Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A method of manufacturing a multilayered ceramic substrate with an integrally incorporated capacitor by co-firing the substrate and the capacitor at a substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C., the method comprising the sequential steps of: forming a substrate laminate having a capacitor interposed between green insulator layers each comprised of a ceramic insulator material, the capacitor comprising a green dielectric layer comprised of a ceramic dielectric material and electrode conductors sandwiching the dielectric layer; laminating release green sheets unsintered at the substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. to both sides of the substrate laminate respectively; firing the substrate laminate with the release green sheets at the substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. while applying thereto a pressure normal to an exposed surface of one of the release green sheets, the pressure ranging between 2 and 20 kgf/cm 2 ; and removing the release green sheets from both sides of the fired assemblage, thereby fabricating the multilayered ceramic substrate with the integrally incorporated capacitor.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
172 words
A method of manufacturing a multilayered ceramic substrate with an integrally incorporated capacitor by co-firing the substrate and the capacitor at a substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C., the method comprising the sequential steps of: forming a substrate laminate having a capacitor interposed between green insulator layers each comprised of a ceramic insulator material, the capacitor comprising a green dielectric layer comprised of a ceramic dielectric material and electrode conductors sandwiching the dielectric layer; laminating release green sheets unsintered at the substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. to both sides of the substrate laminate respectively; firing the substrate laminate with the release green sheets at the substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. while applying thereto a pressure normal to an exposed surface of one of the release green sheets, the pressure ranging between 2 and 20 kgf/cm 2 ; and removing the release green sheets from both sides of the fired assemblage, thereby fabricating the multilayered ceramic substrate with the integrally incorporated capacitor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each green insulator layer comprises an insulator green sheet formed from a ceramic insulator material, and the green dielectric layer is formed by printing a low temperature co-firable ceramic dielectric material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the green dielectric layer is formed by laminating a spacer insulator green sheet having an opening defining a formation area of the dielectric layer to an inside insulator green sheet and filling the opening with the ceramic dielectric material in a process of laminating the insulator green sheets.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each electrode conductor comprises Au or an Au alloy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each electrode conductor comprises Ag/Pd having an Ag/Pd weight ratio ranging between 90/10 to 60/40.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric layer comprises a compound of Pb-perovskite.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the ceramic insulator material comprises a mixture of a glass powder of a system of CaO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 -B 2 O 3 or a system of MgO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 -B 2 O 3 and an Al 2 O 3 powder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the substrate laminate has inside or surface layers formed with wiring and interlayer via conductors each comprising Au, Ag, Ag/Pd, Ag/Pt, or Cu.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the substrate laminate has an inside or surface layer formed with a resistor comprising RuO 2 or an Ru pyrochlore.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each release green sheet comprises an alumina green sheet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
140 words
A multilayered ceramic substrate with an integrally incorporated capacitor formed by a method comprising the steps of: forming a substrate laminate having a capacitor interposed between green insulator layers each comprised of a ceramic insulator material, the capacitor comprising a green dielectric layer comprised of a ceramic dielectric material and electrode conductors sandwiching the dielectric layer; laminating release green sheets unsintered at a substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. to both sides of the substrate laminate respectively; firing the substrate laminate with the release green sheets at the substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. while applying thereto a pressure normal to an exposed surface of one of the release green sheets, the pressure ranging between 2 and 20 kgf/cm 2 ; and removing the release green sheets from both sides of the fired assemblage.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
140 words
A multilayered ceramic substrate with an integrally incorporated capacitor formed by a method comprising the steps of: forming a substrate laminate having a capacitor interposed between green insulator layers each comprised of a ceramic insulator material, the capacitor comprising a green dielectric layer comprised of a ceramic dielectric material and electrode conductors sandwiching the dielectric layer; laminating release green sheets unsintered at a substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. to both sides of the substrate laminate respectively; firing the substrate laminate with the release green sheets at the substrate firing temperature ranging between 800° to 1,000° C. while applying thereto a pressure normal to an exposed surface of one of the release green sheets, the pressure ranging between 2 and 20 kgf/cm 2 ; and removing the release green sheets from both sides of the fired assemblage.