Glass dielectric capacitors and manufacturing processes for glass dielectric capacitors
AssigneeGeneral Atomics
InventorsJames Ross MacDonald, Esteban Balarezo Bagdy, Mark Aoraha Cacause, Mark Allen Schneider
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Abstract
A method for making a glass dielectric capacitor may include providing a plurality of foil sheets, cutting each of the plurality of foil sheets with a laser beam by melting each of the plurality of foil sheets, forming a respective smooth foil edge on each of said plurality of foil sheets during the cutting, providing a plurality of glass sheets, and stacking the plurality of foil sheets in alternating layers with the plurality of glass sheets.
Claims66
A method for making glass dielectric capacitors, comprising:
- providing a plurality of foil sheets of 4 micrometers to 25 micrometers thickness;
- cutting each of the plurality of foil sheets with a laser beam by melting each of the plurality of foil sheets;
- forming a respective smooth foil edge on each of said plurality of foil sheets during the cutting;
- providing a plurality of glass sheets;
- and
- stacking the plurality of foil sheets in alternating layers with the plurality of glass sheets.
A system for making glass dielectric capacitors, wherein the system includes mechanical components configured to:
- provide a plurality of foil sheets of 4 micrometers to 25 micrometers thickness;
- cut each of the plurality of foil sheets with a laser beam by melting each of the plurality of foil sheets;
- form a respective smooth foil edge on each of said plurality of foil sheets during the cutting;
- provide a plurality of glass sheets;
- and
- stack the plurality of foil sheets in alternating layers with the plurality of glass sheets.
An apparatus for making glass dielectric capacitors, comprising:
- means for providing a plurality of foil sheets of 4 micrometers to 25 micrometers thickness;
- means for cutting each of the plurality of foil sheets with a laser beam by melting each of the plurality of foil sheets;
- means for forming a respective smooth foil edge on each of said plurality of foil sheets during the cutting;
- means for providing a plurality of glass sheets;
- and
- means for stacking the plurality of foil sheets in alternating layers with the plurality of glass sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.