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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Tapesh Yadav, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark L Yang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nanomaterials Research Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
Nanosize powders with particle size smaller than the critical length for specific material properties are used to form the ceramic layers of passive electronic components. Ceramic substrates are coated with electrodes, which are then coated with a ceramic layer from a suspension, preferably a low viscosity suspension, of nanoscale powders. The ceramic layer is dried at low temperatures (preferably below 200 .degree. C.) and it is sintered to high density (preferably above 90%) at moderate temperatures (preferably low and less than 1,000 .degree. C.). Once sintered, an electrode layer is coated on top of the ceramic layer to yield an electrode/ceramic/electrode structure.