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    公开(公告)号:DE3576793D1

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-03

    申请号:DE3576793

    申请日:1985-04-23

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In the formation of a glass-ceramic substrate containing multi-layer, interconnected thick-film pattern of metal-based conductors by subjecting glass-ceramic and metal particles to a sintering cycle, sintering of the metal particles at their normal sintering temperature is inhibited by coating the metal particles with an organic material such as polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl formvar, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylonitrile epoxies, urethanes and cross-linked polyvinyl butyral. The organic coating serves as a barrier preventing physical contact between metal particles during the initial phase of the sintering cycle and degrades into a carbonaceous coating followed by volatilization during the intermediate phase of the cycle permitting coalescence of the metal particles into a dense mass along with the coalescence of the glass-ceramic particles. Co-sintering of the metal particles and the glass-ceramic particles with the aid of the organic coating results in a hermectic multi-layer glass ceramic substrate free of dimensional stability problems without deleteriously affecting the electrical conductivity of the metal conductor pattern.

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