Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Atsushi Hirano

Kenji Tanaka

Shigeyuki Kuroda

Tomoya Yokoyama

A ceramic slurry composition, in which the content of an organic binder is reduced, the organic binder can be heated and removed in a short time, and the degree of shrinkage during baking is reduced, is provided. The ceramic slurry composition is composed of a ceramic powder and an organic vehicle containing an aqueous solvent and a polyurethane resin having an average particle diameter of about 300 nm or less. The organic vehicle is in an emulsion state in which fine particles of the polyurethane resin are dispersed in the aqueous solvent.

Ceramic slurry composition, ceramic molding, and ceramic electronic component

A positive characteristic thermistor device includes a device main body made of a semiconductor ceramic material which reliably and cleanly delaminates upon the application of excessive voltage thereto. The main body has outer layers having lower porosity formed on both sides of an inner layer having higher porosity. The inner layer having higher porosity can be obtained by burning a ceramic material for positive characteristic thermistors including resin beads mixed therein. After forming the main body, an electrode is formed on the outer surface of each of the outer layers. When an overvoltage is applied to this positive characteristic thermistor device, delamination occurs in the inner layer having higher porosity to create an open-circuit in a circuit in which the thermistor device is connected.

Positive characteristic thermistor device

There is provided a positive characteristics thermistor device having excellent thermal breakdown characteristics. According to the present invention, a positive characteristics thermistor device has a positive characteristics thermistor element 1 and electrodes 2 and 3 formed on principal surfaces of the positive characteristics thermistor element 1. The positive characteristics thermistor element 1 includes an inner region 4 and outer regions 5 and 6 and a porosity occupying rate of the outer regions 5 and 6 is set higher than that of the inner region 4.

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Ohmihachiman, Japan

Atsushi Hirano