Method of making an electric field device
AssigneeNgk Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
InventorsSenichi Masuda, Isamu Fukuura
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Abstract
An electric field device is obtained by the steps of employing a highly pure and mechanically electrically chemically and thermally extremely durable ceramic material, such as a high purity alumina porcelain, as a dielectric material, disposing electrodes on the shaped material before sintering by a thick film printing technique, such as screen printing, with a dispersion ink of finely divided metal, e.g. tungsten, and sintering the shaped material integrally with the electrodes. The product is extremely dense, mechanically electrically chemically and thermally durable and highly reliable.
Claims6
A method of making a high voltage electric field device used for the formation of a corona discharge comprising:
- providing a first raw sheet of a fine high purity alumina ceramic dielectric material, the first sheet including opposite upper and lower surfaces;
- printing a linear electrode on the upper surface of the first sheet of fine high purity alumina ceramic dielectric material with a dispersion ink of a finely divided tungsten metal;
- printing a planar electrode on the lower surface of the first sheet with said dispersion ink of a finely divided metal, neither the linear electrode nor the planar electrode including an electrical connection through the upper sheet;
- providing a second raw sheet of the fine high purity alumina dielectric material with a hole extending therethrough;
- filling the hole with said dispersion ink to form a conductor;
- laying the first sheet upon the second sheet so that the planar electrode on the lower surface of the first sheet directly contacts the second sheet;
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- sintering the layered sheets subsequent to said filling step.
A method of making a high voltage electric field device used for the formation of a corona discharge comprising:
- providing an upper raw sheet of a fine high purity alumina ceramic dielectric material, the sheet including an upper side and an opposite lower side, the lower side having a central area and a peripheral area surrounding the central area;
- forming a linear electrode on the upper surface of the upper sheet by applying a dispersion ink of finely divided tungsten;
- forming a planar electrode on only the central area of the lower surface of the upper sheet by applying a dispersion of ink of finely divided tungsten, neither of the electrodes including electrical connections extending through the upper sheet;
- providing a lower raw sheet of the fine high purity alumina ceramic dielectric material;
- forming a plurality of unrestricted holes extending through both of said sheets;
- laying the lower sheet over the lower surface of the upper sheet with the lower sheet overlying the central and peripheral areas;
- press-bonding the upper and lower sheets together;
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- sintering the press-bonded upper and lower sheets.
A method of making a high voltage electric field device used for the formation of a corona discharge comprising:
- providing an upper raw sheet of a fine high purity alumina ceramic dielectric material, the sheet including an upper side and an opposite lower side, the lower side having a central area and a peripheral area surrounding the central area;
- forming a linear electrode on the upper surface of the upper sheet by applying a dispersion ink of finely divided tungsten;
- forming a planar electrode on only the central area of the lower surface of the upper sheet by applying a dispersion of ink of finely divided tungsten, neither of the electrodes including electrical connections extending through the upper sheet;
- providing a lower raw sheet of the fine high purity alumina ceramic dielectric material;
- laying the lower sheet over the lower surface of the upper sheet with the lower sheet overlying the central and peripheral areas;
- press-bonding the upper and lower sheets together;
- shaping both of said sheets to form a hollow cylinder;
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- sintering the press-bonded upper and lower sheets.
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