# US 6,721,171 B2 · Shielded strip line device and method of manufacture thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 6,721,171 B2 - Document ID: US6721171B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/247,976 - Filed: 2002-09-20 - Published: 2003-03-20 - Granted: 2004-04-13 - Earliest claimed: 2001-09-20 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Koichiro Masuda; Hirokazu Tohya; Masaharu Satoh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6721171B2 ## CPC - H01G 9/012: specially adapted for solid capacitors - H01G 9/042: characterised by the material (H01G11/22 takes precedence) - H01G 9/10: Sealing, e.g. of lead-in wires - H01G 9/15: Solid electrolytic capacitors (H01G11/00 takes precedence) - H01P 3/088: {Stacked transmission lines} - H01P 11/003: {Manufacturing lines with conductors on a substrate, e.g. strip lines, slot lines} - H03H 1/0007: {of radio frequency interference filters} - H03H 2001/0014: {Capacitor filters, i.e. capacitors whose parasitic inductance is of relevance to consider it as filter} - 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) - H01P: WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B) - H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P) ## Abstract A dielectric oxide film is formed on the surface of a valve metal plate formed of aluminum and a conductive polymer layer is provided so as to cover the valve metal plate and the dielectric oxide film. The conductive polymer layer is formed of polyaniline having para-toluenesulfonic acid as a dopant. A conductive carbon paste layer and a silver paste layer are provided at the outer side of the conductive polymer layer and a metal plate, comprising a copper foil, is overlapped onto the silver paste layer. Anode lead terminals are connected to the ends of the valve metal plate and the respective end parts of the metal plate are arranged as cathode lead terminals. A shield strip line device, which is low in impedance, especially in high-frequency ranges of 100 MHz or more, and is favorably adapted to high speed and high frequencies, mainly for use as a bypass device for a noise filter or as a decoupling device, is thus obtained. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shielded strip line device comprising: a metal member formed of a valve metal through which high-frequency current flows and with which the cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the direction in which the high-frequency current flows is practically constant in said current direction; a dielectric oxide film, formed on the surface of this metal member; and a conductive layer, provided so as to sandwich the dielectric oxide layer and surround said metal member, wherein said conductive layer comprises: said conductive polymer layer, disposed at the side of said dielectric oxide film, and a conductive paste layer, formed on said conductive polymer layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shielded strip line device as set forth in claim 1, wherein a metal plate is affixed to said conductive paste layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The shielded strip line device as set forth in claim 2, having a pair of second electrode lead terminals disposed on said metal plate in correspondence to said pair of first electrode lead terminals. ### Claim 4 A shielded strip line device comprising: a metal member formed of a valve metal through which high-frequency current flows and with which the cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the direction in which the high-frequency current flows is practically constant in said current direction; a dielectric oxide film, formed on the surface of this metal member; and a conductive layer, provided so as to sandwich the dielectric oxide layer and surround said metal member, having a pair of first electrode lead terminals provided at different positions of said valve metal member, and wherein said valve metal member is formed as a flat plate or foil having a shape with which a pair of mutually opposing end parts are bent or curved in the same direction within the plane of said flat plate or foil and said pair of first electrode lead terminals are provided in correspondence to said pair of end parts. ### Claim 5 The shielded strip line device comprising: a metal member formed of a valve metal through which high-frequency current flows and with which the cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the direction in which the high-frequency current flows is practically constant in said current direction; a dielectric oxide film, formed on the surface of this metal member; and a conductive layer, provided so as to sandwich the dielectric oxide layer and surround said metal member, having a pair of first electrode lead terminals provided at different positions of said valve metal member, and wherein said valve metal member is formed as a flat plate or foil having a shape with which a pair of mutually opposing end parts are raised in the same direction from the main plane of said flat plate or foil and said pair of first electrode lead terminals are provided in correspondence to said pair of end parts. ### Claim 6 A shielded strip line device manufacturing method comprising the steps of: using a metal member formed of a valve metal with a shape with which both ends are bent or curved in the same direction, and providing an insulating substance near each of said ends of said valve metal member; forming a dielectric oxide film on the surface of regions of said valve metal member located between said insulating substances by a chemical conversion treatment by immersion of said regions of said valve metal member in an oxidizing agent for chemical conversion; forming a layer of a conductive substance on said dielectric oxide film by immersing regions of said valve metal member located between said insulating substance layers in a polymerization bath; and attaching a metal plate to said conductive layer.