US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on July 14 for "Multilayer ceramic electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,077, issued on July 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Hirofumi Oie (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takamori Igarashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Makoto Takada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component that includes: a ceramic layer that contains a Ba-Nd-Ti oxide, forsterite, barium borosilicate glass, and MnO; and an electrode in contact with the ceramic layer, wherein the ceramic layer includes a Nd uneven distribution portion where Nd is unevenly distributed at an interface where the ceramic layer is in ...