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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2000
Takashi Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoshi Ikeuchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Koichi Morimoto, Sakai, JP;
Junji Kojima, Hirakata, JP;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a chip PTC thermistor utilizes a piece of conductive polymer having a PTC characteristic and metal foils formed by patterning and provided on the upper and the lower sides of the piece under pressure integrally into a sheet, making a hole part in the sheet, applying a protective coating serving as plating resist to upper and lower sides of the sheet, forming an electrode on the sheet by electroplating, and cutting the sheet into a chip. The protective coating is made of a material applicable at a temperature equal to or lower than the melting point of the conductive polymer. The processing temperatures at the step from the step of making a hole part in the sheet to the pre-processing step of the step of forming an electrode by electroplating on the sheet are not above the melting point of the conductive polymer.