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Low Dielectric Constant Materials for Packaging High Speed Electronics

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Dielectric materials used for electronics packaging serve mechanical, thermal and electrical functions. In functioning as electrical insulation, a dielectric can be characterized by its dielectric constant, with the related properties of volume resistivity and dissipation factor, and by its dielectric strength. The dielectric constant (as well as dissipation factor and volume resistivity) describe the interaction of a dielectric material with an electric field; the dielectric strength defines a limiting electric field gradient above which the interaction of the dielectric with the field causes an irreversible change in the dielectric. Values of these properties for commercially important dielectric materials are shown in Table 8.1.

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Zussman, M.P. (1991). Low Dielectric Constant Materials for Packaging High Speed Electronics. In: Morris, J.E. (eds) Electronics Packaging Forum. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0439-2_8

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