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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Guenter Engel, Leibnitz, AT;
Christian Hoffmann, Artemisu Kozu, JP;
Andrea Testino, Genoa, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
EPCOS AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 4/06 (2006.01); H01G 4/228 (2006.01); H01G 4/30 (2006.01); H02M 3/06 (2006.01); H01G 4/38 (2006.01); H01C 7/04 (2006.01); H01G 4/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 4/38 (2013.01); H01C 7/04 (2013.01); H01G 4/1218 (2013.01); H01G 4/1236 (2013.01); H01G 4/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ceramic multilayer capacitor includes a first capacitor unit, which comprises a first material, and a second capacitor units, which comprises a second material. The first and the second capacitor unit are electrically connected in parallel. At low applied voltages, the first material has a high dielectric value and, at high applied voltages the second material has a high dielectric value.