Inventors:
Norberto Silvi - Clifton Park NY, US
Gary Charles Davis - Albany NY, US
Patrick Joseph McCloskey - Watervliet NY, US
Sheldon Jay Shafer - Clifton Park NY, US
Julia Lam Lee - Niskayuna NY, US
Yang Cao - Niskayuna NY, US
Patricia Chapman Irwin - Altamont NY, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY
International Classification:
H01G 9/00
US Classification:
361523, 361516, 361519, 361525, 361528, 361529, 29 2501, 29 2503
Abstract:
A monomer and polycarbonate resin are provided, as are methods of making the monomer. The resin may be used to provide a thin film that has a higher dielectric constant and higher glass transition temperature, and similar breakdown strength and similar dissipation factor to films prepared from polycarbonate resins not so modified. The thin films, in turn, may advantageously be used to form, wholly or in part, articles such as capacitors, sensors, batteries, flexible printed circuit boards, keyboard membranes, motor/transformer insulations, cable wrappings, industrial tapes, interior coverage materials, and the like. In particular, a capacitor comprising the polycarbonate resin is also provided.