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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuri L. Pozdeev-Freeman, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Assignee:
Vishay Sprague, Inc., Sanford, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/06 ; C22C 2/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/06 ; C22C 2/702 ;
Abstract
A pellet for use in electrolytic capacitors is comprised of a powder selected from one of Tantalum and Niobium. The pellet is porous, free from oxygen, annealed by heat, and diffused with nitrogen with all these attributes being achieved in an oxygen free environment. The method of producing the pellet involves the steps of taking a powder selected from one of Tantalum and Niobium pressing the powder into a self-contained pellet; removing any oxygen in the pellet; annealing the pellet; and subjecting the pellet to nitrogen gas so that the nitrogen diffuses into the pellet to reduce DLC, with all these steps taking place in an oxygen free environment.