Alumina Ceramic Substrate

Alumina ceramic substrates are a type of ceramic substrate that is made of aluminum oxide. They are a high-performance material with excellent electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. Alumina ceramic substrates are used in a variety of applications, including printed circuit boards, power devices, and sensors.

Ceramic Substrate Manufacturing Company

Great Ceramic provides a variety of alumina ceramic substrates of different purity, which are produced by tape casting and mold pressing. It mainly has the characteristics of superior comprehensive performance, good thickness uniformity and high density. Various shapes can be customized according to customer needs through laser cutting and other processes, and surface metallization can be performed.

Properties of Alumina Ceramic Substrate

Basic properties of ceramic substrates

Items Unit 96%  Al2O3 99%  Al2O3 99.6% Al2O3 ZTA AlN-170 AlN-200 AlN-230
Color White Yellow White White Gray/Beige Gray/Beige Gray/Beige
Volume density g/cm³ 3.7 3.88 3.9 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.3
Surface roughness um(Ra) 0.2~0.75 0.2~0.75 0.05~0.15 0.1~0.2 <0.8 <0.8 <0.8
Camber length ‰ ≤3 ≤3 ≤3 ≤3 ≤3 ≤3 ≤3

Mechanical properties of substrate

Items Unit 96% Al2O3 99% Al2O3 99.6% Al2O3 ZTA AlN-170 AlN-200 AlN-230
Flexural Strength MPa ≥350 ≥400 ≥450 ≥600 ≥400 ≥350 ≥300
Fracture Toughness MPa·m1/2 3.0 3.2 3.2 4.0 3.0 2.6 2.4
Vickers Hardness GPa 15 15 16 15 11 11 11

Thermal properties of the substrate

Items Unit 96% Al2O3 99% Al2O3 99.6% Al2O3 ZTA AlN-170 AlN-200 AlN-230
Thermal conductivity W/m·k(25℃) ≥24 ≥26 ≥29 ≥27 ≥170 ≥195 ≥225
Thermal expansion coefficient ×10-6/k (25℃~800℃) 7.8 7.9 7.9 8.0 4~6 4~6 4~6
Thermal shock resistance ≥10(800℃) No cracks No cracks No cracks No cracks No cracks No cracks No cracks
Heat capacity J/(kg·k) 750 780 780 720 720 720 720

Electrical properties of the substrate

Items Unit 96% Al2O3 99% Al2O3 99.6% Al2O3 ZTA AlN-170 AlN-200 AlN-230
Volume resistance Ω·cm(20℃) ≥1014 ≥1014 ≥1014 ≥1014 ≥1014 ≥1014 ≥1014
Dielectric constant 1MHz 9~10 9~10 9~10 10.4 9.7 8.7 8.5
Dielectric loss 1MHz 3×10-4 3×10-4 3×10-4 3×10-4 4×10-4 4×10-4 4×10-4
Dielectric strength KV/mm ≥15 ≥15 ≥15 ≥10 ≥15 ≥15 ≥15

Note: Each batch may be different, for reference only.

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Dimensions Of Ceramic Substrate

Great Ceramic offers a variety of standardized sizes of alumina ceramic substrates to meet customer needs. In addition, we also provide customers with customized services for ceramic substrates, and the size of the substrate can be customized according to customer needs.

50.8×50.8 76.2×76.2 101.6×101.6 114.3×114.3
120×120 127×127 132×142 138×190
145×195 240×280 87×400 95×400
Thickness can be customized upon request.
The normal thickness is: 0.20, 0.25, 0.38, 0.50, 0.635, 0.76, 0.80, 0.90, 1.0, 1.2

Our Ceramic Substrate Manufacturing Capabilities

  • Thickness: minimum 0.2mm, maximum 3.0mm;
  • Length: ≤420mm;
  • Width: ≤240mm;
  • Aperture: 0.03mm (laser processing), 0.07mm (mold die-casting);
  • Distance: The minimum distance between the hole or groove and the edge is 0.2mm.

Dimensions and Tolerance Tables

Items Stamped substrates Lasered substrates
Qualified Superior Qualified  Superior
Length tolerances T≤0.645 ±0.7%
Min:±0.1
±0.5%
Min:±0.05
+0.20/-0.05 +0.15/-0.05
0.635<T≤1.0 +0.25/-0.10 +0.20/-0.05
1.0<T≤1.2 +0.30/-0.10 +0.25/-0.10
Thickness tolerances ±10%
Min:±0.06
±7%
Min:±0.05
±10%
Min:±0.05
±7%
Min:±0.05
Distance tolerances between snap-lines or holes ±0.6%
Min:±0.10
±0.5%
Min:±0.05
±0.05 ±0.05
Hole diameter tolerances T≤0.645 ±0.8%
Min:±0.06
±0.7%
Min:±0.05
±0.075 ±0.05
T>0.635 ±0.1 ±0.075
Tolerance of distance from edge to snap-line or hole T≤0.645 ±0.6%
Min:±0.1
±0.5%
Min:±0.05
+0.15/-0.05 +0.15/-0.05
0.635<T≤1.0 +0.20/-0.05 +0.20/-0.05
1.0<T≤1.2 +0.25/-0.10 +0.25/-0.10
Overall camber 0.3%
Min:0.05
0.25%
Min:0.05
0.3%
Min:0.05
0.25%
Min:0.05
Parallelism/Verticality 0.5% longest edge size 0.4% longest edge size 0.3% longest edge size 0.2% longest edge size