IP Library Granted Patent US 8,498,095
Granted Patent B2
US 8,498,095 · App. 12/956,060 · Granted Jul 30, 2013

Thin-film capacitor with internally hollow through holes

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Patent No.
US 8,498,095
App. No.
12/956,060
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin-film capacitor that is less prone to generation of internal cracking or peeling is provided. In a thin-film capacitor according to the present embodiment, because through holes H are formed in internal electrodes containing Ni as a principal component in a lamination direction, a surface area of at least some of the through holes H is in the range of 0.19 μm 2 to 7.0 μm 2 , and a ratio of a surface area of the through holes H to a surface area of an entire main surface of the internal electrodes is in the range of 0.05% to 5%, peeling or cracking is suppressed from occurring at the boundaries between the internal electrodes and dielectric layers, and as a result, the yield is enhanced.

Claims (9)

1. A thin-film capacitor comprising:

a base electrode;

two or more dielectric layers laminated on the base electrode; and

an electrode containing Ni as a principal component and laminated between the dielectric layers, wherein

the electrode has through holes that run in a lamination direction,

a surface area of at least some of the through holes is in a range of 0.19 μm 2 to 7.0 μm 2 ,

a ratio of the surface area of the through holes to a surface area of an entire main surface of the electrode in which the through holes are formed is in a range of 0.05% to 5%, and

the through holes are internally hollow and both ends of the through holes are covered with the dielectric layers.

2. The thin-film capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the surface areas of all the through holes are in the range of 0.19 μm 2 to 7.0 μm 2 .

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: FTD, LLC
Reel/Frame 063724/0905 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2020
From: FTD, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 054485/0583 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030651/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2011
From: YANO, YOSHIHIKO; OIKAWA, YASUNOBU; HORINO, KENJI; SAITA, HITOSHI
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025779/0706 →