Application of Glass-Ceramics for Electronic Components and Circuits

Ceramic materials of interest for electronic components, such as ferroelectrics, ferrites, and transition metal oxides have no natural glass-forming habit. A rapid cooling of their melt is required to obtain homogeneous glasses. This is the most important requirement for controlling crystallization and phase dispersion, as required for Various applications. Materials and methods used for making disk and multilayer capacitors are discussed and their properties are described for normal and high voltage applications, and for hybrid circuits. Other application areas to be discussed are cryogenics, thermistors, varistors, and magnetics.