Method for connecting at least two components using a sintering process

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for connecting at least two components (18, 20) using a sintering process. The aim of the invention is to improve the sintering process. This is achieved in that the method has the following method steps: a) providing a starting material (10) of a sintering compound (22), comprising particles (12) which can be sintered and have at least one metal or at least one metal compound and comprising at least one polymeric, polymerizable, and/or monomeric organic compound (14), wherein the polymeric, polymerizable, and/or monomeric compound (14) has a flow temperature which is higher than or equal to the room temperature and lower than the sintering temperature, and the polymeric, polymerizable, and/or monomeric organic compound (14) further has a desorption temperature which is higher than the flow temperature and lower than or equal to the sintering temperature; b) arranging the starting material (10) between two components (18, 20) to be connected; c) heating the starting material (10) to a temperature (T1) which is higher than or equal to the flow temperature of the polymeric, polymerizable, and/or monomeric organic compound (14) and lower than the desorption temperature of the polymeric, polymerizable, and/or monomeric organic compound (14) for a period of time (t1); and d) heating the starting material (10) to a temperature (T2) which is higher than or equal to the sintering temperature of the particles (12) which can be sintered, optionally under the influence of a sintering pressure, for a period of time (t2), thereby forming a sintering compound (22).

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