特集 「機能性スクリーン印刷の現状と将来展望」
電子産業におけるスクリーン印刷技術の動向
2003 年 40 巻 1 号 p. 10-16
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2003 年 40 巻 1 号 p. 10-16
What people imagine from “screen printing in the electronics field” may be most likely P. C. B. (Printed Circuit Board) application. Technologies in P. C. B. manufacturing and surface mounting had made a remarkable progress in 1990's and this technological progress however, generated a rapid growth in demands in the market for S. M. D. (Surface Mounting Devices) components. Consequently, high-precision screen making and printing technologies for such the ceramic S. M. D. components have therefore, started to attract people's attention. The progress in screen printing technology has supported what is called “IT” (Information Technologies) revolution that includes rapid spread of cellular phones into the market since late 1990's. Screens with stainless wire mesh have popularly used for “MLCC” (Multi-Layered Ceramic Capacitors) for the past many years, meanwhile what is called “LTCC” (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics) has recently grown its production very rapidly. The explosive growth in computer and cellular phones to the market has supported the electronics industry instead of the old and saturated domestic appliances and audio and videos that used to be main consumer electronics in 1980's. Demands for downsizing and high-precision have pushed the market forward and each passive components manufacturers has joined the war since to ramp up the volume production of new models earlier than others is today, one and only condition to survive. Few people know that the technological progress in the sober screen printing has supported the showy IT industries.
