Nickel and Gold Coatings of Germanium and Kovar Substrates


Cetin Y., ERDOĞAN M., Demirci G., KARAKAYA İ.

Symposium on Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering General Session held during the 229th Meeting of The Electrochemical-Society, California, United States Of America, 29 May - 02 June 2016, vol.72, pp.55-64 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 72
  • Doi Number: 10.1149/07222.0055ecst
  • City: California
  • Country: United States Of America
  • Page Numbers: pp.55-64
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The integration of germanium to other materials such as Kovar (R) (registered trademark of Carpenter Technology Corporation), an Fe-Ni-Co alloy, by soldering requires a surface preparation due to poor wetting characteristics of germanium. Coating (metallization) by successive electroplating of 3 mm wide nickel and gold frames well adhered to the outer edge of a circular germanium window and kovar body was applied to attain successful joining of germanium to kovar.