Abstract:
In a laminate type ceramic electronic component, when an external electrode is formed directly by plating onto a surface of a component main body, the plating film that is to serve as the external electrode may have a low fixing strength with respect to the component main body. In order to prevent this problem, an external electrode includes a first plating layer composed of a Ni—B plating film and is first formed such that a plating deposition deposited with the exposed ends of respective internal electrodes as starting points is grown on at least an end surface of a component main body. Then, a second plating layer composed of a Ni plating film containing substantially no B is formed on the first plating layer. Preferably, the B content of the Ni—B plating film constituting the first plating layer is about 0.1 wt % to about 6 wt %.
Abstract:
A monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a laminate including a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrodes extending between the ceramic layers and also includes external electrodes disposed on the laminate. The internal electrodes are partly exposed at surfaces of the laminate and are electrically connected to each other with the external electrodes. The external electrodes include first plating layers and second plating layers. The first plating layers are in direct contact with the internal electrodes. The second plating layers are located outside the first plating layers and contain glass particles dispersed therein.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a first substep of depositing precipitates primarily made of a specific metal on an end of each of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate and growing the precipitates to coalesce into a continuous plated sublayer, and a second substep of heat-treating the laminate including the plated sublayer at a temperature of at least about 800° C., wherein a plated layer including a plurality of plated sublayers is formed by continuously performing at least two cycles of the first substep and the second substep.
Abstract:
Starting and stopping an engine is automatically controlled based on a load without using a relay. An inverter engine-driven power generator has an alternator, a rectifying circuit, a DC/DC converter, and an inverter circuit. A load detection circuit is connected to an output of the inverter circuit in parallel. A load detection line of the load detection circuit is connected to an output line of the inverter circuit in parallel via resistors. A power supply formed of a battery is connected to the load detection line. A decision circuit outputs a load detection signal when a current having a preset value or more flows through the load detection line. A drive/stop CPU starts the engine in response to the load detection. The resistors are set at a resistance value which does not influence a load to which a generator output is supplied.
Abstract:
The auxiliary board joining structure further includes a plurality of positioning holes 6 formed in the main board 1, a plurality of positioning pins 20 formed on the main board 1, wherein the plurality of positioning pins 20 extend through the corresponding positioning holes 6 so as to be oriented parallel to the axial direction of the joint pins 17. Each of the positioning pins 20 has a height regulating face 23 for regulating a distance that the positioning pins are extended through the corresponding positioning hole 6. Each of the positioning pins 20 is formed long enough to be extended through the corresponding positioning hole 6 before the joint pins 17 are extended through the corresponding through-holes 5, when the main board 1 and the auxiliary board 10 are engaged.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a laminated electronic component in which, when first plating layers that respectively connect a plurality of internal electrodes to each other and second plating layers that improves the mountability of a laminated electronic component are formed as external terminal electrodes, the entire component main body is treated with a water repellent agent after the formation of the first plating layers, and the water repellent agent on the first plating layers is then removed before the formation of the second plating layers. The gaps between the end edges of the first plating films on the outer surface of the component main body and the outer surface of the component main body are filled with the water repellent agent.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component having excellent solderability is provided. In this method, the elution of barium from the ceramic electronic component and the adhesion of ceramic electronic components in tin plating are reduced. The method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component includes the steps of providing an electronic component of barium-containing ceramic and forming an electrode on the outer surface of the electronic component, the electrode being electroplated with tin. In this method, a plating bath used in the tin plating has a tin ion concentration A in the range of 0.03 to 0.51 mol/L, a sulfate ion concentration B in the range of 0.005 to 0.31 mol/L, a molar ratio B/A of less than one, and a pH in the range of 6.1 to 10.5.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a laminated electronic component is performed such that a water-repellent agent is applied to end surfaces at which ends of internal electrodes are exposed so as to be filled in spaces along interfaces between insulating layers and the internal electrodes. Subsequently, an abrading step is performed such that the internal electrodes are sufficiently exposed at the end surfaces and an excess water-repellent agent is removed therefrom to enable plating films to be directly formed on the end surfaces.
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 method is used to manufacture a multilayer electronic component including a multilayer composite including internal electrodes having ends that are exposed at a predetermined surface of the multilayer composite. In the method, the exposed ends of the internal electrodes are coated with a metal film primarily composed of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Pd, Au, Pt and Ag and having a thickness of at least about 0.1 μm by immersing the multilayer composite in a liquid containing a metal ion or a metal complex. Then, a continuous plating layer is formed by depositing a plating metal on the ends of the internal electrodes exposed at the predetermined surface of the multilayer composite, and subsequently growing the deposits of the plating metal so as to be connected to each other. Thus, exposed ends of the internal electrodes are electrically connected to each other.