Patent ID: 8542475

Claim:
A self healing high energy glass capacitor comprising: an alkali-free glass layer having a top surface and a bottom surface; a top sacrificial layer extending across and in contact with said top surface; a bottom sacrificial layer extending across and in contact with said bottom surface; a top electrode extending across said top sacrificial layer; a bottom electrode extending across said bottom sacrificial layer; and upon energy breakdown of said alkali-free glass layer at least one of said top sacrificial layer and said bottom sacrificial layer have a self healing property selected from the group consisting of selective ablation to promote self healing of said alkali-free glass layer, redox reacting to promote self healing of said alkali-free glass layer, and exothermic reacting to enhancing evaporation or phase change of at least one of said top electrode and said bottom electrode to clear a region around a failure location/defect and aiding in electrode removal from said fault region; said glass capacitor has an energy breakdown of at least 6 joules per cubic centimeter.