Abstract:
PALLADIUM OXIDE OR OTHER METAL OXIDE REISTORS FOR MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY ARE PROVIDED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF REPRODUCIBILITY AND STABILITY BY FIRST CONCENTRATING TO POWDER FORM A LIQUID MIXTURE OF A RESISTOR METAL-ORGANO METALLIC COMPOUND, AT LEAST ONE OTHER STABLILIZER METAL IN ORGANOMETALLIC FORM, AND AN ANTI-AGGLOMERATING AGENT WHICH WILL NOT BURN OFF DURING PROCESSING TO FINAL RESISTOR FORM. THE POWDER IS THEN ALLOYED AND THE RESISTOR METAL OXIDIZED. THE RESULTING ALLOY IS THEN FORMED INTO A RESISTOR PASTE BY ADMIXING IT WITH A GLASS BINDER (EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER OXIDATION) AND A LIQUID CARRIER VEHICLE. THE PASTE IS PRINTED IN THE DESIRED PATTERN, DRIED AND FIRED TO PRODUCE THE RESISTOR IN FINAL FORM.
Abstract:
A CLASS OF CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR INTERCONNECTING PARTS IN THICK FILM CIRCUITS IS DISCLOSED WHEREIN CONDUCTOR PATHS ARE FORMED BETWEEN PARTICLES OF MICRON SIZE WHICH ARE COATED WITH NOBLE METAL OVER A CORE WITH CONTRASTING PROPERTIES WHEREBY AFTER FIRING, A SOLDERABLE ADHERENT CONDUCTIVE BODY IS FORMED WHICH HAS THE DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF PRIOR-ART CONDUCTORS OF THE PALLADIUM-GOLD TYPE, BUT WHICH CONTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY LESSER NOBLE METAL CONTENT. "MOCK-METAL" PARTICLES SUCH AS PALLADIUM OVER ALUMINA AND GOLD OVER COPPER ARE DESCRIBED.
Abstract:
A DIELECTRIC MATERIAL IS FORMULATED BY FIRING AN ADMIXTURE OF FROM ABOUT 2-55% BY WEIGHT ZIRCON (ZIRCONIUM SILICATE) AND ABOUT 45-98% BY WEIGHT OF A LEAD BARIUM BOROSILICATE GLASS. IN FINAL FORM, THE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL EXHIBITS A LOW K (APPROXIMATELY 6) AND A HIGH Q VALUE. THE PASTE COMPOSITION IS FORMULATED BY ADMIXING THE AFOREMENTIONED INGREDIENTS IN AN ORGANIC VEHICLE, DRYING THE PASTE AND FIRING THE PASTE AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 800-1,000*C. THE PASTE IS USUALLY APPLIED BY A SCREEN PRINTING TECHNIQUE PREFERABLY USING A MESH SIZE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 165.
Abstract:
UNIQUE DIELECTRIC COMPOSITIONS MAY BE USED TO FORMULATE THICK FILM PASTES FOR PRINTING MICROELECTRONIC CAPACITORS. THE RESULTING DIELECTRICS EXHIBIT DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS GREATER THAN ABOUT 500 AND CAPACITANCES GREATER THAN ABOUT 80,000 PICOFARADS PER SQUARE INCH AT A THICKNESS OF AT LEAST ABOUT 1.0 MIL. THE UNIQUE DIELECTRIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISE ABOUT 55-76 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF A FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL AND 45-24 PERCENT OF A GLASS BINDER. THE GLASS BINDER EMPLOYED COMPRISES A LEAD BARIUM BOROSILICATE GLASS AND A FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY DISSOLVED THEREIN. THE COMPOSITION IS FORMULATED INTO A PRINTING PASTE BY FIRST DISSOLVING 20-30 PERCENT BY WEIGHT FERROELECTRIC INTO 70-80 PERCENT BY WEIGHT LEAD BARIUM BOROSILICATE GLASS BINDER, COOLING THE NEWLY FORMED GLASS TO A SOLID STATE COMMINUTING THE GLASS TO A PARTICLE SIZE OF LESS THAN ABOUT 1 MICRON AND THEREAFTER ADMIXING THE COMMINUTED GLASS WITH THE SAME PARTICULATE FERROELECTRIC IN AN AMOUNT AS INDICATED. THIS ADMIXTURE IS THEN ADDED TO A LIQUID ORGANIC CARRIER VEHICLE TO FORMULATE THE PRINTING PASTE. THE PRINTING PASTE IS THEN PRINTED INTO A CHOSEN DESIGN AND FIRED AT A TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,0001,050*C. TO PRODUCE A HIGHLY DENSE, UNIFORM, AND SUBSTANTIALLY CRACK-FREE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL.