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Advances in Materials Research Volume 2, Number 3, October 2013 , pages 133-140 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/amr.2013.2.3.133 |
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Microwave assisted processing of silver thick films for microelectronic applications |
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Sunit Rane, Rushna Bhatkarb, Uttam Mulika and Dinesh Amalnerkara
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| Abstract | ||
| This paper aims to focus on the microwave processing of thick films which is a fast, cheap technique and could be the alternative to the currently used conventional high temperature processing technique. Microwave processing has gained worldwide acceptance as a novel method for heating and sintering a variety of materials, as it offers specific advantages in terms of speed, energy efficiency, process simplicity, finer microstructures and lower environmental hazards. Silver conducting thick films were prepared and processed in the household microwave oven. The films sintered at different time period by keeping the other parameter such as microwave power, film thickness etc constant. The microstructure analysis revealed that the surface morphology of the microwave processed films become compact with respect to the processing time. The sheet resistance for microwave sintered silver films is in the range of 0.003 to 1.207 | ||
| Key Words | ||
| microwave; silver; thick films; conductor; sheet resistance | ||
| Address | ||
| Sunit Rane, Rushna Bhatkarb, Uttam Mulika and Dinesh Amalnerkara: Microelectronics and Thick Film Materials Group, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology, Panchawati,Off. Dr. Bhabha Road, Pune-411008,India | ||
