Patent 7446993 was granted and assigned to NGK Insulators on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An alumina sintered body comprises an alumina substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other, an embedded film electrode made of a metal and embedded in the alumina substrate at a depth HD of 0.4 mm or less from a first main surface SF1, and an embedded terminal formed of a metal, embedded in the alumina substrate nearer a second main surface SF2 side than the embedded electrode. The embedded terminal is in contact with the embedded electrode and a film thickness HE of the embedded electrode is 25 μm or less.