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High speed apparatus for forming capacitors

US5097800A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1990
Grant dateMar 24, 1992
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01G13/00
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A high speed apparatus for forming capacitors includes a vacuum chamber in which is located a carrier defining a continuous surface configured to move at a rate of from about 150 feet per minute to about 600 feet per minute during the forming operation, a metal depositing device, a dielectric depositing device, and a radiation source. The metal depositing device is configured to deposit layers of metal onto the moving surface, and the dielectric depositing device includes (a) a device for atomizing a radiation-curable polyfunctional acrylic monomer to form liquid droplets of the monomer, (b) a heated surface on which the atomized monomer droplets impinge and are flash vaporized, and (c) device for thereafter condensing the flash-vaporized monomer on the metal layers to form a monomer coating on successive layers. The radiation source is positioned for curing successive monomer coatings after each such coating has been deposited, to thereby form a polymer dielectric layer. Apparatus are provided for controlling each of the devices so that metal is deposited, a monomer coating is deposited, and the monomer coating is cured to form the polymer dielectric layer before the continuous su…

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