“…[15,26,32,33] Au-Ge joints 67 have been evaluated as materials for die-attach purposes 68 in numerous devices and configurations and various 69 other uses in recent years. Applications include silicon 70 carbide (SiC) power devices, [10,19,28,[34][35][36] SiC 71 diodes, [10,[18][19][20]26,29,32,33,35] SiC dummy dies, [15,30,31] Si 72 dummy dies, [8,9,11,12,17,22] microwave circuit, [27] MEMS 73 device, [37] for wafer bonding, [37] creating nanowires, [38] 74 forming ohmic contacts, [6,39] and hermetic seals [40,41] to 75 mention some. Ceramic substrates (circuit boards) have 76 most commonly been the substrate of choice in the 77 evaluated systems.…”