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Method of curtain coating to make thin dielectric ceramic layers

US4716058A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1986
Grant dateDec 29, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S118/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The dielectric layer or layers in a ceramic capacitor having at least one buried electrode is deposited by a curtain coating process that includes obtaining a measure of the ceramic-paint-curtain thickness. A source of electromagnetic radiation, e.g. in the infrared range, is directed equally near the left and right edges of the curtain, and detectors at the opposite curtain surface side pick up the difference in the radiation transmissivity which is a measure of curtain thickness assymetry left to right. By adjusting the paint reservoir from which the curtain issues to make the difference zero and the curtain symmetrical, uniformity in paint coating thickness is achieved.

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