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Composite diode, electronic device, and methods of making the same
US9972798B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9972798-B2 |
| Application number | US-201113883313-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Dec 5, 2011 |
| Priority date | Dec 6, 2010 |
| Publication date | May 15, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2018 |
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A composite diode ( 100 ) includes a first conductive sheet, ( 110 ) a second conductive sheet, ( 120 ) and a nonlinear polymer composite material ( 130 ) sandwiched therebetween. The nonlinear polymer composite material comprises nonlinear inorganic particles ( 150 ) retained in a polymeric binder material ( 140 ). Methods of making the composite diode, and electronic devices including them, are also disclosed.
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What is claimed is: 1. A composite diode comprising: a first conductive sheet, a second conductive sheet, a layer of nonlinear polymer composite material sandwiched between the first conductive sheet and the second conductive sheet, wherein the layer of nonlinear polymer composite material is substantially coextensive with respect to length and width of the first and second conductive sheets, and wherein the nonlinear polymer composite material comprises nonlinear inorganic particles retained in a polymeric binder material, wherein the nonlinear inorganic particles comprise calcined calcium copper titanate particles, wherein the calcined copper titanate particles are formed by calcining at at least about 1100° C. for at least about 10 hours, and wherein the nonlinear inorganic particles have reversible nonlinearity, of about 4 orders of magnitude in current, from about 30 volts to about 100 volts across about 50 microns of thickness of the nonlinear polymer composite material. 2. The composite diode of claim 1 , wherein the nonlinear polymer composite material comprises an at least partially cured epoxy resin. 3. The composite diode of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive sheet and the second conductive sheet comprise metal foils. 4. An electronic device comprising the composite diode of claim 1 . 5. An electronic device comprising a composite diode and a printed circuit board, wherein the composite diode is embedded in the printed circuit board, wherein the composite diode comprises a first conductive sheet, a second conductive sheet, a layer of nonlinear polymer composite material sandwiched between the first conductive sheet and the second conductive sheet, wherein the nonlinear polymer composite material comprises nonlinear inorganic particles retained in a polymeric binder material, and wherein the nonlinear inorganic particles comprise calcined calcium copper titanate particles, wherein the calcined copper titanate particles are formed by calcining at at least about 1100° C. for at least about 10 hours, and wherein the nonlinear inorganic particles have reversible nonlinearity, of about 4 orders of magnitude in current, from about 30 volts to about 100 volts across about 50 microns of thickness of the nonlinear polymer composite material. 6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the nonlinear polymer composite material comprises an at least partially cured epoxy resin. 7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first conductive sheet and the second conductive sheet comprise metal foils. 8. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the electronic device is a cellular phone. 9. The composite diode of claim 1 , wherein the nonlinear inorganic particles comprises between 25 and 65 volume percent of the nonlinear composite material.
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- H01L51/0587Primary
Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
incorporating printed electric components, e.g. printed resistors, capacitors or inductors · CPC title
- H05K1/185Primary
associated with components encapsulated in the insulating substrate of the PCBs; associated with components incorporated in internal layers of multilayer circuit boards · CPC title
Diode · CPC title
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- What does patent US9972798B2 cover?
- A composite diode ( 100 ) includes a first conductive sheet, ( 110 ) a second conductive sheet, ( 120 ) and a nonlinear polymer composite material ( 130 ) sandwiched therebetween. The nonlinear polymer composite material comprises nonlinear inorganic particles ( 150 ) retained in a polymeric binder material ( 140 ). Methods of making the composite diode, and electronic devices including them, a…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Ghosh Dipankar, Jiang Ge, Yang Rui, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H01L51/0587. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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- Publication date Tue May 15 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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