Manganese Oxide Capacitor for Use in Extreme Environments
AssigneeAVX Corporation
InventorsMartin Biler, Jan Petrzilek, Ivana Zednickova
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Abstract
A capacitor assembly for use in high voltage and high temperature environments is provided. More particularly, the capacitor assembly includes a capacitor element containing an anodically oxidized porous, sintered body that is coated with a manganese oxide solid electrolyte. To help facilitate the use of the capacitor assembly in high voltage (e.g., above about 35 volts) and high temperature (e.g., above about 175° C.) applications, the capacitor element is enclosed and hermetically sealed within a housing in the presence of a gaseous atmosphere that contains an inert gas.
Claims18
A capacitor assembly comprising:
- a capacitor element comprising an anode formed from an anodically oxidized, sintered porous body and a solid electrolyte coating the anode, wherein the solid electrolyte comprises a manganese oxide;
- a housing that defines an interior cavity within which the capacitor element is positioned, wherein the interior cavity has a gaseous atmosphere that contains an inert gas;
- an anode termination that is in electrical connection with the anode body;
- and
- a cathode termination that is in electrical connection with the solid electrolyte.
A method of forming a capacitor assembly, the method comprising:
- positioning a capacitor element within an interior cavity of a housing, wherein the capacitor element comprises an anodically oxidized, sintered anode body coated with a solid electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte includes a manganese oxide;
- electrically connecting the anode body of the capacitor element to an anode termination and the solid electrolyte of the capacitor element to a cathode termination;
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- hermetically sealing the capacitor element within the housing in the presence of a gaseous atmosphere that contains an inert gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.