Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review possibilities of implementing ceramic additive manufacturing (AM) into electronic device production, which can enable great new possibilities.Design/methodology/approachA short introduction into additive techniques is included, as well as primary characterization of structuring capabilities, dielectric performance and applicability in the electronic manufacturing process.FindingsCeramic stereolithography (SLA) is suitable for microchannel manufacturing, even using a relatively inexpensive system. This method is suitable for implementation into the electronic manufacturing process; however, a search for better materials is desired, especially for improved dielectric parameters, lowered sintering temperature and decreased porosity.Practical implicationsRelatively inexpensive ceramic SLA, which is now available, could make ceramic electronics, currently restricted to specific applications, more available.Originality/valueCeramic AM is in the beginning phase of implementation in electronic technology, and only a few reports are currently available, the most significant of which is mentioned in this paper.
Highlights
Ceramics is one of the most advanced materials of our time
Comparison with a fully polymeric resin from the same producer (Formlabs Clear) allows for the conclusion that these have a similar composition with an addition of a stabilizer in the case of the ceramic resin
It can be clearly seen that the ceramic particles restrain the polymer burnout
Summary
Ceramics is one of the most advanced materials of our time. A number of electronic applications for ceramics have already been shown, using mostly low-temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC), from high-voltage (Dąbrowski et al, 2018), hightemperature (Dziedzic and Nowak, 2013) circuits and thermoelectric transducers (Markowski et al, 2019) to highly integrated devices, plasma reactors (Macioszczyk et al, 2016), microwave (Malecha et al, 2019) and microfluidic (Nawrot et al, 2018a, 2018b) structures. It has been proven many times that ceramic is a versatile material, unparalleled for complex microsystem manufacturing. Our current efforts are focused on new manufacturing techniques for highly integrated ceramic microsystems, especially those with embedded microfluidic and optical structures (Nawrot et al, 2018a, 2018b). Additive manufacturing (AM) of ceramics could be a viable alternative and a very
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