Substrate (printing)
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Substrate is used in a converting process such as printing or coating to generally describe the base material onto which, e.g. images, will be printed. Base materials may include:
- plastic films or foils,
- release liner
- textiles,
- plastic containers
- any variety of paper (lightweight, heavyweight, coated, uncoated, paperboard, cardboard, etc.), or
- parchment.
Electronics
[edit]Printing processes such as silk-screening and photolithography are used in electronics to produce printed circuit boards and integrated circuits. Some common substrates used are;[1]
- Glass-reinforced epoxy, eg FR-4 board
- Ceramic-PTFE laminate, eg 6010 board
- Alumina ceramic
- Silicon
- Gallium arsenide
- Sapphire
- Quartz
References
[edit]- ^ Rogers & Plett, p. 162
Bibliography
[edit]- Rogers, John WM; Plett, Calvin, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, Artech House, 2010 ISBN 1-60783-980-6.