An electrically conductive ceramic composite conductor configured for downhole operations includes a first portion formed from an electrically non-conductive ceramic material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The first portion includes an outer surface. A second portion is disposed radially inwardly of the outer surface. The second portion is formed from an electrically conductive ceramic material having a second CTE that is substantially similar to the first CTE.

An airfoil includes a ceramic matrix composite airfoil core that defines an airfoil portion and a root portion. The ceramic matrix composite airfoil core is subject to core thermal growth. A platform includes a ceramic matrix composite that wraps around the root portion. The platform is subject to platform thermal growth. A buffer layer is located between the root portion and the platform. The buffer layer absorbs a mismatch between the core thermal growth and the platform thermal growth.

A light generator comprises a light conversion device and a light source arranged to apply a light beam to the light conversion element. The light conversion device includes an optoceramic or other solid phosphor element comprising one or more phosphors embedded in a ceramic, glass, or other host, a metal heat sink, and a solder bond attaching the optoceramic phosphor element to the metal heat sink. The optoceramic phosphor element does not undergo cracking in response to the light source applying a light beam of beam energy effective to heat the optoceramic phosphor element to the phosphor quenching point.

A sensor component for application temperatures above 700° C., especially electrical and/or electrochemical sensor component is provided. The sensor component has a feedthrough element, the feedthrough element having a through-hole with a through-hole inner wall extending from one surface of the feedthrough element to the other surface of the feedthrough element, wherein an insulation element is located within a through-hole of the feedthrough element, the through-hole has a diameter Da, the insulation element has a Volume V and a height H which are compact.

A thermistor having a ceramic main body, which contains a ceramic material as the main constituent. The ceramic main body has at least one electrically insulating layer. The electrically insulating layer is arranged within the ceramic main body and contains a main component which has a composition different from the ceramic material.

A method for producing a gas-tight metal-ceramic join is disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing at least one ceramic main body having a first end face and a second end face, applying a metallization to at least a partial region of the end faces of the main body, applying a nickel layer to the metallized partial region of the end faces, applying a brazing paste to the metallized partial region of the first end face and/or the second end face of the main body, drying the brazing paste, and firing the brazing paste.

A toughened ceramic component having a residual compressive stress and methods of forming the toughened ceramic component is disclosed. The ceramic component may include an internal portion having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and an external portion substantially surrounding the internal portion and forming an exterior surface of the ceramic component. The external portion may have a second CTE that is less than the first CTE. Additionally, the external portion may be in compressive stress.

An electrical termination unit or feedthrough which may be used for routing electrical conductors through a chamber wall, or otherwise across a barrier between isolated atmospheric conditions. The electrical termination unit may have aluminum as the interface material to the chamber interface and may utilize a ceramic insulator. The electrical termination unit may have the aluminum used as the interface brazed directly to a ceramic surface of the insulator. The aluminum that forms the chamber interface may be formed within a hollow ceramic tube in the same process step that brazes the aluminum to the ceramic tube with a hermetic joint. Machining subsequent to the brazing of the aluminum to the ceramic insulator may allow for achievement of the final form desired. A method for manufacturing such an electrical termination unit.

A method for the joining of ceramic pieces with a hermetically sealed joint comprising brazing a layer of joining material between the two pieces. The wetting and flow of the joining material is controlled by the selection of the joining material, the joining temperature, the joining atmosphere, and other factors. The ceramic pieces may be on a non-diffusable type, such as aluminum nitride, alumina, beryllium oxide, and zirconia, and the pieces may be brazed with an aluminum alloy under controlled atmosphere. The joint material is adapted to later withstand both the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the shaft of a heater or electrostatic chuck.

According to a method set forth herein a plurality of preform plies having first and second preform plies can be associated together to define a preform. The preform can be subject to chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) processing to define a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure.