Hermetically sealed aluminum electrolytic capacitor
First Claim
1. A hermetically sealed aluminum electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor section having an aluminum anode and a liquid electrolyte, an aluminum can having one open end and one closed end, said can containing said capacitor section and said electrolyte, a glass-to-metal seal having a tantalum outer ring, said seal snugly fitted into and closing said open end, said tantalum ring being completely sealed to said aluminum can by a continuous annular laser weld.
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Abstract
An aluminum electrolytic capacitor is housed in an aluminum can having one open end. A standard glass-to-metal seal having an outer tantalum ring is seated snugly within the mouth of the can. With the edge of the tantalum ring positioned flush with, or slightly below, the lip of the aluminum can, the beam of a pulsing infra red laser is directed at the interface between the tantalum ring of the seal and the aluminum lip of the can causing the lip of the can to melt, to flow over and to form a continuous annular Al-Ta weld with the tantalum ring and to hermetically seal the ring to the can continuously and completely at a peripheral edge of the tantalum ring.
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7 Claims
- 1. A hermetically sealed aluminum electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor section having an aluminum anode and a liquid electrolyte, an aluminum can having one open end and one closed end, said can containing said capacitor section and said electrolyte, a glass-to-metal seal having a tantalum outer ring, said seal snugly fitted into and closing said open end, said tantalum ring being completely sealed to said aluminum can by a continuous annular laser weld.
- 6. A method for hermetically sealing an aluminum electrolytic capacitor comprising providing a capacitor section having an aluminum anode in contact with a liquid electrolyte, mounting said section and said electrolyte within an aluminum can having an open end, filling said open end with a glass-to-metal seal having a tantalum outer ring in contact with said aluminum can, and welding to seal said ring to said can by a continuous annular laser weld.
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