Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

Syuusaku Ueda

Masayuki Fujimoto

There is first prepared a mixture of a nitride ceramic material (e.g. aluminum nitride) and a sintering aid (e.g. calcium carbonate), both in finely divided form. Admixed with a binder, the mixture is pressed into moldings of desired shape. The moldings are sintered to maturity in a nitrogenous atmosphere. The sintered moldings are subsequently aftertreated by being exposed to fluorine or its compound at a reduced temperature in the range of, typically, 1000.degree. to 1600.degree. C. The aftertreatment eliminates undesired intergranular substances from the sintered moldings and thus improves their thermal conductivity.

Growing community of inventors

Harunamachi, Japan

Syuusaku Ueda