Hermetically sealed EMI feedthrough filter capacitor for human implant
and other applications
    1.
    发明授权
    Hermetically sealed EMI feedthrough filter capacitor for human implant and other applications 失效
    用于人工植入等密封电磁干扰馈通滤波电容器

    公开(公告)号:US6008980A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-28

    申请号:US969480

    申请日:1997-11-13

    IPC分类号: A61N1/375 H01G4/35

    CPC分类号: H01G4/35 A61N1/3754

    摘要: An integrated hermetically sealed feedthrough capacitor filter assembly is provided for the shielding and decoupling of a conductive terminal pin or lead of the type used, for example, in an implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter defibrillator against passage of external interference signals, such as caused by digital cellular phones. The simplified feedthrough assembly described herein eliminates the traditional terminal pin subassembly. In this novel approach, the ceramic feedthrough capacitor itself forms a hermetic seal with a conductive pacemaker housing to which it is mounted by welding or brazing. The feedthrough capacitor is configured such that its internal electrodes are not exposed to body fluids, with capacitor electrode plate sets coupled respectively to a conductive ferrule, pin or housing (which may be grounded) and to the non-grounded, or active, terminal pin(s) by conductive adhesive, soldering, brazing, welding or the like. In one preferred form, multiple feedthrough filter capacitors are provided in a substantially coplanar array within a common base structure, with each capacitor in association with a respective terminal pin.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种集成的密封的馈通电容器滤波器组件,用于屏蔽和解耦用于例如用于诸如心脏起搏器或心律转复除颤器的可植入医疗装置的类型的导电端子销或引线,以抵抗外部干扰信号的通过, 例如由数字蜂窝电话引起的。 这里描述的简化馈通组件消除了传统的端子销子组件。 在这种新颖的方法中,陶瓷馈通电容器本身与导电起搏器壳体形成气密密封,通过焊接或钎焊将陶瓷馈通电容器安装到壳体上。 馈通电容器被配置为使得其内部电极不暴露于体液,电容器电极板组分别耦合到导电套圈,销或壳体(其可以接地)和非接地或有源的端子引脚 通过导电粘合剂,焊接,钎焊,焊接等。 在一个优选形式中,多个馈通滤波器电容器设置在公共基极结构内的基本上共面的阵列中,每个电容器与相应的端子引脚相关联。

    Multi-electrode double layer capacitor having single electrolyte seal
and aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth electrodes
    2.
    发明授权
    Multi-electrode double layer capacitor having single electrolyte seal and aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth electrodes 失效
    多电极双层电容器,单电解密封和铝浸碳布电极

    公开(公告)号:US5862035A

    公开(公告)日:1999-01-19

    申请号:US726728

    申请日:1996-10-07

    摘要: A single cell, multi-electrode high performance double layer capacitor includes first and second flat stacks of electrodes adapted to be housed in a closeable two-part capacitor case which includes only a single electrolyte seal. Each electrode stack has a plurality of electrodes connected in parallel, with the electrodes of one stack being interleaved with the electrodes of the other stack to form an interleaved stack, and with the electrodes of each stack being electrically connected to respective capacitor terminals. A porous separator sleeve is inserted over the electrodes of one stack before interleaving to prevent electrical shorts between the electrodes. The electrodes are made by folding a compressible, low resistance, aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth, made from activated carbon fibers, around a current collector foil, with a tab of the foils of each electrode of each stack being connected in parallel and connected to the respective capacitor terminal. The height of the interleaved stack is somewhat greater than the inside height of the closed capacitor case, thereby requiring compression of the interleaved electrode stack when placed inside of the case, and thereby maintaining the interleaved electrode stack under modest constant pressure. The closed capacitor case is filled with an electrolytic solution and sealed. A preferred electrolytic solution is made by dissolving an appropriate salt into acetonitrile (CH.sub.3 CN). In one embodiment, the two parts of the capacitor case are conductive and function as the capacitor terminals.

    摘要翻译: 单电池,多电极高性能双层电容器包括适于容纳在仅包括单个电解质密封件的可关闭的两部分电容器壳体中的第一和第二扁平电极堆叠。 每个电极堆叠具有并联连接的多个电极,一个堆叠的电极与另一个堆叠的电极交错,以形成交错堆叠,并且每个堆叠的电极电连接到相应的电容器端子。 在交错之前,将多孔分离器套筒插入一个电池组的电极上以防止电极之间的电短路。 电极通过在集电器箔周围折叠由活性碳纤维制成的可压缩,低电阻,铝浸渍的碳布制成,每个堆叠的每个电极的箔片的接片平行连接并连接到 各个电容器端子。 交错堆叠的高度稍微大于封闭电容器壳体的内部高度,从而当放置在壳体内部时需要对交错电极堆叠进行压缩,从而将交错的电极堆叠保持在适度的恒定压力下。 封闭的电容器壳体充满电解液并密封。 通过将适当的盐溶解在乙腈(CH 3 CN)中制成优选的电解溶液。 在一个实施例中,电容器壳体的两部分是导电的并且用作电容器端子。

    Internal unbalance detection in capacitors
    3.
    发明授权
    Internal unbalance detection in capacitors 失效
    电容器内部不平衡检测

    公开(公告)号:US6107808A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-22

    申请号:US222589

    申请日:1998-12-28

    CPC分类号: H02H7/16 G01R31/025

    摘要: A capacitor is made up of a housing; a first plurality of capacitors within the housing; a second plurality of capacitors within the housing; a first electrode coupled to a first terminal, with the first terminal being electrically contactable outside the housing; a second electrode coupled to a second terminal, with the second terminal being contactable outside the housing; a threshold circuit that compares performance of the first plurality of capacitors with performance of the second plurality of capacitors, detects an unbalance, and generates an output signal; and a signal output coupled to the threshold circuit, the signal output being accessible outside the housing. In another embodiment the capacitor has a housing; a first electrode contactable from outside the housing, a second electrode contactable from outside the housing, and an unbalance detection output contactable from outside the housing, wherein an unbalance detection signal indicative of a degree of unbalance.

    摘要翻译: 电容器由外壳构成; 壳体内的第一多个电容器; 壳体内的第二多个电容器; 耦合到第一端子的第一电极,其中所述第一端子可电耦合到所述壳体外部; 耦合到第二端子的第二电极,其中第二端子可在壳体外部接触; 将第一多个电容器的性能与第二多个电容器的性能进行比较的阈值电路检测不平衡,并产生输出信号; 以及耦合到所述阈值电路的信号输出,所述信号输出可在外壳外部访问。 在另一个实施例中,电容器具有壳体; 可从壳体外部接触的第一电极,可从壳体外部接触的第二电极以及可从壳体外部接触的不平衡检测输出,其中指示不平衡程度的不平衡检测信号。

    Method of making a multi-electrode double layer capacitor having single
electrolyte seal and aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth electrodes
    4.
    发明授权
    Method of making a multi-electrode double layer capacitor having single electrolyte seal and aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth electrodes 失效
    制造具有单个电解密封和铝浸渍碳布电极的多电极双层电容器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6094788A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-01

    申请号:US233294

    申请日:1999-01-19

    摘要: A method of making a double layer capacitior includes first and second flat stacks of electrodes adapted to be housed in a closeable two-part capacitor case which includes only a single electrolyte seal. Each electrode stack has a plurality of electrodes connected in parallel, with the electrodes of one stack being interleaved with the electrodes of the other stack to form an interleaved stack, and with the electrodes of each stack being electrically connected to respective capacitor terminals. A porous separator is positioned against the electrodes of one stack before interleaving to prevent electrical shorts between the electrodes. The electrodes are made by folding a compressible, low resistance, aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth, made from activated carbon fibers, around a current collector foil, with a tab of the foils of each electrode of each stack being connected in parallel and connected to the respective capacitor terminal. The height of the interleaved stack is somewhat greater than the inside height of the closed capacitor case, thereby requiring compression of the interleaved electrode stack when placed inside of the case, and thereby maintaining the interleaved electrode stack under modest constant pressure. The closed capacitor case is filled with an electrolytic solution and sealed. A preferred electrolytic solution is made by dissolving an appropriate salt into acetonitrile (CH.sub.3 CN). In one embodiment, the two arts of the capacitor case are conductive and function as the capacitor terminals.

    摘要翻译: 制造双层电容器的方法包括适于容纳在仅包括单个电解质密封件的可关闭的两部分电容器壳体中的第一和第二扁平电极组。 每个电极堆叠具有并联连接的多个电极,一个堆叠的电极与另一个堆叠的电极交错,以形成交错堆叠,并且每个堆叠的电极电连接到相应的电容器端子。 在交错之前,多孔分离器抵靠一个堆叠的电极定位,以防止电极之间的电短路。 电极通过在集电器箔周围折叠由活性碳纤维制成的可压缩,低电阻,铝浸渍的碳布制成,每个堆叠的每个电极的箔片的接片平行连接并连接到 各个电容器端子。 交错堆叠的高度稍微大于封闭电容器壳体的内部高度,从而当放置在壳体内部时需要对交错电极堆叠进行压缩,从而将交错的电极堆叠保持在适度的恒定压力下。 封闭的电容器壳体充满电解液并密封。 通过将适当的盐溶解在乙腈(CH 3 CN)中制成优选的电解溶液。 在一个实施例中,电容器壳体的两个技术是导电的并且用作电容器端子。

    Chip capacitors and chip capacitor electromagnetic interference filters
    6.
    发明授权
    Chip capacitors and chip capacitor electromagnetic interference filters 失效
    片式电容器和片式电容电磁干扰滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US5973906A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-26

    申请号:US40222

    申请日:1998-03-17

    摘要: An electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter capacitor assembly is provided for shielding and decoupling a conductive terminal pin or lead of the type used, for example, in an implantable medical device against passage of external interference signals. The EMI filter is constructed of relatively inexpensive ceramic chip capacitors which replace relatively expensive feedthrough capacitors as found in the prior art. The chip capacitors are mounted directly onto a hermetic feedthrough terminal in groups of two or more which vary in physical size, dielectric material and capacitance value so that they self-resonate at different frequencies. This "staggering" of resonant frequencies and direct installation at the hermetic terminal provides the EMI filter with sufficient broadband frequency attenuation. In one preferred form, multiple chip capacitor groupings are mounted onto a common base structure, with each capacitor grouping associated with a respective terminal pin. In another preferred form, a non-conductive substrate is provided with metalized circuit traces to better accommodate the mounting of the chip capacitors. Additionally, novel chip capacitor geometry/termination-metallization is provided which significantly reduces the internal inductance of the capacitor to improve its high frequency performance as an EMI filter. Such reduced inductance chip capacitor designs are readily adaptable to incorporate multiple electrically isolated active plate sets within a single monolithic casing.

    摘要翻译: 提供电磁干扰(EMI)滤波电容器组件,用于屏蔽和解耦用于例如在可植入医疗装置中的类型的导电端子引脚或引线,以抵抗外部干扰信号的通过。 EMI滤波器由相对廉价的陶瓷芯片电容器构成,其代替现有技术中发现的相对昂贵的馈通电容器。 芯片电容器直接安装在两个或更多个组合的密封馈通端子上,其在物理尺寸,电介质材料和电容值上变化,使得它们在不同频率下自谐振。 谐振频率的“惊人”和密封端的直接安装为EMI滤波器提供了足够的宽带频率衰减。 在一个优选形式中,多个片式电容器组被安装在公共基座结构上,每个电容器分组与相应的端子引脚相关联。 在另一优选形式中,非导电衬底设置有金属化电路迹线,以更好地适应片式电容器的安装。 另外,提供了新颖的芯片电容器几何/端接金属化,这显着降低了电容器的内部电感,以提高其作为EMI滤波器的高频性能。 这种减小的电感芯片电容器设计容易适用于在单个整体式壳体内并入多个电隔离的有源板组。

    Capacitor with dual element electrode plates
    7.
    发明授权
    Capacitor with dual element electrode plates 失效
    具有双元件电极板的电容器

    公开(公告)号:US5978204A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-02

    申请号:US751903

    申请日:1996-11-18

    IPC分类号: A61N1/375 H01G4/005 H01G4/35

    CPC分类号: H01G4/005 A61N1/3754 H01G4/35

    摘要: An improved capacitor is provided particularly for use in electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter applications, for example, in an implantable medical device such as a heart pacemaker or defibrillator, to accommodate relatively high pulse currents. The capacitor comprises a plurality of active and ground electrode plates interleaved and embedded within a dielectric casing of ceramic or the like with each active and ground plate being defined by a closely spaced pair of conductive plate elements which significantly increase the total area of each electrode plate, and thereby correspondingly increase the current handling capacity of the capacitor.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种改进的电容器,特别用于电磁干扰(EMI)滤波器应用中,例如在诸如心脏起搏器或除颤器的可植入医疗装置中,以适应较高的脉冲电流。 电容器包括多个有源和接地电极板,其交替并嵌入在陶瓷等的电介质外壳内,每个有源和接地板由紧密隔开的一对导电板元件限定,这些导电板元件显着增加每个电极板的总面积 ,从而相应地增加电容器的电流处理能力。

    Chip capacitor electromagnetic interference filter
    8.
    发明授权
    Chip capacitor electromagnetic interference filter 失效
    贴片电容电磁干扰滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US5959829A

    公开(公告)日:1999-09-28

    申请号:US27115

    申请日:1998-02-18

    IPC分类号: A61N1/375 H03H1/00 H01G4/35

    摘要: An electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter capacitor assembly is provided for shielding and decoupling a conductive terminal pin or lead of the type used, for example, in an implantable medical device against passage of external interference signals. The EMI filter is constructed of relatively inexpensive ceramic chip capacitors which replace relatively expensive feedthrough capacitors as found in the prior art. The chip capacitors are mounted directly onto a hermetic feedthrough terminal in groups of two or more which vary in physical size, dielectric material and capacitance value so that they self-resonate at different frequencies. This "staggering" of resonant frequencies and direct installation at the hermetic terminal provides the EMI filter with sufficient broadband frequency attenuation. In one preferred form, multiple chip capacitor groupings are mounted onto a common base structure, with each capacitor grouping associated with a respective terminal pin. In another preferred form, a non-conductive substrate is provided with metalized circuit traces to better accommodate the mounting of the chip capacitors. Additionally, novel chip capacitor geometry/termination-metallization is provided which significantly reduces the internal inductance of the capacitor to improve its high frequency performance as an EMI filter.

    摘要翻译: 提供电磁干扰(EMI)滤波电容器组件,用于屏蔽和解耦用于例如在可植入医疗装置中的类型的导电端子引脚或引线,以抵抗外部干扰信号的通过。 EMI滤波器由相对廉价的陶瓷芯片电容器构成,其代替现有技术中发现的相对昂贵的馈通电容器。 芯片电容器直接安装在两个或更多个组合的密封馈通端子上,其在物理尺寸,电介质材料和电容值上变化,使得它们在不同频率下自谐振。 谐振频率的“惊人”和密封端的直接安装为EMI滤波器提供了足够的宽带频率衰减。 在一个优选形式中,多个片式电容器组被安装在公共基座结构上,每个电容器分组与相应的端子引脚相关联。 在另一优选形式中,非导电衬底设置有金属化电路迹线,以更好地适应片式电容器的安装。 另外,提供了新颖的芯片电容器几何/端接金属化,这显着降低了电容器的内部电感,以提高其作为EMI滤波器的高频性能。

    Internally grounded feedthrough filter capacitor
    9.
    发明授权
    Internally grounded feedthrough filter capacitor 失效
    内部接地馈通滤波电容

    公开(公告)号:US5905627A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-18

    申请号:US926238

    申请日:1997-09-10

    IPC分类号: A61N1/375 H01G4/35

    CPC分类号: H01G4/35 A61N1/3754

    摘要: An internally grounded ceramic feedthrough filter capacitor assembly provides for the shielding and decoupling of a conductive terminal pin or lead of the type used, for example, in an implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter defibrillator against passage of external interference signals, such as those caused by digital cellular phones. The assembly includes a terminal pin subassembly having at least one terminal pin supported within a conductive ferrule by a hermetically sealed insulator structure. The ferrule is adapted for mounting onto a conductive substrate, such as a pacemaker housing, by welding or brazing to support the terminal pin subassembly for feedthrough passage to the housing interior. A ceramic feedthrough capacitor is mounted at an inboard side, with the capacitor electrode plate sets coupled respectively to a grounded lead and to the terminal pins(s) by conductive adhesive, soldering, brazing or the like. In preferred forms of the invention, multiple feedthrough filter capacitors are provided in a substantially coplanar array within a common base structure, with each capacitor in association with a respective terminal pin.

    摘要翻译: 内部接地的陶瓷馈通滤波电容器组件提供用于例如用于诸如心脏起搏器或心律转复除颤器的可植入医疗装置的导电端子销或导线的屏蔽和去耦,以防止外部干扰信号的通过,例如 正如数字手机造成的那样。 组件包括端子销子组件,其具有通过密封绝缘体结构支撑在导电套管内的至少一个端子销。 套圈适于通过焊接或钎焊将其安装到诸如起搏器壳体的导电基底上,以支撑端子销子组件以用于穿过通道到壳体内部。 陶瓷馈通电容器安装在内侧,电容器电极板组通过导电粘合剂,焊接,钎焊等分别耦合到接地引线和端子引脚。 在本发明的优选形式中,多个馈通滤波电容器设置在公共基极结构内的基本上共面的阵列中,每个电容器与相应的端子引脚相关联。