The solids portion may include one or more additional additive materials, e.g. 0 to 10 wt % or 0 to 5 wt % of additional additive material.
Organic Medium
The solids portion of the conductive paste of the present invention is dispersed in organic medium. The organic medium may constitute, for example, at least 2 wt %, at least 5 wt % or at least 9 wt % of the conductive paste. The organic medium may constitute 20 wt % or less, 15 wt % or less, 13 wt % or less or 10 wt % or less of the conductive paste.
Accordingly, it will be understood that the solids portion may constitute at least 80 wt %, at least 85 wt %, at least 87 wt % or at least 90 wt % of the conductive paste. The solids portion may constitute 98 wt % or less, 95 wt % or less or 91 wt % or less of the conductive paste.
The organic medium typically comprises an organic solvent with one or more additives dissolved or dispersed therein. As the skilled person will readily understand, the components of the organic medium are typically chosen to provide suitable consistency and rheology properties to permit the conductive paste to be printed onto a semiconductor substrate, and to render the paste stable during transport and storage.
Examples of suitable solvents for the organic medium include one or more solvents selected from the group consisting of butyl diglycol, butyldiglycol acetate, terpineol, diakylene glycol alkyl ethers (such as diethylene glycol dibutyl ether and tripropyleneglycol monomethylether), ester alcohol (such as Texanol?), 2-(2-methoxypropoxy)-1-propanol and mixtures thereof.