An apparatus and associated method for an energy-storage device (e.g., a capacitor) having a plurality of electrically conducting electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a non-electrically conducting region, and wherein the non-electrically conducting region further includes a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate; fabricating a first electrode on the substrate; and fabricating a second electrode such that the second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a non-electrically conducting region, wherein the non-electrically conducting region has a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. The capacitor devices will find benefit for use in electric vehicles, of all kinds, uninterruptible power supplies, wind turbines, mobile phones, and the like requiring wide temperature ranges from several hundreds of degrees C. down to absolute zero, consumer electronics operating in a temperature range of 55 degrees C. to 125 degrees C.

An apparatus and associated method for an energy-storage device (e.g., a capacitor) having a plurality of electrically conducting electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a non-electrically conducting region, and wherein the non-electrically conducting region further includes a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate; fabricating a first electrode on the substrate; and fabricating a second electrode such that the second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a non-electrically conducting region, wherein the non-electrically conducting region has a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. The capacitor devices will find benefit for use in electric vehicles, of all kinds, uninterruptible power supplies, wind turbines, mobile phones, and the like requiring wide temperature ranges from several hundreds of degrees C. down to absolute zero, consumer electronics operating in a temperature range of 55 degrees C. to 125 degrees C.

In an embodiment, a dielectric structure comprising solid dielectric regions incorporating a plurality of regions of vacuum or gas. In certain embodiments, the dielectric constant of the regions of solid dielectrics have a dielectric constant greater than 4. In certain embodiments, each of the plurality of regions of vacuum or gas or the regions of solid dielectrics is anisotropic with an aspect ratio of at least four. In certain embodiments, the smallest average dimension of a plurality of regions of vacuum or gas and/or solid dielectrics have a length of less than 1 micron. In certain embodiments, the dielectric structure has a higher electrical energy density in the regions of vacuum or gas than in the solid matrix. In certain embodiments, one or more electrodes of the capacitive structure are coated with a solid insulating layer without an interface between a region of vacuum or gas and electrode.

An apparatus and associated method for an energy-storage device (e.g., a capacitor) having a plurality of electrically conducting electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a non-electrically conducting region, and wherein the non-electrically conducting region further includes a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate; fabricating a first electrode on the substrate; and fabricating a second electrode such that the second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a non-electrically conducting region, wherein the non-electrically conducting region has a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. The capacitor devices will find benefit for use in electric vehicles, of all kinds, uninterruptible power supplies, wind turbines, mobile phones, and the like requiring wide temperature ranges from several hundreds of degrees C. down to absolute zero, consumer electronics operating in a temperature range of 55 degrees C. to 125 degrees C.

An apparatus and associated method for an energy-storage device (e.g., a capacitor) having a plurality of electrically conducting electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a non-electrically conducting region, and wherein the non-electrically conducting region further includes a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate; fabricating a first electrode on the substrate; and fabricating a second electrode such that the second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a non-electrically conducting region, wherein the non-electrically conducting region has a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. The capacitor devices will find benefit for use in electric vehicles, of all kinds, uninterruptible power supplies, wind turbines, mobile phones, and the like requiring wide temperature ranges from several hundreds of degrees C. down to absolute zero, consumer electronics operating in a temperature range of 55 degrees C. to 125 degrees C.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a vacuum capacitor (1) provided with an insulating pipe (2), terminal electrodes (3, 4) that are disposed at open ends of the insulating pipe (2), and spiral electrodes (5, 6) that are connected to the terminal electrodes (3, 4). An electrode plate (7) and a spacer (8) are wound on a core member (9) to prepare a spiral electrode (5), and an electrode plate (10) and a spacer (8) are wound on a core member (11) to prepare a spiral electrode (6). A linear brazing material (12) is disposed in a groove (3c) formed in a surface of the terminal electrode (3) on an inner side of the insulating pipe (2). A platy brazing material (13) is sandwiched between the terminal electrode (3) and the spiral electrode (5) to fix the spiral electrode (5) to the terminal electrode (3). The insulating pipe (2) and the spiral electrode (6) are placed on the terminal electrode (4), and the terminal electrode (3) is disposed on the insulating pipe (2), thereby temporarily assembling the vacuum capacitor (1). The vacuum capacitor (1) is put into a vacuum heating furnace, and the terminal electrode (3) and the spiral electrode (5), the terminal electrode (4) and the spiral electrode (6), and the insulating pipe (2) and the terminal electrodes (3, 4) are respectively brazed.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a vacuum capacitor (1) provided with an insulating pipe (2), terminal electrodes (3, 4) that are disposed at open ends of the insulating pipe (2), and spiral electrodes (5, 6) that are connected to the terminal electrodes (3, 4). An electrode plate (7) and a spacer (8) are wound on a core member (9) to prepare a spiral electrode (5), and an electrode plate (10) and a spacer (8) are wound on a core member (11) to prepare a spiral electrode (6). A linear brazing material (12) is disposed in a groove (3c) formed in a surface of the terminal electrode (3) on an inner side of the insulating pipe (2). A platy brazing material (13) is sandwiched between the terminal electrode (3) and the spiral electrode (5) to fix the spiral electrode (5) to the terminal electrode (3). The insulating pipe (2) and the spiral electrode (6) are placed on the terminal electrode (4), and the terminal electrode (3) is disposed on the insulating pipe (2), thereby temporarily assembling the vacuum capacitor (1). The vacuum capacitor (1) is put into a vacuum heating furnace, and the terminal electrode (3) and the spiral electrode (5), the terminal electrode (4) and the spiral electrode (6), and the insulating pipe (2) and the terminal electrodes (3, 4) are respectively brazed.

The present invention relates to an electrode unit (10, 20) for an electric vacuum capacitor comprising a band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) with a height H, wherein the band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) is wound in a spiral with a maximum diameter D.sub.max and a constant distance between successive turns, wherein the band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) comprises a first longitudinal edge (11a, 21a) attached to a supporting part (12) and a second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b), the second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b) being free, wherein at the outer extremity of the spiral, the first longitudinal edge (11a, 21a) and the second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b) are connected by an inclined edge (11c, 21c) such that the first longitudinal edge (11a, 21a) is longer than the second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b), wherein the inclined edge (11c, 21c) forms with the longitudinal axis (B) of the band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) an angle ? less than or equal to an angle ?.sub.max=(45?.Math.?/180?). The invention relates also to a vacuum capacitor (30) comprising at least one electrode unit (10, 20) according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to an electrode unit (10, 20) for an electric vacuum capacitor comprising a band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) with a height H, wherein the band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) is wound in a spiral with a maximum diameter D.sub.max and a constant distance between successive turns, wherein the band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) comprises a first longitudinal edge (11a, 21a) attached to a supporting part (12) and a second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b), the second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b) being free, wherein at the outer extremity of the spiral, the first longitudinal edge (11a, 21a) and the second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b) are connected by an inclined edge (11c, 21c) such that the first longitudinal edge (11a, 21a) is longer than the second longitudinal edge (11b, 21b), wherein the inclined edge (11c, 21c) forms with the longitudinal axis (B) of the band-shaped capacitor plate (11, 21) an angle ? less than or equal to an angle ?.sub.max=(45?.Math.?/180?). The invention relates also to a vacuum capacitor (30) comprising at least one electrode unit (10, 20) according to the present invention.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a vacuum capacitor (1) provided with an insulating pipe (2), terminal electrodes (3, 4) that are disposed at open ends of the insulating pipe (2), and spiral electrodes (5, 6) that are connected to the terminal electrodes (3, 4). An electrode plate (7) and a spacer (8) are wound on a core member (9) to prepare a spiral electrode (5), and an electrode plate (10) and a spacer (8) are wound on a core member (11) to prepare a spiral electrode (6). A linear brazing material (12) is disposed in a groove (3c) formed in a surface of the terminal electrode (3) on an inner side of the insulating pipe (2). A platy brazing material (13) is sandwiched between the terminal electrode (3) and the spiral electrode (5) to fix the spiral electrode (5) to the terminal electrode (3). The insulating pipe (2) and the spiral electrode (6) are placed on the terminal electrode (4), and the terminal electrode (3) is disposed on the insulating pipe (2), thereby temporarily assembling the vacuum capacitor (1). The vacuum capacitor (1) is put into a vacuum heating furnace, and the terminal electrode (3) and the spiral electrode (5), the terminal electrode (4) and the spiral electrode (6), and the insulating pipe (2) and the terminal electrodes (3, 4) are respectively brazed.