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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
Kemet Electronics Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Lonnie G. Jones, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Iain D. Kinnon, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Bultitude, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Nathan A. Reed, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jeffrey W. Bell, Simpsonville, SC (US);
George Michael Theis, Simpsonville, SC (US);
KEMET Electronics Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
Provided is an improved overvoltage protection element. The overvoltage protection device comprises at least one ESD protection couple comprising discharge electrodes in a plane, a gap insulator between the discharge electrodes, an overvoltage protection element parallel to the planar discharge electrodes wherein the overvoltage protection element comprises a conductor and an secondary material. The overvoltage protection element also comprises a primary insulator layer between the discharge electrodes and overvoltage protection element.