Abstract:
A varistor includes a sintered body, an internal electrode, an insulating layer, and an external electrode. The internal electrode is disposed in an interior of the sintered body. The insulating layer covers at least part of the sintered body and includes Zn2SiO4. The external electrode is electrically connected to the internal electrode, covers part of the sintered body and part of the insulating layer, and is in contact with the part of the insulating layer. The insulating layer has a region being in contact with the external electrode, the region having a greater average thickness than a region of the insulating layer which is out of contact with the external electrode.
Abstract:
A laminated varistor includes a varistor layer, a first internal electrode provided on an upper surface of the varistor layer, a second internal electrode provided on a lower surface of the varistor layer and facing the first internal electrode across the varistor layer in upward and downward directions, a first external electrode provided on a first side surface of the varistor layer and electrically connected to the first internal electrode, and a second external electrode provided on a second side surface of the varistor layer and electrically connected to the second internal electrode. The first internal electrode is extended from the first external electrode in a first extension direction. The first internal electrode includes first electrode strips arranged in a first arrangement direction perpendicular to the first extension direction and spaced apart from one another. This laminated varistor has improved surge-resistant characteristics.
Abstract:
A voltage-nonlinear resistor element 10 includes a voltage-nonlinear resistor (referred simply as “resistor”) 20 and a pair of electrodes 14 and 16 between which the resistor 20 is interposed. The resistor 20 has a multilayer structure including a first layer 21 composed primarily of zinc oxide, a second layer 22 composed primarily of zinc oxide, and a third layer 23 composed primarily of a metal oxide other than zinc oxide. The second layer 22 is adjacent to the first layer 21 and has a smaller thickness and a higher volume resistivity than the first layer 21. The third layer 23 is adjacent to the second layer 22.
Abstract:
A process for producing a multilayer varistor (MLV) if remained its size unchanged as prior arts is favorable to outstandingly increase overall current-carrying area and improve the performance of final produced MLV; and the MLV has laminated a lower cap, an inner-electrode stack formed from piling up several inner-electrode gaps (g), and an upper cap into a unity, and at least satisfies the condition that the lower cap and the upper cap has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the inner-electrode gap (g), but equal to or greater than 0.1 times of the thickness of the inner-electrode gap (g).
Abstract:
A production method for an electronic component using an exterior packaging material containing a silicone resin comprises a step of dipping an element into an exterior packaging material containing a silicone resin to which aluminum hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide and a nonpolar solvent are added, an additive amount of the aluminum hydroxide or the magnesium hydroxide being controlled to a range of 60 [wt. %] or more to less than 70 [wt. %], a step of drying the exterior packaging material formed on a surface of the element to evaporate the nonpolar solvent and cause a silicone resin component to appear on a surface of the exterior packaging material, and a curing step of curing the exterior packaging material.
Abstract:
A varistor device includes a main body, a conductive area, a specific-melting-point metallic pin, and an elastic unit. The main body has a first surface, and the conductive area is located at the first surface. The specific-melting-point metallic pin has a first section and a second section. The first section and the second section are one-piece formed. The first section is fixedly disposed on the conductive area. The second section has a specific melting point such that the second section melts when a current flows between the first surface and the second section so as to expose the second section to a temperature greater than the specific melting point. The elastic unit has an end connected to the second section, and the elastic unit provides an elastic force to the second section to break the second section so as to cut off the current when the second section melts.
Abstract:
An electrode component with electrode layers formed on intermediate layers includes a ceramic substrate, two intermediate layers formed on two opposite surfaces of the ceramic substrate, two electrode layers respectively formed on the two intermediate layers, two lead wires respectively connected to the electrode layers, and an insulating layer enclosing the ceramic substrate, the intermediate layers, the electrode layers, and portions of the two lead wires. The intermediate layer formed between the ceramic substrate and the electrode layer replaces the fabrication means for conventional silver electrode layer to provide good binding strength between the ceramic substrate and the electrode layer. Besides same electrical characteristics for original products, the electrode component can get rid of the use of precious silver in screen printed silver electrode and avoid pollution caused by evaporation and thermal dissolution of organic solvent while lowering the ohmic contact resistance between the electrode layer and the ceramic substrate.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is a multi-contact element for a varistor wherein the multi-contact element has a sandwich structure, wherein the sandwich structure has two or more contact elements in a lowermost layer, and wherein the sandwich structure has at least one common connection electrode in an uppermost layer, wherein a first intermediate layer made of an electrically insulating layer of material is provided at least in segments between the lowermost layer (US) and the uppermost layer, wherein fuses are located in the first intermediate layer that are configured such that they are capable of sustaining a specified surge current, the specified surge current per fuse being less than the specified surge current of the varistor, wherein the fuses are embodied as vias within the first intermediate layer, wherein the fuses in the first intermediate layer are in direct electrical contact with the common connection electrode, wherein each of the fuses is in direct or indirect electrical contact with a subset of the contact elements (KE1, KE2), wherein the fuses provide blow-out channels in the first intermediate layer so that in the event of a thermal overloading of a fuse of the first intermediate layer, the affected fuse can vaporize through the blow-out channel.
Abstract:
A production method for an electronic component using an exterior packaging material containing a silicone resin comprises a step of dipping an element into an exterior packaging material containing a silicone resin to which aluminum hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide and a nonpolar solvent are added, an additive amount of the aluminum hydroxide or the magnesium hydroxide being controlled to a range of 60 [wt. %] or more to less than 70 [wt. %], a step of drying the exterior packaging material formed on a surface of the element to evaporate the nonpolar solvent and cause a silicone resin component to appear on a surface of the exterior packaging material, and a curing step of curing the exterior packaging material.
Abstract:
An electrode component with pretreated layers includes a ceramic substrate, two pretreated layers formed on two opposite surfaces of the ceramic substrate, two electrode layers respectively formed on the two pretreated layers, two pins respectively connected to the electrode layers, and an insulating layer enclosing the ceramic substrate, the pretreated layers, the electrode layers, and portions of the two pins. The pretreated layer formed between the ceramic substrate and the electrode layer replaces the fabrication means for conventional silver electrode layer to provide good binding strength between the ceramic substrate and the electrode layer. Besides same electrical characteristics for original products, the electrode component can get rid of the use of precious silver in screen printed silver electrode and avoid pollution caused by evaporation and thermal dissolution of organic solvent while lowering the ohmic contact resistance between the electrode layer and the ceramic substrate.