An investigation demonstrating the feasibility of microwave sintering of base-metal-electrode multilayer capacitors

Journal of Electroceramics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Fang, Y ^a   Lanagan, M T ^a   Agrawal, D K ^a   Yang, G Y ^a   Randall, C A ^a   Shrout, T R ^a   Henderson, A ^b   Randall, M ^b   Tajuddin, A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Base metal electrodes; Dielectrics; Microwave sintering; Multilayer capacitor; X7R

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRODES; MICROWAVES; SINTERING;

BASE METAL ELECTRODES (BME); MICROWAVE FIELDS; MICROWAVE SINTERING; MULTILAYER CAPACITORS; MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITORS (MLCC); X7R;

CERAMIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 23944490722     PISSN: 13853449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10832-005-0374-8     Document Type: Article

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