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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1979
Derry J Dubetsky, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of achieving uniform shrinkage of a laminated green ceramic substrate during sintering wherein the substrate is placed on a flat, relatively thick plate of refractory material such as molybdenum, tantalum or tungsten or alloys thereof with the flat plate provided with a thin surface coating layer of a ceramic material, and heating the substrate to a sintering temperature and maintaining the temperature for a time sufficient to sinter the substrate. A setter plate for supporting a planar green ceramic substrate during the sintering operation, the setter plate is made of a refractory material and provided with a thin ceramic coating at least on the top surface.