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Method for producing sintered metalized aluminum nitride ceramic bodies
Assignee: WC HERAEUS HERAEUSTRASSE 12-14 6450 HANAU LAUTEN A CORP OF WEST GERMANY GmbH
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Filing: 1987-08-03
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Granted: 1989-04-04
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Expires: 2007-08-03
Abstract
Abstract To permit using a single firing step, sintered aluminum nitride ceramic bodies provided with firmly adhering electrically conductive films or resistive layers can be produced by sintering of the green ceramic bodies and the films or layers in common, if these films or layers additionally contain a mixture of aluminum nitride and rare earth metal oxide.
Inventors
- 👤 Waltraud Werdecker
- 👤 Dieter Brunner
- 👤 Martin Kutzner
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 20:23
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/009; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/58; C04B35/581; C04B41/45; C04B41/50; C04B41/51; C04B41/5133; C04B41/80; C04B41/81; C04B41/85; C04B41/88; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/901; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A method for producing a sintered metalized aluminum nitride ceramic body, comprising the steps of: applying, onto a green aluminum nitride ceramic body, a metalizing paste comprised of about 50 to 90% of an inorganic component which comprises 90 to 99% by weight of powdered metalizing agent selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, hafnium nitride, zirconium nitride and titanium nitride and 1 to 10% by weight of a powdered mixture comprising 5 to 95% by weight of aluminum nitride and 5 to 50% by weight of a rare earth metal oxide which is dispersed in an amount of about 10 to about 50% of anorganic vehicle to form the metalizing paste; thereafter drying the metalizing paste; and thereafter sintering the metalizing paste and the green ceramic body by heating to a temperature of from about 1750° C. to about 2000° C. in a nitrogen or nitrogen-hydrogen mixture atmosphere to convert the metalizing paste and the green ceramic body into said sintered metalized aluminum nitride body.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
167 words
A method for producing a sintered metalized aluminum nitride ceramic body, comprising the steps of: applying, onto a green aluminum nitride ceramic body, a metalizing paste comprised of about 50 to 90% of an inorganic component which comprises 90 to 99% by weight of powdered metalizing agent selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, hafnium nitride, zirconium nitride and titanium nitride and 1 to 10% by weight of a powdered mixture comprising 5 to 95% by weight of aluminum nitride and 5 to 50% by weight of a rare earth metal oxide which is dispersed in an amount of about 10 to about 50% of anorganic vehicle to form the metalizing paste; thereafter drying the metalizing paste; and thereafter sintering the metalizing paste and the green ceramic body by heating to a temperature of from about 1750° C. to about 2000° C. in a nitrogen or nitrogen-hydrogen mixture atmosphere to convert the metalizing paste and the green ceramic body into said sintered metalized aluminum nitride body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the drying of the metalizing paste comprises heating to form about 120° to about 300° C. and then heating under nitrogen or a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the metalizing agent comprises titanium nitride, zirconium nitride and/or hafnium nitride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the metalizing agent comprises tungsten and/or molybdenum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the metalizing agent is present in the form of a mixture of a plurality of powders having different average particle sizes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the mixture comprises two powders, the average particle sizes of which are in a ratio of approximately from 1:5 to approximately 1:8 to one another.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 6, wherein the aluminum nitride powder contained in the metalizing paste has an average particle size of les than 10 microns and a specific surface area of between about 2 and about 40 m 2 /g.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the specific surface area of the nitride powder is between 4 and 7 m 2 /g.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 8, wherein the rare earth metal oxide is yttrium oxide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 8, wherein the rare earth metal oxide is a mixture of yttrium oxide with 0 to 50% by weight of aluminum oxide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 10, wherein the metalizing agent is tungsten.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 10, wherein the metalizing agent is titanium nitride.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 10, wherein the metalizing agent is zirconium nitride.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the metalizing agent is powdered tungsten composed of 62-78% by weight of a powder having an average particle size of 2-7 microns and 22-38% by weight of a powder having an average size of 0.4-1.2 microns.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the metalizing agent is powdered molybdenum composed of 75-85% by weight of powder having an average particle size of 0.7-1.2 microns and 15-25% by weight of a powder having an average size of 4-8 microns.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the metalizing agent is powdered titanium nitride composed of 65-75% by weight of a powder having an average particle size of 3-6 microns and 25-35% by weight of a powder having an average particle size of 0.6-1 microns.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the metalizing agent is powdered zirconium nitride composed of 65-75% by weight of a powder having an average particle size of 4-10 microns and 25-35% by weight of a powder having an average particle size of 0.8-3 microns.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the metalizing agent is powdered hafnium nitride composed of 90-99% by weight of a powder having an average particle size of 5-10 microns and 1-10% by weight of a powder having an average particle size of 0.8-2 microns.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the aluminum nitride powder contained in the metalizing paste hase an average particle size of less than 10 microns and a specific surface area of between about 2 and about 40 m 2 /g.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 19, wherein the rare earth metal oxide is a mixture of yttrium oxide with 0 to 50% by weight of aluminum oxide.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of applying the metalizing paste comprises screen printing of the paste onto the green ceramic body and into via holes therein.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
9 words
A microcircuit prepared by the method of claim 1.
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