO2, 10-25% B2O3, 5-10% BaO, 40-65% MgO, 0.5-3% ZrO2, 0.3-3% P2O5, and 0.2-5% M2O where M is selected from the group of alkali elements and mixtures thereof. The invention is further directed to a castable dielectric composition comprising a dispersion of finely divided solids comprising, based on solids: (a) 50-90 wt. % the glass composition as described above; (b) 10-50 wt. % ceramic filler; both dispersed in a solution of (c) an organic polymeric binder; and (d) a volatile organic solvent. The invention is still further directed to the castable dielectric composition described above used in a method of forming a high TCE LTCC green tape by casting a thin layer of the castable dispersion onto a flexible substrate and heating the cast layer to remove the volatile organic.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Yong Cho, Kenneth Warren Hang
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Publication number: 20030220185Abstract: A glass ceramic composition which can be fired at a low temperature and which has a high dielectric constant, a relatively small thermal expansion coefficient and a small temperature coefficient of dielectric constant is provided. The glass ceramic composition contains about 5% to 75% by weight of TiO2 powder, about 5% to 75% by weight of CaTiSiO5 powder and about 15% to 50% by weight of glass powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Inventor: Sadaaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20030216240Abstract: The invention is to offer such a dielectric ceramic enabling to simultaneously sinter with the low resistant conductor of Ag based metals and Cu based metals, having the excellent mechanical strength and exhibiting the excellent dielectric characteristics in the GHz zone. Mixed powders of Si: 20 to 30 weight %, B: 5 to 30 weight %, Al: 20 to 30 weight %, Ca: 10 to 20 weight %, and Zn: 10 to 20 weight % are prepared, melted, and rapidly cooled to produce glass frits. The glass frits are granulated and mixed with gahnite filler and titania filler which are inorganic filler powders. Subsequently, a binder is thrown into the powders to produce a composition of dielectric ceramic, and then is formed, followed by sintering. The mixed powders may contain at least one kind of alkali metal of Li, K and Na.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kodera, Kazuyuki Fujii, Makoto Baba, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
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Patent number: 6645424Abstract: The present invention is directed to the preparation of in-situ formation of a series of glass-ceramic composites by the Self-propagating High temperature Synthesis (SHS) technique with advantages of processing simplicity as well as the potential of cost savings. The materials produced by the technique contain crystalline TiB2 phase and have either a pure glassy matrix or a glass matrix with partial devitrification based on the Al2O3—CaO system. The materials can potentially be used for infrared light transmission and for other high temperature applications. These materials can also be produced with relatively high porosity.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Guigne International Ltd.Inventors: Hu Chun Yi, Jacques Y. Guigné, John J. Moore
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Patent number: 6645893Abstract: A glass includes (a) a matrix containing a compound of at least one nonmetallic element; and (b) a particle selectively formed in the matrix. This particle is made of the at least one nonmetallic element. A process for producing such glass includes (a) providing a blank glass containing a compound of at least one nonmetallic element; (b) condensing a pulsed laser beam to a focal point in the blank glass such that a particle is selectively formed in the blank glass at a position corresponding to the focal point, the particle being made of the at least one nonmetallic element dissociated from the compound; and (c) moving the focal point in the blank glass to produce a pattern of the particle. The glass is suitable for optical functional elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2001Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Kiyotaka Miura, Seiji Fujiwara, Takuya Teshima, Natsuya Nishimura, Yoshinori Kubota
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Publication number: 20030207745Abstract: When ceramic electronic parts such as multilayer ceramic substrates that have a substrate body and metal wiring conductors comprising silver are manufactured, a composition comprising not only a borosilicate glass powder and a ceramic powder, but also an additive powder comprising at least one of cerium oxide, bismuth, bismuth oxide, antimony and antimony oxide is used as a composition for preparing the substrate body. Gray discoloration of the substrate body and yellow discoloration in the vicinities of the metal wiring conductors can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2003Publication date: November 6, 2003Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Masuko
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Patent number: 6630417Abstract: The porcelain of the present invention comprises 5 to 70% by weight of a non-oxide ceramic filler and 30 to 95% by weight of a borosilicate glass having a glass transition temperature of 800° C. or lower, wherein a weight loss per unit surface area of said non-oxide ceramics is not more than 0.15 g/cm2 after dipping said non-oxide ceramic having purity of not less than 96% by weight for five minutes in a glass melt obtained by melting said borosilicate glass with heating at 1200° C. Since the porcelain composition can be fired at a low temperature together with a low-resistance metal, the resulting porcelain has a high thermal conductivity, a low dielectric constant, a high heat dissipation property and a reduced apparent signal delay in a high frequency signal and is suited for use as an insulating board in a wiring board.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Shinya Kawai, Hiromi Iwachi, Yoshitake Terashi
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Patent number: 6623845Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Katsumura, Ryuichi Saito, Masahiro Hiraka
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Patent number: 6623878Abstract: A sintered ferrite body is obtained by baking a raw ferrite material including about 0.1% to about 30% by weight of a glass having, as a single material, and having a specific resistance &rgr; (&OHgr;) of about 10 or more in the log &rgr; unit, and a softening point of about 400° C. to about 700° C., in order to overcome the problem that relatively low specific resistance of a ferrite material causes insulation deterioration as well as migration of an internal electrode in a laminated ferrite component when constructing the laminated ferrite component from a sintered ferrite body.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiko Takenaka
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Patent number: 6624104Abstract: Low temperature melting lead-free glass and enamel compositions are provided which have low boron content and possess high durability properties. Enamel pastes containing frits of the glass compositions are particularly useful in forming colored borders in automotive glass.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Ferro Glass & Color CorporationInventors: George E. Sakoske, Gerhard Tünker
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Patent number: 6620754Abstract: The ceramic capacitor in accordance with the present invention is fabricated by employing a dielectric ceramic composition in forming dielectric layers thereof, wherein the dielectric ceramic composition contains an oxide of Ba and Ti, an oxide of Re (Re used herein represents one or more rare-earth elements selected from Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Tb and Y), an oxide of Mg, one or more oxides selected from oxides of Mn, V and Cr, an oxide of Mo and/or W and SiO2 or a glass component including SiO2, wherein the amount of the oxide of Ba and Ti is 100 mol % in terms of BaTiO3, the amount of the oxide of Re is 0.25 to 1.5 mol % in terms of Re2O3, the amount of the oxide of Mg is 0.2 to 1.5 mol % in terms of MgO and the amount of one or more oxides of Mn, V or Cr is 0.03 to 0.6 mol % in terms of Mn2O3, V2O5, Cr2O3, respectively, and the amount of the oxide of Mo and/or W is 0.025 to 0.25 mol % in terms of MoO3 and WO3.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youichi Mizuno, Hisamitsu Shizuno, Kenji Saito, Yasunobu Kawamoto
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Patent number: 6620755Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition includes 100 mol % of an oxide of Ba, Ti and Zr, 0.25 to 1.5 mol % of an oxide of Re, Re representing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Y, 0.1 to 0.4 mol % of an oxide of Mg, 0.03 to 0.6 mol % of oxides of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, V and Cr and 0.02 to 0.3 mol % of oxides of one or two elements of Mo and W. The ceramic composition further includes a glass component having SiO2 and x in the oxide of Ba(Ti1−xZrx)O3 ranges from about 0.05 to about 0.26.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Saito, Youichi Mizuno, Koichiro Morita, Yasunobu Kawamoto
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Patent number: RE38491Abstract: Powders of BaCO3, TiO2, ZnO, etc. are mixed to each other at a predetermined ratio of quantity, calcined in an atmospheric air at &pgr;°-120° C., and pulverized to obtain a calcined powder having an average grain size from 1 to 3 &mgr; m, 0.1 to 20 parts-by weight of a powder having an average grain size from 0.1 to 1.5 &mgr;m comprising a glass having a transition point of not higher than 450° C. obtained by mixing powders of Pb3O4, SiO2, Na2O, etc. to each other, melting and then pouring into water and pulverizing the thus obtained glass is admixed to the calcined powder. The mixture is dried, pelleted by adding a resin and the pellet powder is molded into a cylindrical shape, applied with CIP (Cold isotartic press), and the molding product after the treatment is sintered in an atmospheric air at 850° to 1000° C. to obtain a dielectric ceramic sintered at low temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2000Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Mizutani, Masahiko Okuyama, Noritaka Yoshida, Hirofumi Ozeki, Hiroshi Katagiri