Patents by Inventor Akio Furusawa

Akio Furusawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11515280
    Abstract: A mounting structure is used, which includes: a semiconductor element including an element electrode; a metal member; and a sintered body configured to bond the semiconductor element and the metal member is used, in which the sintered body contains a first metal and a second metal solid-dissolved in the first metal, the second metal is a metal having a diffusion coefficient in the first metal larger than a self-diffusion coefficient of the first metal, and a content ratio of the second metal relative to a total mass of the first metal and the second metal in the sintered body is equal to or lower than a solid solution limit of the second metal to the first metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Hine, Hidetoshi Kitaura, Akio Furusawa
  • Patent number: 11515281
    Abstract: There is provided a bonding material which forms a bonding portion between two objects, which material contains (1) first metal particles comprising a first metal and having a median particle diameter in the range of 20 nm to 1 ?m, and (2) second metal particles comprising, as a second metal, at least one alloy of Sn and at least one selected from Bi, In and Zn and having a melting point of not higher than 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Furusawa, Shinji Ishitani, Kiyohiro Hine
  • Patent number: 11476399
    Abstract: A jointing material includes: at least one type of element at 0.1 wt % to 30 wt %, the element being capable of forming a compound with each of tin and carbon; and tin at 70 wt % to 99.9 wt % as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kitaura, Akio Furusawa, Kiyohiro Hine
  • Patent number: 11318534
    Abstract: To provide a method for efficiently producing metal microparticles having a particle diameter of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, and a device for producing the same. A metal microparticle production method is used, which includes a particle generating step of generating primary particles by irradiating a metal lump in a solvent in a first tank with an ultrasonic wave, and a particle splitting step of irradiating the primary particles with an ultrasonic wave in a solvent in a second tank and splitting the primary particles to produce secondary particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Furusawa, Kiyohiro Hine, Shinji Ishitani, Misato Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11135683
    Abstract: A solder alloy, includes: about 3 wt % to about 15 wt % of Sb; about 0.01 wt % to about 1.5 wt % of Te; and about 0.005 wt % to about 1 wt % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zn, Co, and Cr; and a balance of Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kitaura, Akio Furusawa, Kiyohiro Hine
  • Patent number: 10960496
    Abstract: There is provided a solder alloy in which 0.5 mass % or more and 1.25 mass % or less of Sb, In satisfying the following formula (I) or (II) when [Sb] is set as a Sb content percentage (mass %) and [In] is set as an In content percentage (mass %): in a case of 0.5?[Sb]?1.0, 5.5?[In]?5.50+1.06[Sb] . . . (I), in a case of 1.0<[Sb]?1.25, 5.5?[In]?6.35+0.212[Sb] . . . (II) (in the formula, [Sb] indicates a Sb content percentage (mass %) and [In] indicates an In content percentage (mass %)), 0.5 mass % or more and 1.2 mass % or less of Cu, 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less of Bi, 1.0 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less of Ag, and 0 mass % or more and 0.025 mass % or less of Co are contained, and has the remainder consisting essentially of Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Akiyama, Kiyohiro Hine, Hidetoshi Kitaura, Akio Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20200335470
    Abstract: There is provided a bonding material which forms a bonding portion between two objects, which material contains (1) first metal particles comprising a first metal and having a median particle diameter in the range of 20 nm to 1 ?m, and (2) second metal particles comprising, as a second metal, at least one alloy of Sn and at least one selected from Bi, In and Zn and having a melting point of not higher than 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akio FURUSAWA, Shinji ISHITANI, Kiyohiro HINE
  • Publication number: 20200185347
    Abstract: A mounting structure is used, which includes: a semiconductor element including an element electrode; a metal member; and a sintered body configured to bond the semiconductor element and the metal member is used, in which the sintered body contains a first metal and a second metal solid-dissolved in the first metal, the second metal is a metal having a diffusion coefficient in the first metal larger than a self-diffusion coefficient of the first metal, and a content ratio of the second metal relative to a total mass of the first metal and the second metal in the sintered body is equal to or lower than a solid solution limit of the second metal to the first metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: KIYOHIRO HINE, HIDETOSHI KITAURA, AKIO FURUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200130064
    Abstract: To provide a method for efficiently producing metal microparticles having a particle diameter of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, and a device for producing the same. A metal microparticle production method is used, which includes a particle generating step of generating primary particles by irradiating a metal lump in a solvent in a first tank with an ultrasonic wave, and a particle splitting step of irradiating the primary particles with an ultrasonic wave in a solvent in a second tank and splitting the primary particles to produce secondary particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: AKIO FURUSAWA, KIYOHIRO HINE, SHINJI ISHITANI, MISATO TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10636724
    Abstract: A mount structure having a joining capable of withstanding development of cracks generated by thermal stress due to repeated temperature changes in a mount structure having the joining of a large area is formed by joining a ceramic substrate electrode of a ceramic substrate and a metal substrate electrode of a metal substrate by a laminate, in which the laminate is formed by stacking a first interface layer, a first solder joining portion, a second interface layer, a first buffer material electrode, a buffer material, a second buffer material electrode, a third interface layer, a second solder joining portion and a fourth interface layer in this order from the ceramic substrate electrode toward the metal substrate electrode, a thickness of the laminate is 30 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, a difference between a thickness of the first solder joining portion and a thickness of the second solder joining portion is within 25%, and differences in elastic moduli and in linear expansion coefficients between the firs
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Hine, Akio Furusawa, Hidetoshi Kitaura, Kazuki Sakai
  • Patent number: 10493567
    Abstract: A solder alloy of the disclosure includes Sb of which a content is in a range of 3 wt % to 30 wt %, Te of which a content is in a range of 0.01 wt % to 1.5 wt %, Au of which a content is in a range of 0.005 wt % to 1 wt %, at least one of Ag and Cu, wherein a content rate of at least one of Ag and Cu in the solder alloy is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %; and a content rate of a sum of Ag and Cu in the solder alloy is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %; and a balance of Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Sakai, Akio Furusawa, Hidetoshi Kitaura, Kiyohiro Hine
  • Publication number: 20190165234
    Abstract: A jointing material includes: at least one type of element at 0.1 wt % to 30 wt %, the element being capable of forming a compound with each of tin and carbon; and tin at 70 wt % to 99.9 wt % as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KITAURA, Akio FURUSAWA, Kiyohiro HINE
  • Publication number: 20190099840
    Abstract: A solder alloy, includes: about 3 wt % to about 15 wt % of Sb; about 0.01 wt % to about 1.5 wt % of Te; and about 0.005 wt % to about 1 wt % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zn, Co, and Cr; and a balance of Sn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: HIDETOSHI KITAURA, AKIO FURUSAWA, KIYOHIRO HINE
  • Patent number: 10170442
    Abstract: A mount structure includes two members that are bonded to each other with a bonding material layer having a first interface layer and a second interface layer at the interfaces with the two members. The bonding material layer contains a first intermetallic compound and a stress relaxation material. The first intermetallic compound has a spherical, a columnar, or an oval spherical shape, and the same crystalline structure as the first interface layer and the second interface layer, and partly closes the space between the first interface layer and the second interface layer. The stress relaxation material contains tin as a main component, and fills around the first intermetallic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Hine, Akio Furusawa, Hidetoshi Kitaura, Kazuki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20180331013
    Abstract: A mount structure having a joining capable of withstanding development of cracks generated by thermal stress due to repeated temperature changes in a mount structure having the joining of a large area is formed by joining a ceramic substrate electrode of a ceramic substrate and a metal substrate electrode of a metal substrate by a laminate, in which the laminate is formed by stacking a first interface layer, a first solder joining portion, a second interface layer, a first buffer material electrode, a buffer material, a second buffer material electrode, a third interface layer, a second solder joining portion and a fourth interface layer in this order from the ceramic substrate electrode toward the metal substrate electrode, a thickness of the laminate is 30 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, a difference between a thickness of the first solder joining portion and a thickness of the second solder joining portion is within 25%, and differences in elastic moduli and in linear expansion coefficients between the firs
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: KIYOHIRO HINE, AKIO FURUSAWA, HIDETOSHI KITAURA, KAZUKI SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20180326542
    Abstract: A solder alloy of the disclosure includes Sb of which a content is in a range of 3 wt % to 30 wt %, Te of which a content is in a range of 0.01 wt % to 1.5 wt %, Au of which a content is in a range of 0.005 wt % to 1 wt %, at least one of Ag and Cu, wherein a content rate of at least one of Ag and Cu in the solder alloy is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %; and a content rate of a sum of Ag and Cu in the solder alloy is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %; and a balance of Sn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUKI SAKAI, AKIO FURUSAWA, HIDETOSHI KITAURA, KIYOHIRO HINE
  • Publication number: 20180257179
    Abstract: Provided is a solder alloy including an Sb content of 3 wt % or more and 15 wt % or less, a Te content of 0.01 wt % or more and 1.5 wt % or less, an Au content of 0.005 wt % or more and 1 wt % or less, and a remainder that is Sn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: HIDETOSHI KITAURA, AKIO FURUSAWA, KIYOHIRO HINE, KAZUKI SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10068869
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes a BGA including a BGA electrode, a circuit board including a circuit board electrode, and a solder joining portion which is arranged on the circuit board electrode and is connected to the BGA electrode. The solder joining portion is formed of Cu having a content ratio in a range from 0.6 mass % to 1.2 mass %, inclusive, Ag having a content ratio in a range from 3.0 mass % to 4.0 mass %, inclusive, Bi having a content ratio in a range from 0 mass % to 1.0 mass %, inclusive, In, and Sn. A range of the content ratio of In is different according to the content ratio of Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Hine, Akio Furusawa, Masato Mori, Taichi Nakamura, Hidetoshi Kitaura
  • Publication number: 20180166411
    Abstract: A mount structure includes two members that are bonded to each other with a bonding material layer having a first interface layer and a second interface layer at the interfaces with the two members. The bonding material layer contains a first intermetallic compound and a stress relaxation material. The first intermetallic compound has a spherical, a columnar, or an oval spherical shape, and the same crystalline structure as the first interface layer and the second interface layer, and partly closes the space between the first interface layer and the second interface layer. The stress relaxation material contains tin as a main component, and fills around the first intermetallic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: KIYOHIRO HINE, AKIO FURUSAWA, HIDETOSHI KITAURA, KAZUKI SAKAI
  • Patent number: 9981348
    Abstract: A solder alloy is substantially Ag-free and has desirable neat-resistance fatigue characteristics in a high-temperature environment as high as 150° C., even when used for soldering of electronic components having no leads. The solder alloy contains Sb, In, Cu, and Bi, and Sn accounting for the remainder, and satisfies the following formulae: 0.5?[Sb]?1.25 0.66[Sb]+4.16?[In]?6.0 0.5?[Cu]?1.2 0.1?[Bi]?0.5, wherein [Sb], [In], [Cu], and [Bi] represent the contents of Sb, In, Cu, and Bi, respectively, in mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Hine, Akio Furusawa, Hidetoshi Kitaura