Microelectronics International: Volume 33 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Agata Skwarek

Multilayer capacitors with bismuth copper tantalate dielectric fabricated in LTCC technology

Dorota Szwagierczak, Jan Kulawik, Beata Synkiewicz, Agata Skwarek

The work was aimed at preparation of green tapes based on a new material Bi_2/3CuTa₄O₁₂, to achieve spontaneously formation of an internal barrier layer capacitor (IBLC)…

Reduction of dielectric constant of LTCC substrates by introduction of controlled porosity

Beata Synkiewicz

This paper aims to present a method for the reduction of dielectric constant of low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) substrates with the use of controlled internal porosity.

A new approach to construction of extended kit for M-Sequence UWB sensor system based on LTCC

Kornel Ruman, Alena Pietrikova, Pavol Galajda, Igor Vehec, Tibor Rovensky, Martin Kmec

The purpose of this paper is to introduce modified in–phase and quadrature components (I–Q) demodulator based on low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) dielectric substrate…

Influence of various multilayer LTCC systems on dielectric properties’ stability in GHz frequency range

Tibor Rovensky, Alena Pietrikova, Igor Vehec, Martin Kmec

The purpose of this paper is to create multilayer substrate (composite) from various low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrates by their mutual combinations and to analyse…

The utilization of LTCC-PDMS bonding technology for microfluidic system applications – a simple fluorescent sensor

Karol Malecha

This paper aims to present a research on utilization of an irreversible bonding between non-transparent low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) and transparent…

The LTCC device for miniature plasma generators characterization

Jan Macioszczyk, Karol Malecha, Leszek J. Golonka

The purpose of this paper is a presentation of a miniature vertical dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma generators. The presented devices, with sub- and superstrate, were…

Multilayer thick-film thermoelectric microgenerator based on LTCC technology

Piotr M. Markowski

The purpose of this paper was to develop the methodology of thick-film/low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) multilayer thermoelectric microgenerator fabrication including the…

Influence of the SiNx:H layer deposited by PECVD technique on the surface and grain boundary passivation of mc-Si

Stanislawa Kluska, Piotr Panek

In this paper, we aim to investigate the influence of the hydrogenated silicon nitride layers deposited by a large area 13.56 MHz plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition system…

Comparison of diffused layer prepared using liquid dopant solutions and pastes for solar cell with screen printed electrodes

Kazimierz Drabczyk, Edyta Wróbel, Grazyna Kulesza-Matlak, Wojciech Filipowski, Krzysztof Waczynski, Marek Lipinski

The purpose of this study is comparison of the diffusion processes performed using the commercial available dopant paste made by Filmtronics and the original prepared liquid…

Influence of ITO layer application on electrical parameters of silicon solar cells with screen printed front electrode

Kazimierz Drabczyk, Jaroslaw Domaradzki, Grazyna Kulesza-Matlak, Marek Lipinski, Danuta Kaczmarek

The purpose of this paper was investigation and comparison of electrical and optical properties of crystalline silicon solar cells with ITO or TiO₂ coating. The ITO, similar to TiO…

The influence of a mounting manner of power MOS transistors on characteristics of the Totem-Pole circuit with RLC load

Pawel Górecki, Krzysztof Górecki

The paper aims to consider the problem of the influence of mounting power metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors operating in the Totem–Pole circuit on energy losses in this…