Abstract:
A single layer ceramic capacitor for wire bonding or solder or epoxy attachment wherein a bottom metallization is of a lesser purity than a top metallization whereby the bottom metallization may be effectively soldered without leaching of the metal and the top metallization may be wire bonded. In an exemplary embodiment, the top metallization is essentially pure gold and the bottom metallization is an alloy of gold and platinum and/or palladium. The top and bottom metallizations are provided on a dielectric body that advantageously comprises a ceramic having a sintering temperature below the melting point of gold. In a further exemplary embodiment, the capacitance of the capacitor may be enhanced by providing one or more interior metallization planes parallel to the exterior metallizations and connected thereto by conductive vias.
Abstract:
An electronic package is provided, having a flexible substrate, a first plurality of conductors, and a second plurality of conductors. The flexible substrate has first and second portions with a fold portion between the first and second portions, and is folded at the fold portion to position the second portion over the first portion. Each one of the first plurality of conductors runs from the first portion over the fold portion onto the second portion. Each one of the second plurality of conductors runs from the first portion onto the second portion without running over the fold portion.
Abstract:
An electrical device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes and a laminar PTC resistive element sandwiched between them, the device comprising (a) a main portion which comprises a main part of the first electrode, a main part of the second electrode, and a main part of the resistive element; and (b) a first connection leg which extends away from the main portion and which comprises a first leg part of the first electrode which is integral with the main part of the first electrode, and a first leg part of the resistive element which is integral with the main part of the resistive element. Such devices can be secured to circuit boards in a variety of ways, and to elastically deformed terminals. Preferably preferred devices contain two laminar electrodes, with a PTC element between them, and a cross-conductor which passes through the thickness of the device and contacts one only of the two electrodes. The cross-conductor permits connection to both electrodes from the same side of the device, and also makes it possible to carry out the steps for preparing such devices on an assembly which corresponds to a number of individual devices, with division of the assembly as the final step.
Abstract:
In a polarized electrical component, a first electrode is provided at an inner-side bottom face of the component, and a second electrode is provided at an outer-side bottom face of the component. One of the first and second electrodes serves as an anode electrode, and the other serves as a cathode electrode.
Abstract:
A thermistor with positive resistance-to-temperature characteristic used in a overcurrent protection circuit has electrodes on mutually opposite main surfaces and is mounted to a substrate having electrically conductive members such that deterioration of its voltage resistance due to heat emission can be controlled. A spacer with smaller thermal conductivity than the substrate and penetrated by a conductor piece with a small cross-sectional area is inserted between solder materials connecting to one of the thermistor electrodes. The other electrode is contacted by an elongated connecting member through its sectional surface transverse to its longitudinal direction such that the cross-sectional area of electrical conduction is reduced.
Abstract:
A detector-preamplifier subassembly for an optical receiver comprising a header base having a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of leads passing through the top and bottom surfaces of the header base, a preamplifier mounted to the top surface of the header base, a standoff mounted to the top surface of the header base, a photodetector mounted to the standoff, and said standoff comprising a single-layer capacitor, wherein the single-layer capacitor functions as both a capacitor for the detector-preamplifier subassembly and a standoff for properly positioning the photodetector above the top surface of the header base. In this manner, the separate capacitors and several wire bonds are eliminated, thus increasing available surface area on the header base and improving performance and reliability of the detector-preamplifier subassembly and the optical receiver.
Abstract:
Thin-profile battery circuits and constructions, and in particular button-type battery circuits and constructions and methods of forming the same are described. In one implementation, a substrate is provided having an outer surface with a pair of spaced electrical contact pads thereon. At least two thin-profile batteries are conductively bonded together in a stack having a lowermost battery and an uppermost battery. The batteries include respective positive and negative terminals. The lowermost battery has one of its positive or negative terminals adhesively bonded to one of the pair of electrical contact pads while the uppermost battery has one of its positive or negative terminals electrically connected to the other of the pair of electrical contact pads. The batteries can be provided into parallel or series electrical connections. An electrical insulator is disposed about a portion of only one of the batteries.
Abstract:
A thermistor with positive resistance-to-temperature characteristic used in a overcurrent protection circuit has electrodes on mutually opposite main surfaces and is mounted to a substrate having electrically conductive members such that deterioration of its voltage resistance due to heat emission can be controlled. A spacer with smaller thermal conductivity than the substrate and penetrated by a conductor piece with a small cross-sectional area is inserted between solder materials connecting to one of the thermistor electrodes. The other electrode is contacted by an elongated connecting member through its sectional surface transverse to its longitudinal direction such that the cross-sectional area of electrical conduction is reduced.
Abstract:
A circuit protection device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes; a laminar PTC conductive polymer resistive element sandwiched between the electrodes; a third laminar conductive member which is secured to the same face of the PTC element as the second electrode but is separated therefrom; and an electrical connector which connects the third conductive member and the first electrode. This permits connection to both electrodes from the same side of the device, so that the device can be connected flat on a printed circuit board, with the first electrode on top, without any need for leads. The connector is preferably a cross-conductor which passes through an aperture in the PTC element, because this makes it possible to carry out the steps for preparing the devices on an assembly which corresponds to a number of individual devices, with division of the assembly as the final step.
Abstract:
A hybrid integrated circuit apparatus includes an electrical circuit component, having first and second leads connected thereto, disposed within an aperture extending from a first surface to a second surface of a circuit board, the circuit board having on each surface a circuit element bonded adjacent the aperture. A disk of fusible material, sized and positioned to fully extend over the aperture and partially over the circuit element, is melted and reformed in place, under vacuum conditions, so as to mechanically couple the electrical component within the board aperture, provide an electrical contact between the component lead and the circuit element, and hermetically seal the component within the circuit board.