Editing 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. [[image]]s, will be printed.  Base materials may include:
* plastic films or foils, 
* [[release liner]]
* [[textile]]s, 
* plastic containers
* any variety of [[paper]] (lightweight, heavyweight, coated, uncoated, paperboard, cardboard, etc.), or 
* [[parchment]].

==Electronics==
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Printing processes such as [[screen printing|silk-screening]] and [[photolithography]] are used in electronics to produce [[printed circuit board]]s and [[integrated circuit]]s.  Some common substrates used are;<ref>Rogers & Plett, p. 162</ref>
* Glass-reinforced epoxy, eg [[FR-4]] board
* [[Ceramic]]-[[PTFE]] laminate, eg 6010 board
* [[Alumina]] ceramic
* [[Silicon]]
* [[Gallium arsenide]]
* [[Sapphire]]
* [[Quartz]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Rogers, John WM; Plett, Calvin, ''Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design'', Artech House, 2010 {{ISBN|1-60783-980-6}}.

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