Abstract:
A monolithic ceramic substrate includes a green laminate having a plurality of green functional ceramic layers including a functional ceramic material, green support layers including a ceramic material that does not sinter at a sintering temperature for the green functional ceramic material to prevent shrinkage of the functional ceramic layers, first conductor patterns including a thin-film conductor, and second conductor patterns including a thick-film conductor. The green laminate is fired at the sintering temperature for the green functional ceramic material.
Abstract:
Techniques for preventing electrostatic discharge (ESD) and circuit noise are provided. More particularly, the present invention provides a method to prevent ESD damage during the assembly of computer disk commonly called a hard disk for memory applications. The coating mainly involves a ion-deposition process. Merely by way of example, the present invention is implemented by using filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) with a dissipative crystalline and/or amorphous carbon base thin film coating on a flexible circuit to drain the potential electrostatic charges during circuit assembly and interconnect processes, yet it would be recognized that the invention has a much broader range of applicability on any electronic apparatus that is susceptible to electrostatic damage and static noise.
Abstract:
A metallic thin film 15 is formed on a mold 11 having protrusions 12 complementary in shape to a conductor pattern to be formed; a substrate 17 having a transfer layer 16 of adherent (or adhesive) material applied to one side surface thereof is provided; and the transfer layer 16 side of the substrate is brought into intimate contact with the metallic thin film 15 laid over the protrusions 12, followed by pulling the transfer layer apart from the mold so as to transfer the metallic thin film 15 covering the protrusions 12 onto the transfer layer 16 to thereby form the conductor pattern 18 on the transfer layer 16. The metal film may include cooper and a weak adherence layer 13 which may be gold.
Abstract:
A resistor foil, comprised of a copper layer having a first side and a second side. An intermediate layer having a thickness of between 5 Å and 70 Å is disposed on the first side of the copper layer. A first layer of a first resistor metal having a thickness of between 50 Å and 2 &mgr;m is disposed on the intermediate layer, and a second layer of a second resistor metal having a thickness of between 50 Å and 2 &mgr;m is disposed on the first layer of the first resistor metal. The first resistor metal has a resistance different from the second resistor metal.
Abstract:
A process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate is disclosed. A pattern is printed with a material, such as a masking coating or an ink, on the substrate, the pattern being such that, in one embodiment, the desired thin film structures will be formed in the areas where the printed material is not present, i.e., a negative image of thin film structure to be formed is printed. In another embodiment, the pattern is printed with a material that is difficult to strip from the substrate, and the desired thin film structures will be formed in the areas where the printed material is present, i.e., a positive image of the thin film structure is printed. The thin film material is deposited on the patterned substrate, and the undesired area is stripped, leaving behind the patterned thin film structures.
Abstract:
A dielectric substrate useful in the manufacture of printed wiring boards is disclosed wherein the dielectric substrate comprises at least one organic polymer having a Tg greater than 140null C. and at least one filler material. The dielectric substrate of this invention has a dielectric constant that varies less than 15% over a temperature range of from null55 to 125null C. Additionally, a method for producing integral capacitance components for inclusion within printed circuit boards. Hydrothermally prepared nanopowders permit the fabrication of very thin dielectric layers that offer increased dielectric constants and are readily penetrated by microvias. Disclosed is a method of preparing a slurry or suspension of a hydrothermally prepared nanopowder and solvent. A suitable bonding material, such as a polymer is mixed with the nanopowder slurry, to generate a composite mixture that is formed into a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer may be placed upon a conductive layer prior to curing, or conductive layers may be applied upon a cured dielectric layer, either by lamination or by metallization processes, such as vapor deposition or sputtering.
Abstract:
A wiring substrate is arranged so that a first periphery electric wiring and a second periphery electric wiring are patterned on an active matrix substrate, and a TCP as a electronic component is provided on a portion of the patterned electric wiring. The first periphery electric wiring and the second periphery electric wiring are formed by including a metal thin film and a transferred metal film. Further, in the portion where the TCP is provided, the first periphery electric wiring and the second periphery electric wiring either have a monolayer structure with one of the metal thin film and the transferred metal film, or have a lamination structure with both of the metal thin film and the transferred metal film. On this account, connection failure can be prevented on a low resistance wiring substrate.
Abstract:
Thin film circuit elements including capacitors, resistors, and inductance elements are formed on a large substrate, and semiconductor chips are wire bonded to the substrate. The elements and chips are sealed by potting a sealing resin. The large substrate is divided into multiple stripe substrates by dicing and a thin-film conductive layer is sputtered on cut surfaces of the stripe substrates, thereby electrically connecting edges of lower conductive patterns to edges of upper conductive patterns exposed from side surfaces of the sealing resin through the thin-film conductive layer. A Ni foundation layer and Au layer are successively plated on a surface of the thin-film conductive layer to form edge electrodes on side surfaces of the stripe substrates and the stripe substrates are divided finely into individual alumina substrates.
Abstract:
In order to provide an electronic circuit board capable of preventing the breakdown voltage of a capacitor element from dropping and excellent in high frequency performance, a positive type photoresist is spin-coated over the surface of an alumina substrate and is exposed to light and developed to form an insulating layer partially, followed by formation of a capacitor element by successively stacking a lower electrode, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode over this insulating layer, further followed by formation of a resistance element, an inductor element and a transmission line, each in a filmy state, over the surface of the alumina substrate.
Abstract:
A circuit board is manufactured by filling a via-hole formed in an insulating substrate with conductive material, disposing conductive layers on both sides of the insulating substrate, and forming alloy of component material of the conductive material with component material of the conductive layers. In the circuit board, therefore, the conductive material filled in the via-hole formed in the insulating substrate is securely connected electrically as well as mechanically to the conductive layers on both sides of the insulating substrate with high reliability.