Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic

Low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) devices are monolithic, ceramic microelectronic devices. In this context ‘co-fired ceramic’ means that the ceramic support structure and any conductive, resistive, and dielectric materials are fired in a kiln at the same time, and ‘Low temperature’ means that the sintering, temperature is less than 1000 °C. LTCC devices include capacitors, inductors, resistors, transformers, and hybrid circuits. LTCC processes can also be used to make packages for ICs. LTCC devices are made by processing a number of layers independently and assembling them into a device as a final step. This differs from semiconductor device fabrication where layers are processed serially; each new layer being fabricated on top of previous layers.

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