Shapeable short circuit resistant capacitor
Abstract
A ceramic short circuit resistant capacitor that is bendable and/or shapeable to provide a multiple layer capacitor that is extremely compact and amenable to desirable geometries. The capacitor that exhibits a benign failure mode in which a multitude of discrete failure events result in a gradual loss of capacitance. Each event is a localized event in which localized heating causes an adjacent portion of one or both of the electrodes to vaporize, physically cleaning away electrode material from the failure site. A first metal electrode, a second metal electrode, and a ceramic dielectric layer between the electrodes are thin enough to be formed in a serpentine-arrangement with gaps between the first electrode and the second electrode that allow venting of vaporized electrode material in the event of a benign failure.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1222626
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,153,380
- Application Number:
- 13/752,441
- Assignee:
- Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, MI)
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Jan 29
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
Citation Formats
Taylor, Ralph S., Myers, John D., and Baney, William J. Shapeable short circuit resistant capacitor. United States: N. p., 2015.
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Taylor, Ralph S., Myers, John D., & Baney, William J. Shapeable short circuit resistant capacitor. United States.
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"Shapeable short circuit resistant capacitor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1222626.
@article{osti_1222626,
title = {Shapeable short circuit resistant capacitor},
author = {Taylor, Ralph S. and Myers, John D. and Baney, William J.},
abstractNote = {A ceramic short circuit resistant capacitor that is bendable and/or shapeable to provide a multiple layer capacitor that is extremely compact and amenable to desirable geometries. The capacitor that exhibits a benign failure mode in which a multitude of discrete failure events result in a gradual loss of capacitance. Each event is a localized event in which localized heating causes an adjacent portion of one or both of the electrodes to vaporize, physically cleaning away electrode material from the failure site. A first metal electrode, a second metal electrode, and a ceramic dielectric layer between the electrodes are thin enough to be formed in a serpentine-arrangement with gaps between the first electrode and the second electrode that allow venting of vaporized electrode material in the event of a benign failure.},
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