The Role of residual stresses in ceramic substrate materials for hybrid thick film applications

dc.contributor.authorSchulz, Noel Nunnallyen
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:44Zen
dc.date.adate2009-05-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:44Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-05-09en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-09en
dc.description.abstractThis work presents introductory research to provide the relationship between electrical measurements and residual stresses caused by hybrid processing. X-ray diffraction is used to measure residual stresses in the ceramic substrate as well as metallization of wideband coplanar thick film probes. The probes are also tested for electrical performance using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) technique. This thesis presents results that indicate that significant tensile residual stresses were generated on the back of the substrate, particularly during the laser scribing phase of the finished device. Significant tensile stresses were also observed in the Silver-Palladium (Ag-Pd) metallization. TDR measurements indicated significant response variations which were attributed to these induced stresses. Attempts were also made to reduce these stresses by an annealing process in order to improve the TDR response uniformity.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentx, 82 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05092009-040342en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092009-040342/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42532en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.S384.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 21739288en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.S384en
dc.subject.lcshHybrid integrated circuits -- Defectsen
dc.subject.lcshThick-film circuits -- Defectsen
dc.titleThe Role of residual stresses in ceramic substrate materials for hybrid thick film applicationsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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