Microwave sintering of multilayer integrated passive devices

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2274-2280

  Vaidhyanathan, Balasubramaniam ^a   Annapoorani, Ketharam ^a   Binner, Jon ^a   Raghavendra, Ramesh ^b,c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Littelfuse Ireland Ltd   (United States)

^c South East Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CYCLE TIME; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FINER GRAINS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICE; INTER-DIFFUSION; MICROWAVE METHODS; MICROWAVE SINTERING; MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; SINTERED SAMPLES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; MULTILAYERS;

SINTERING;

EID: 77955724163     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03740.x     Document Type: Article

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