Gold in thick film hybrid microelectronics

New Wire Bondable Gold Thick Film Conductors For LTCC Applications

Low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) with silver and gold conductor systems offer a low cost, high performance, and high reliability solution utilizing the advantages of ceramic technology. Gold conductors are generally used in applications requiring best reliability in harsh environmental conditions. Gold conductors are bonded to active or passive components through wirebonding, soldering, ...

Thick Film Ni-Ferrite Inductors

Equilibrium helium film in the thick film limit

For the thickness 0 5 a liquid or solid quantum f i lm, like liquid helium or solid hydrogen, there exist still open questions about how the film thickness develops in certain limits. One of these is the thick film limit, i.e., the crossover from the thick film to bulk. We have performed rneasurements in this range using the surface plasmon resonance technique and an evaporated h g film deposit...

Thick-film Piezoceramic Micro-generators

A sensor node is generally small in physical size (typically a few cm or smaller) and consist of a sensor, a transceiver, and supporting electronics. They are connected as a wireless network and are sometimes isolated and embedded in structures, which are not easily accessible. The lifespan of the sensor node is critically dependent upon the power source it contains. Instead of using a limited ...

Microvaristors in thick-film and LTCC circuits

ZnO-based varistors protect electronic circuits against overvoltage. High temperature from the range of 1150–1300 C is required for proper sintering of such material. Varistor inks with lower firing temperature are needed for application in thick-film and LTCC technology. ZnO-based thick-film composition was prepared and varistors were fabricated on alumina and LTCC substrate. Different topolog...