# US 4,397,886 A · Method for making a ceramic intergranular barrier-layer capacitor

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- Number: US 4,397,886 A
- Document ID: US4397886A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/357,940
- Filed: 1982-01-15
- Granted: 1983-08-09
- Earliest claimed: 1981-05-06
- Assignees: Sprague Electric Company
- Inventors: Stephen M. Neirman; Ian Burn
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4397886A

## CPC

- H01G 4/1281: {with grain boundary layer}
- H01G 4/0085: {Fried electrodes}
- H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10)

## Abstract

A donor modified strontium titanate formulated to become conductive when sintered in air, is further modified with a minute quantity of manganese and sintered to maturity in a nitrogen atmosphere. A paste including silver particles, and oxides of bismuth and copper is applied to two major portions of the body. The coated body is heated at about 920.degree. C. to oxidize the grain boundaries and to form silver electrodes tightly adhered to the body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for making a ceramic intergranular barrier layer type capacitor comprising:
(a) preparing a ceramic start mixture consisting essentially of strontium, titanium, a strontium-titanate-donor and manganese, said donor being selected from large cations A, small cations B and combinations thereof, said start mixture being adjusted to form during sintering a strontium titanate ceramic compound, ##EQU5## wherein x, y and w are the atomic proportions, respectively, of said donor cations having a charge of +3, +5 and +6, so that both charge balance and large/small cation balance may be established by strontium vacancies, ##EQU6## therein, wherein x+y+w is from 0.003 to 0.021 and wherein z lies between 0.00005 and 0.0025;
(b) forming a body of said mixture;
(c) sintering said body in an inert atmosphere to maturity; and
(d) forming a mixture of oxidizing agents and silver particles, applying a coat of said mixture to selected surface portions of said sintered body, and heating said coated body at a temperature of about 900.degree. C.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said oxidizing agents are essentially manganese free.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said oxidizing agents consist essentially of a major part by weight of Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 and a minor part by weight Cu.sub.2 O.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said preparing includes mixing a powdered industrial grade SrTiO.sub.2 with powders of said donor and manganese dioxide to form said start mixture, and wherein said donor sum, x+y+w, is from 0.007 to 0.021.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said preparing includes mixing a powdered high-purity reagent grade SrTiO.sub.3 with powders of said donor and of manganese dioxide to form said start mixture, and wherein said donor sum, x+y+w, is from 0.003 to 0.017.