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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth C Radford, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Robert G Johnson, Bloomington, IN (US);
Andrew S Sweetana, Jr, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 21 ;
Abstract
A method for producing varistors having high energy absorption. The high energy absorption is achieved by combining predetermined quantities of Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3, BaO, SiO.sub.2 and Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 with ZnO to produce a mixture which is sintered to produce a varistor disc having high energy absorption.