airbridge
nounEtymology From air + bridge. In some cases, Calque of German Luftbrücke.
1
The route and aircraft used to deliver material by an airlift.
2
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences US Synonym of jet bridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane.
3
A conductor on an integrated circuit that crosses over other conductors with an air gap introduced between in the wafer manufacturing process.
Integrated circuits
- The Schottky contact is connected to the anode pad using a Gold airbridge.
- Figure 3a shows the process flow for an air dielectric cross-over or air bridge1985, Jeffrey Frey, K. B. Bhasin, Microwave integrated circuits, page 273:
2 more examples
- An airbridge is essentially a thick plated strap which crosses over one or several conductors with an air gap in between for low parasitic coupling1986, General Electric Company (Great Britain), The GEC journal of research, volume 4, page 107:
- Here the so-called 'air-bridge' crossover is useful. This crossover consists of a deposited strap which crosses over one or more conductors with an air gap in between for low capacitive coupling.1988, Joseph Mun, GaAs integrated circuits, page 216: