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Aluminium Oxide Al2O3 Substrates
The aluminium oxide substrates supplied by Unipretec have become widely recognized as standard materials for carrying electronic circuits and are a byword for excellence in hybrid circuit manufacturing. Their high thermal conductivity and high cost-to-performance ratio are both factors that contribute to their popularity. They are widely employed in the automotive industry, renewable energy, and industrial applications.
96% Aluminum Oxide Substrate
There are locations in the United states of america as well as ationally. The organization was established in 2000 on the basis of a small idea conceived by its promoters that was incepted. This ceramic material has high strength and thermal conductivity. The high surface quality on both sides makes it an ideal partner for any commercial thick film paste, as well as suitable for a variety of thin film applications (sputtering). 96% alumina substrates can provide consistently reliable performance even under high thermal and electrical loads, due to the following factors:
Thermocycling capability
Thermal shock resistance
Flexural strength
Surface quality
Thermal conductivity
These make 96 alumina substrates ideal for power electronics in conjunction with direct copper bonding (DCB) and direct plating copper(DPC).


99.6 Aluminum Oxide Substrate
This ceramic material is specifically designed to fulfill the greatest demands in thin-film technology, with its following advantages:
High purity, extremely smooth surface, high finish, no holes
The grains are extremely fine and uniform, with a dense structure
Dielectric constant is stable and uniform
Small dielectric loss and good insulation
99.6 alumina substrates can be used for circuit processing based on thin film photolithography, and their accuracy can reach the micron level. Since their dielectric constant is higher than that of general PCB substrates, the design of device is small in size, which has a very significant advantage in the development trend of miniaturization of various component modules. This material of substrate plays an important role in the development of microwave RF.
Substrate Size And Thickness
Alumina substrate thicknesses range from 0.25 mm to 2.54 mm. The most common thicknesses are 0.25/0.385/0.5/0.635/0.76/0.89/1.0 mm. Minimum hole diameters are based on thickness.
Unipretec offers a wide range of standard and common sizes. Contact us if you need a larger size or complex geometry.
50.8 x 50.8mm
101.6 x101.6mm
114.3 x 114.3mm
114.3 x 165.2mm
120 x 120mm
127 x 177.8mm
139.7 x 165.2mm
138 x 190mm

Ceramic Substrate Material Comparison
| Item | UNIT | A960 | A996 | ALN | SI3N4 |
| Main Content | - | Al2O3>96% | Al2O3>99.6% | AlN>95% | Si₃N₄ |
| Density | g/cm³ | >3.7 | >3.88 | >3.3 | >3.17 |
| Color | - | White | White | Grey | Grey |
| Water Absorption | % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warpage | - | <2‰ | <2‰ | <2‰ | <2‰ |
| Surface Roughness (Ra) | um | 0.2-0.7 | <0.025 | 0.3-0.6 | <0.8 |
| Thermal Conductivity (25℃) | W/m·K | >25 | >30 | >175 | >80 |
| Thermal Expansion Coeffecient (25-300℃) | 10-6mm/℃ | 6.5-7.5 | <7.2 | 2-3 | 11-13 |
| Thermal Expansion Coeffecient (300-800℃) | 10-6mm/℃ | 6.5-8.0 | <7.5 | 2.5-3.5 | 11-13.5 |
| Max. Working Temperature | ℃ | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| Dielectric Strength | KV/mm | >17 | >17 | >17 | 19 |
| Dielectric Constant | 1 MHz | 9-10 | 9.9 | 17 | 7.8 |
| Electrical Resitivity (25℃) | Ω·mm |
>1014 |
>1014 | >1014 | >1014 |
Lasered And Metallized Substrate
Unipretec provides special differential scribing to enhance preferential singulation. More exact control over the singulation sequence is achieved by adjusting the laser pulse spacing and depth in the (x) and (y) scribe directions separately. Improved laser scribing increases process yields by reducing the risk of hooking, chipping, and premature breaking.
Unipretec offers a comprehensive range of laser machining, drilling, scribing, profiling, and annealing services to ensure that your substrates are precisely what you require for your intended use.
When alumina ceramic substrate used as electronic substrate, its thickness and surface quality are very important. A "rugged" surface makes it difficult to ensure that circuits deposited on electronic components can have good accuracy. Therefore, grinding and lapping can be used to make the alumina electronic substrate smooth. We have high-precision surface processing equipment, with high mechanical structure strength and stable accuracy. The grinding substrate surface roughness is Ra0.3-0.7um, and the polishing finish is around Ra0.05.
Direct Copper Bonding (DCB): Add oxygen element between copper and ceramics to obtain Cu-O eutectic liquid at a temperature of 1065-1083°C, and then react to obtain an intermediate phase (CuAlO2 or CuAl2O3), thereby achieving chemical metallurgical bonding of the Cu plate and the ceramic substrate. Finally, pattern preparation is achieved through photolithography technology to form a circuit. The DBC substrate has the advantages of similar thermal expansion coefficient to aluminum oxide, good thermal conductivity, strong insulation, and high reliability. In addition, the metallization process is relatively simple and the cost is low.
Direct Plating Copper (DPC) process: It is a process used to prepare high-density electronic packaging materials. This process is the main method for metal film deposition in microelectronics manufacturing. It mainly uses surface deposition processes such as evaporation and magnetron sputtering to metallize the substrate surface.
The magnetron sputtering process (below 300°C) completely avoids the adverse effects of high temperature on materials or circuit structures, and also reduces manufacturing process costs; it uses thin film and photolithography development technology to make the metal circuits on the substrate finer (line width 20-30um, line alignment accuracy error is less than ±1%), so DPC substrate is very suitable for electronic device packaging with high alignment accuracy requirements; surface roughness is less than 0.5um, more suitable for high precision refrigeration chip packaging.

contact information
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No.153, Yuehua Road, Huli District, Xiamen, China
86 18650119402
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