Tdk Corporation

Akira Shibue

Kenji Horino

Kenryo Namba

Hitoshi Saita

Yoshihiko Yano

Masaru Tanaka

Yasunobu Oikawa

Eiju Komuro

Osamu Shinoura

Tomohiko Kato

Norio Miura

Shinichiro Kakei

Naoto Tsukamoto

Noboru Yamazoe

Shinji Kamiya

Shizuko Ono

Yumiko Ozaki

Kengo Shimanoe

Kenji Obata

Shizuko Kumazawa

A dielectric device comprises a substrate made of a metal and an oxide dielectric layer mounted on a surface of the substrate. The surface of the substrate has metal oxide regions distributed like islands, while the oxide dielectric layer is in close contact with the substrate through the metal oxide regions. Since adhesion is higher in an area where the substrate and the oxide dielectric layer are in close contact with each other through the metal oxide regions distributed like islands on the surface of the substrate, the adhesion between the substrate and oxide dielectric layer in the dielectric device is enhanced. As compared with a case where a rough surface is formed on a metal foil, the metal oxide region and the substrate are inhibited from forming a rough surface, whereby leakage characteristics can be kept from being deteriorated by the rough surface.

Dielectric device and method of manufacturing dielectric device

A thin-film capacitor has a high insulation resistance value with high reliability. The thin-film capacitor includes a dielectric thin film and electrodes opposing each other through the dielectric thin film, the dielectric thin film containing a perovskite-type composite oxide having a composition expressed by (1), Mn, and at least one kind of element M selected from V, Nb, and Ta; wherein the dielectric thin film has an Mn content of 0.05 to 0.45 mol with respect to 100 mol of the composite oxide; and wherein the dielectric thin film has a total element M content of 0.05 to 0.5 mol with respect to 100 mol of the composite oxide:ABO&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)where A is at least one kind of element selected from Ba, Sr, Ca, and Pb, B is at least one kind of element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, and Sn, and 0.97&#x2266;y&#x2266;0.995.

Thin-film capacitor and electronic circuit board

A thin-film device comprises a base electrode made of a metal, a first dielectric layer, a first inner electrode, a second dielectric layer, a second inner electrode, and a third dielectric layer. Letting Tbe the thickness of the lowermost first dielectric layer in contact with the base electrode in the plurality of dielectric layers, and Tmin be the thickness of the thinnest dielectric layer in the plurality of dielectric layers excluding the first dielectric layer, T&#x3e;Tmin. Making the first dielectric layer thicker than the thinnest, dielectric layer in the other dielectric layers can increase the distance between a metal part projecting from a metal surface because of the surface roughness of the base electrode and the inner electrode mounted on the lowermost dielectric layer, thereby reducing leakage currents.

Thin-film device

A method of manufacturing a thin-film electronic device comprising providing a dielectric layer on a base, providing a first electrically conductive layer having a first opening and covering at least part of the dielectric layer; and forming a first through-hole extending through the base and communicating with the first opening. A second electrically conductive layer may be provided on the base, and a dielectric layer may be provided so as to cover at least part of this second conductive layer.

Method of manufacturing thin-film electronic device having a through-hole extending through the base and in communicative connection with an opening in the electrically conductive layer

A carbon oxide sensor having high sensitivity capable of reduction of influence of humidity is provided. A detection electrode and a counter electrode are provided on one side of an electrolyte, respectively. The detection electrode contains a metal oxide and a metal carbonate including plural components. The metal carbonate preferably contains a first component of alkali metal carbonate and a second component of at least one element selected from the group consisting of alkali earth metal carbonate, transition metal carbonate, zinc carbonate, cadmium carbonate, indium carbonate, lead carbonate and bismuth carbonate. Specifically, it is preferable to contain the first component including LiCOand the second component including at least one element selected from the group consisting of BaCO, CaCOand SrCO.

Carbon dioxide sensor

Humidity sensor and method for manufacturing the same

A humidity sensor includes a pair of interdigital electrodes disposed on an insulating substrate and defining a gap therebetween, an undercoat layer of silane compound lying on the gap-defining electrodes and substrate, and a humidity sensitive thin film lying thereon. The humidity sensitive thin film is formed of a crosslinked product of a conductive polymer having ethylenically unsaturated groups, and physically bound to the undercoat layer through an interpenetrating polymer network. The sensor is fully resistant to water so that it ensures stable operation over a long time even in a dew condensing atmosphere. The sensor is free of hysteresis and able to measure humidity over a very wide range.

Humidity sensor and method for making

The present invention provides a solid electrolyte having high stability against humidity at room temperature and a carbon dioxide sensor which not only can have sufficient sensitivity but also has excellent responsiveness at room temperature and which is excellent in humidity resistance due to the use of the above solid electrolyte, the solid electrolyte of the present invention being formed by heat-treating a polymer having a quaternary ammonium group in its main chain and having a halide ion as counter ion, and a metal halide, the carbon dioxide sensor of the present invention comprising a detection electrode and a reference electrode formed respectively in contact with a solid electrolyte, the detection electrode containing a metal carbonate which forms a dissociation equilibrium with carbon dioxide, the solid electrolyte being a product formed by heat-treating a compound having an ammonium ion portion and a metal halide or a product formed by heat-treating a polymer having a quaternary ammonium group in its main chain and having a halide ion as counter ion, and a metal halide.

Sold electrolytes, carbon dioxide sensors and method for correcting the output of sensors

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Akira Shibue