The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2008
Jun Urakawa, Oumihachiman, JP;
Jun Urakawa, Oumihachiman, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An ESD protection device includes a ceramic multilayer board, a cavity disposed in the ceramic multilayer board, at least one pair of discharge electrodes having ends, edges of the ends being opposed to each other at a predetermined distance in the cavity, and external electrodes disposed on outer surfaces the ceramic multilayer board and connected to the discharge electrodes. The ceramic multilayer board includes a composite portion, which is disposed in the vicinity of the surface on which the discharge electrodes are disposed and is at least disposed adjacent to the opposed ends of the discharge electrodes and to a space between the opposed ends. The composite portion includes a metal material and a ceramic material.