Editing Silver (section)

===Electronics===
{{see also|Copper-clad aluminium wire}}
Silver is very important in electronics for conductors and electrodes on account of its high electrical conductivity even when tarnished. Bulk silver and silver foils were used to make vacuum tubes, and continue to be used today in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, circuits, and their components. For example, silver is used in high quality connectors for [[Radio frequency|RF]], [[Very high frequency|VHF]], and higher frequencies, particularly in tuned circuits such as [[RF and microwave filter#Cavity filters|cavity filters]] where conductors cannot be scaled by more than 6%. [[Printed circuit board|Printed circuits]] and [[RFID]] antennas are made with silver paints,<ref name="Hammond-2004" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Nikitin |first1=Pavel V. |last2=Lam |first2=Sander |last3=Rao |first3=K.V.S. |name-list-style=amp |chapter-url=http://www.ee.washington.edu/faculty/nikitin_pavel/papers/APS_2005.pdf |title=2005 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium |doi=10.1109/APS.2005.1552015 |isbn=978-0-7803-8883-3 |date=2005 |chapter=Low Cost Silver Ink RFID Tag Antennas |volume=2B |page=353 |s2cid=695256 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321212851/http://www.ee.washington.edu/faculty/nikitin_pavel/papers/APS_2005.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2016 }}</ref> Powdered silver and its alloys are used in paste preparations for conductor layers and electrodes, ceramic capacitors, and other ceramic components.<ref name="Brumby et al-8">Brumby et al., pp. 71–78</ref>