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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1990
Yasuhiko Hakotani, Nishinomiya, JP;
Seiichi Nakatani, Hirakata, JP;
Satoru Yuuhaku, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Nishimura, Uji, JP;
Toru Ishida, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A low temperature sintering dielectric ceramic composition, which exhibits high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, high electrical resistivity, high mechanical strength and narrow grain size distribution, is disclosed. The ceramic composition is a binary system comprising lead magnesium niobate (Pb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3) and copper oxide, or a ternary system comprising lead magnesium niobate (Pb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3), lead titanate (PbTiO.sub.3) and copper oxide. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising internal copper electrodes and ceramic dielectric layers consisting of the dielectric ceramic composition is also disclosed. A method of readily manufacturing the multilayer ceramic capacitor with copper internal electrodes is also disclosed. This fabrication method comprises a stop of forming a multilayer laminate by the green tape multilayer laminating method using dielectric ceramic tapes and a conductor paste containing CuO as its main component; a step of heat-treatment for decomposing and removing organic binder in air (binder removing process); a step of reducing CuO in the internal electrode layers to copper by heat-treatment in a mixed gas atmosphere of nitrogen and hydrogen (reduction process); and a step of sintering the multilayer laminate in a nitrogen atmosphere (sintering process).