Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Including aperture
Patent
1976-10-18
1978-01-24
Dixon, Jr., William R.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Including aperture
350 96B, 350 96WG, 428210, 428332, 428428, B32B 310, G02B 514
Patent
active
040705161
ABSTRACT:
A method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic module structure is described which includes a ceramic body having a plurality of continuous glass channels within the body. The module transmits signals from point to point on the module and to points off of the module by allowing the movement of optical pulses through optical channels rather than the conventional electrical pulses and metal wiring.
The method for fabricating the multilayer ceramic module includes providing a plurality of ceramic green sheets. The green sheets are then individually prepared for the circuit pattern plan for the module by opening via holes through certain locations of the various green sheets and forming grooves in other portions of the green sheets for a proper resulting pattern. A glass paste is applied to the green sheets to fill the grooves and the holes therein. The green sheets are then stacked and laminated by the use of suitable pressure. The laminated green sheets are then sintered to form a module package. During sintering, the ceramic fuses around the glass which also softens and fuses to form clear channels within the ceramic body. Glass must sinter fully at the sintering temperature of the ceramic without becoming so fluid that it would run out of the via and grooves into the interstices in the ceramic before the ceramic is fully sintered. This problem is overcome by selection of the ceramic and the glass so that the sintering temperature of the ceramic and the softening temperature of the glass paste are substantially the same.
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Dixon Jr. William R.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Saile George O.
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