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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Robert J. Sanville, Jr., Laconia, NH (US);
Polyclad Laminates, Inc., West Franklin, NH (US);
Abstract
A novel capacitor foil and printed circuit board intermediate made using that foil are disclosed. The capacitor foil is a three-layer construction having a conductive layer, a partially-cured high dielectric constant layer, and a partially-cured bonding layer. The high dielectric constant and bonding layers are formed with epoxy or other polymer, however, the high dielectric constant layer is loaded with capacitive ceramic particles or pre-fired ceramic forming particles. The bonding layer may or may not be filled with ceramic particles or prefired ceramic-forming particles. The resulting capacitor foil may be applied to a laminate having copper patterns thereon to define a PCB intermediate containing at least one buried capacitor device. Multiple layers of capacitance material also can be used to increase the overall capacitance of the board.