Reliability of fine-line thick-film and LTCC conductors at high-temperature operation

Author

Nowak, Damian ; Dziedzic, Andrzej

Author_Institution

Fac. of Microsyst. Electron. & Photonics, Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Wrocław, Poland

fYear

2014

fDate

7-11 May 2014

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

179

Abstract

This paper presents systematic studies of thick-film or LTCC fine-line conductors made with the aid of laser-shaping and operating at temperature up to 400°C. The minimum dimensions i.e. conductive path width and spacings were 50 μm. Such small patterns have been created by laser cutting of fired Au- or PdAg-based conductive films. Laser system equipped with Nd:YAG-laser (beam wavelength of 1064 nm) was applied. Additionally, part of the structures was covered with protective overglaze layer. The geometrical as well as electrical and stability properties in temperature range between 25°C and 400°C were measured and analyzed.

Keywords

ceramic packaging; ceramics; conductors (electric); laser beam cutting; neodymium; palladium alloys; reliability; silver alloys; solid lasers; thick films; yttrium compounds; LTCC fine-line conductors; PdAg; YAG:Nd; fine-line thick film; laser cutting; laser shaping; protective overglaze layer; temperature 25 degC to 400 degC; wavelength 1064 nm; Aging; Conductors; Gold; Laser stability; Resistance; Temperature measurement; Thermal stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics Technology (ISSE), Proceedings of the 2014 37th International Spring Seminar on

Conference_Location

Dresden

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSE.2014.6887587

Filename

6887587