Shapeable short circuit resistant capacitor
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.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Assignee:
- Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, MI)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,153,380
- Application Number:
- 13/752,441
- OSTI ID:
- 1222626
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Jan 29
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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