Study of deformation and porosity evolution of low temperature co-fired ceramic for embedded structures fabrication

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2737-2745

  Khoong, L E ^a   Tan, Y M ^a   Lam, Y C ^b  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Low temperature co fired ceramic; Porosity; Sensors; Sintering; Substrate

Indexed keywords

CARBON MATERIAL; CAVITY WIDTH; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; EMBEDDED STRUCTURES; LAMINATE THICKNESS; LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; OPEN POROSITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SINTERING TEMPERATURES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DEFORMATION; POROSITY; SENSORS; SINTERING;

LAMINATES;

EID: 67349201376     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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