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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Avx Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Craig W. Nies, Greenville, SC (US);
Andrew P. Ritter, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Richard C. VanAlstine, Piedmont, SC (US);
AVX Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Abstract
A tunable multilayer capacitor is provided. The capacitor comprises a first active electrode in electrical contact with a first active termination and a second active electrode in electrical contact with a second active termination. The capacitor comprises a first DC bias electrode in electrical contact with a first DC bias termination and a second DC bias electrode in electrical contact with a second DC bias termination. A plurality of dielectric layers disposed between the first and second active electrodes and between the first and second bias electrodes. At least a portion of the dielectric layers contain a tunable dielectric material that exhibits a variable dielectric constant upon the application of an applied DC voltage across the first and second DC bias electrodes. A thickness of at least one of the plurality of dielectric layers is greater than about 15 micrometers.