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US 6,788,182 B2Granted
Metalized polyester film with heat-seal layer on opposite side for flyback transformer application
AssigneeDuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
InventorsPatrick H. Young, Junaid A. Siddiqui
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Abstract
An electrical component employing a metalized composite film with a heat-seal layer is disclosed. The use of the heat-seal layer in the disclosed configuration allows a wound film capacitor integral with a primary coil to be made without there being a need to impregnate the wound film unit with an epoxy or other resin, thus saving substantial manufacturing time.
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An electrical component comprising:
- a first elongated dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof a metal layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
- a second elongated dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof a metal layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
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- at least one terminal connected to each of said metal layers;
- wherein said first and said second elongated dielectric layers are superposed with the heat-seal layer of the second dielectric layer in contact with the metal layer of the first dielectric layer and are wound together to form a substantially cylindrical structure, and wherein each of said dielectric layers and said heat-seal layers superposed thereon has a combined thickness of between about 0.5 μm and about 500 μm and wherein said heat-seal layer constitutes between about 0.5% and about 40% of said combined thickness.
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An electrical component comprising:
- a first elongated dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof an aluminum layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
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- a second elongated dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof an aluminum layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
- wherein said first and said second elongated dielectric layers are superposed with the heat-seal layer of the second dielectric layer in contact with the aluminum layer of the first dielectric layer and are wound together to form a substantially cylindrical structure, and wherein each of said dielectric layers and said heat-seal layer superposed thereon has a combined thickness of between about 2.5 μm and about 60 μm and wherein said heat-seal layer constitutes between about 0.5% and about 40% of said combined thickness;
- wherein both of said first and second dielectric layers comprise biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate and particulate material obtained by calcining precursor silicone resin particles;
- wherein both of said heat-seal layers comprise an amorphous copolyester of about 80 mol % ethylene terephthalate and about 40 to about 20 mol % ethylene isophthalate, comprising, on a surface thereof, submicron silica particles;
- wherein each of said aluminum layers has two ends and a center, the electrical component further comprising:
- a terminal connected in substantially the center of the aluminum layer superposed over one of said first and second dielectric layers;
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- a terminal connected at each of said two ends of the aluminum layer superposed over the other of said first and second dielectric layers.
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A method for making an electrical component, the method comprising:
- (a) forming a first metalized element comprising a dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof a metal layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
- (b) forming a second metalized element comprising a dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof a metal layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
- (c) positioning said first metalized element over said second metalized element so that said metal layer of said first metalized element is in contact with said heat-seal layer of said second metalized element, and winding both metalized elements to form a generally cylindrical shape;
- (d) applying sufficient heat to said metalized elements to adhere said first and said second metalized elements together;
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- (e) providing at least one electrical connection to each of said metal layers.
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A method for making an electrical component for a flyback transformer comprising a wound film capacitor integral with a primary coil, the method for making said component comprising:
- (a) forming a first metalized element comprising a dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof an aluminum layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
- (b) forming a second metalized element comprising a dielectric layer having superposed over a first surface thereof an aluminum layer substantially co-extensive with said first surface and over a second surface thereof opposite said first surface a heat-seal layer coextensive with said second surface;
- (c) positioning said first metalized element over said second metalized element so that said aluminum layer of said first metalized element is in contact with said heat-seal layer of said second metalized element, and winding both metalized elements to form a generally cylindrical shape;
- (d) applying sufficient heat to said metalized elements to adhere said first and said second metalized elements together;
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- (e) providing at least one electrical connection to each of said aluminum layers;
- wherein each of said dielectric layers and said heat-seal layer superposed thereon has a combined thickness of between about 2.5 μm and about 60 μm and wherein said heat-seal layer constitutes between about 0.5% and about 40% of said combined thickness;
- wherein both of said layers comprise biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate and particulate material obtained by calcining precursor silicone resin particles;
- wherein both of said heat-seal layers comprise an amorphous copolyester of about 80 mol % ethylene terephthalate and about 40 to about 20 mol % ethylene isophthalate, comprising, on a surface thereof, submicron silica particles;
- wherein each of said aluminum layers has two ends and a center;
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- wherein said providing at least one electrical connection to each of said aluminum layers comprises:
- (i) providing an electrical connection in substantially the center of the aluminum layer of one of said first and second metalized elements;
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- (ii) providing an electrical connection at each of said two ends of the aluminum layer of the other of said first and second metalized elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.