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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Satoshi Yamazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Toru Hayase, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Morimoto, Kasugai, JP;
Shinji Kawasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
The voltage nonlinear resistive element includes a resistor containing a joined body in which a zinc oxide ceramic layer composed mainly of zinc oxide and having a volume resistivity of less than 1.0×10Ωcm is joined to a rare-earth metal oxide layer composed mainly of a rare-earth metal oxide, and a pair of electrodes disposed on the resistor such that an electrically conductive path passes through a junction between the zinc oxide ceramic layer and the rare-earth metal oxide layer. In this element, the zinc oxide ceramic layer of the joined body has a lower volume resistivity than before. This can result in a lower clamping voltage in a high electric current region than before.