Abstract: A conductive paste includes inorganic material powders containing conductive powders and glass powders, an organic vehicle containing an organic binder and an organic solvent, and a metal organic compound.

Abstract: A method of making a multi-layered ceramic substrate which includes the steps of laminating a desired number of green sheets each being made of glass ceramics containing at least an organic binder and a solvent and each having a pattern of electrodes formed thereon by the use of an electroconductive paste, to thereby provide a green sheet laminate, The electrodes on opposite surfaces or an entire surface layer of the green sheet laminate are subsequently printed with a paste comprising an inorganic component added with at least an organic binder containing a Zn composition. On each surface of the laminate printed with the paste of the Zn composition, a green sheet made of an inorganic composition incapable of being sintered at a temperature of crystallization of the glass ceramics is then laminated thereby providing a laminate plate which is subsequently fired.

Abstract: A chip carrier according to the present invention includes: a carrier body including an upper face, a lower face, and an internal conductor; and a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on the upper face of the carrier body, the plurality of terminal electrodes electrically connecting an LSI chip to the internal conductor. A plurality of concave portions for electrically connecting a plurality of electrodes on a circuit substrate to the internal conductor are provided on the lower face of the carrier body, the concave portions being electrically connected to the internal conductor.

Abstract: A chip carrier according to the present invention includes: a carrier body including an upper face, a lower face, and an internal conductor; and a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on the upper face of the carrier body, the plurality of terminal electrodes electrically connecting an LSI chip to the internal conductor. A plurality of concave portions for electrically connecting a plurality of electrodes on a circuit substrate to the internal conductor are provided on the lower face of the carrier body, the concave portions being electrically connected to the internal conductor.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a ceramic substrate having a plurality of bumps of the present invention, includes the steps of: forming a bump forming layer having a plurality of holes therein on at least one of upper and lower faces of a laminated body of green sheets; filling the holes in the bump forming layer with a bump forming paste; sintering the laminated body of the green sheets and the bump forming paste; and forming bumps made of the sintered bump forming paste by removing the bump forming layer.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a ceramic substrate having a plurality of bumps of the present invention, includes the steps of: forming a bump forming layer having a plurality of holes therein on at least one of upper and lower faces of a laminated body of green sheets; filling the holes in the bump forming layer with a bump forming paste; sintering the laminated body of the green sheets and the bump forming layer; and forming bumps made of the sintered bump forming paste by removing the bump forming layer.

Abstract: A conductive paste includes inorganic material powders containing conductive powders and glass powders, an organic vehicle containing an organic binder and an organic solvent, and a metal organic compound.

Abstract: Conductive paste for via connection of a multilayer ceramic substrate, comprising: an inorganic component which consists of 30.0 to 70.0% by weight of powder of conductive material and the remainder being one of glass powder having a softening point higher than a starting point of sintering of insulating material and crystalline glass ceramic powder having a glass transition point higher than the starting point of sintering of the insulating material; and an organics vehicle component which consists of at least organic binder and solvent.

Abstract: Conductive ink has an inorganic compound comprising 70.0-95.0 wt. % of CuO which is conductive and 5.0-30.0 wt. % of inorganic binder mixed with each other, and solvent and organic binder in which the inorganic compound is dispersed. The inorganic binder consists of lead borosilicate crystalline glass or aluminum borosilicate crystalline glass soften and crystallizes at 850.degree.-950.degree. C. The diameter of CuO powder of the inorganic compound is 100-7.0 .mu.m. The diameter of the lead borosilicate crystalline glass powder or the aluminum borosilicate crystalline glass powder of the inorganic compound is 1.0-5.0 .mu.m. The organic binder consists of ethyl cellulose or copolymer of polyisobytylmethacrylate and poly.alpha.-methylstyrene. The conductive ink contains the organic binder at 0.5-2.0 wt. %.

Abstract: A method for producing a multilayered ceramic substrate including the steps of:forming at least two green sheets each including a low-temperature firing glass-ceramic substrate material,forming an electrode pattern and a via hole electrode on and through each green sheet with a conductor paste,laminating said green sheets to obtain a laminate,forming a pair of green sheets which include an inorganic material which is not sintered at a firing temperature of the green sheet of the low-temperature firing glass-ceramic substrate material or lower, and then forming a hole through the inorganic material green sheet,laminating the inorganic material green sheet on the outermost green sheet of the laminate to obtain a resultant laminate in which the hole is positioned over a portion of the electrode pattern of an outermost low-temperature firing glass-ceramic green sheets of the laminate,firing said resultant laminate at the firing temperature, andremoving the unsintered inorganic material.

Abstract: A multilayered glass-ceramic substrate using copper as wiring material is fabricated by a step of forming wiring patterns with Au paste for connection of semiconductor chip prepared by adding at least one of Ni powder, Pt powder and Pd powder to Au powder, and copper oxide paste mainly composed of CuO powder, on a green sheet, and burning out the organic pattern by heat treatment in air, a step of reducing the copper oxide electrode by heat treatment in a reducing atmosphere containing hydrogen, and a step of sintering the substrate material, copper oxide electrode and gold electrode by heat treatment in nitrogen. Since the Au wiring pattern is formed on the top layer of the multilayered substrate in this constitution, wire bonding of high reliability is realized. Besides, by making use of the excellent solderability of Au, it may be also applied in flip-chip mounting of semiconductor.

Abstract: The dielectric material includes a pre-baked powder containing Pb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3, BaTiO.sub.3, and BaZrO.sub.3, and lead oxides alone or lead oxides and copper oxides in combination. Thus, the dielectric material is sintered at low temperatures of 800.degree.-1000.degree. C., and makes it possible to use inexpensive electrode materials such as copper, silver, and silver-palladium alloy for the electrode. The dielectric material also makes it possible to produce a ceramic condenser or a thin condenser having a stable capacitance irrespective of changes in temperature.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor comprises a plurality of inner electrode layers for developing a capacitance, dielectric layers sandwiched with the inner electrode layers, and a pair of outer electrodes coupled to their associated inner electrode layers for output of the capacitance. The inner electrode layers are made of Ni. The dielectric layers are made of a dielectric ceramic composition having a structural formula of:{Bam(Til-xZrx)O2+m}1-.alpha.-.beta.-{MnO2}.alpha.-{X}.beta.where X is at least one of Yb2O3, Dy2O3, and ThO2 and m, x, .alpha., and .beta. are expressed as:0.98.ltoreq.m.ltoreq.1.020.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.20.005.ltoreq..alpha..ltoreq.0.050.001.ltoreq..beta..ltoreq.0.02so that the laminated ceramic capacitor can be minimized in the size, increased in the capacitance, and reduced in the cost of production.

Abstract: A low temperature sintering dielectric ceramic composition, which exhibits high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, high electrical resistivity, high mechanical strength and narrow grain size distribution, is disclosed. The ceramic composition is a binary system comprising lead magnesium niobate (Pb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3) and copper oxide, or a ternary system comprising lead magnesium niobate (Pb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3), lead titanate (PbTiO.sub.3) and copper oxide. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising internal copper electrodes and ceramic dielectric layers consisting of the dielectric ceramic composition is also disclosed. A method of readily manufacturing the multilayer ceramic capacitor with copper internal electrodes is also disclosed.