IP Library Granted Patent US 7,283,032
Granted Patent B2
US 7,283,032 · App. 10/552,353 · Granted Oct 16, 2007

Static electricity countermeasure component

Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,283,032
App. No.
10/552,353
Granted
Oct 16, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is possible to realize an electrostatic discharge protection component having a very small electrostatic capacity suited to a high-frequency equipment and comprising a ceramic insulating substrate, a varistor unit composed of a varistor layer and an internal electrode, which are sintered and integrated on the ceramic insulating substrate, and at least a pair of external electrodes provided on the varistor unit, the varistor unit being formed with a varistor.

Claims (11)

1. An electrostatic discharge protection component comprising:

a ceramic insulating substrate,

a varistor unit composed of a varistor layer and an internal electrode, which are sintered and integrated on the ceramic insulating substrate, and

at least a pair of external electrodes provided on the varistor unit, and wherein the varistor unit is formed with a varistor,

wherein a material of the varistor layer contains zinc oxide as a main component and the ceramic insulating substrate is an alumina substrate containing copper oxide having a content of 0.1% or less by weight ratio.

2. The electrostatic discharge protection component of claim 1 , wherein the external electrodes are provided to be sintered and integrated on the same surface of the varistor unit.

3. The electrostatic discharge protection component of claim 1 , wherein the ceramic insulating substrate is two or more times as thick as the varistor unit.

4. The electrostatic discharge protection component of claim 1 , wherein a protective film is formed on an upper surface of the varistor unit except a region, in which the external electrodes are formed.

5. The electrostatic discharge protection component of claim 1 , wherein the ceramic insulating substrate has a built-in inductor and the inductor is connected electrically to the varistor of the varistor unit.

6. The electrostatic discharge protection component of claim 5 , wherein the varistor comprises two varistors and a πshaped filter is constructed by the varistors and the inductor.

7. The electrostatic discharge protection component of claim 5 , wherein the varistor and the inductor are provided in plural to construct a multi-stage low-pass filter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2006
From: INOUE, TATSUYA; KATSUMURA, HIDENORI; KAGATA, HIROSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-072562 · Mar 15, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060227473A1 · Oct 12, 2006