Patents by Inventor Kayo HASHIZUME

Kayo HASHIZUME 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).

  • Publication number: 20230039742
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed wiring board, the substrate includes a base film containing polyimide as a main component and a sinter layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the base film and containing copper nanoparticles. The base film contains a nitrogen atom bonded to a copper atom of the copper nanoparticles, an average number of the nitrogen atom bonded to the copper atom per unit area of the surface of the base film on which the sinter layer is disposed is 2.6×1018 atoms/m2 to 7.7×1018 atoms/m2, and the average number is an average number calculated for a measurement region estimated to have a thickness of 3 nm from a measurement value of the surface of the base film measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuto HIDANI, Kayo HASHIZUME, Haruka OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210127487
    Abstract: The base material for printed circuit board according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a base material for printed circuit board comprising a base film having an insulating property, a sintering layer inducing a plurality of copper particles and formed on at least one surface of the base film and an electroless copper plating layer formed on a surface of the sintering layer, the surface being on an opposite side to the base film, and filled in the sintering layer, and wherein a lightness L* of a surface of the electroless copper plating layer, the surface being on an opposite side to the sintering layer, is 45.0 or more and 85.0 or less, a chromaticity a* thereof is 5.0 or more and 25.0 or less, and a chromaticity b* thereof is 5.0 or more and 25.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichiro AIKAWA, Motohiko SUGIURA, Takashi KASUGA, Kazuhiro MIYATA, Kayo HASHIZUME, Masamichi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210014978
    Abstract: A base material for a printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property, and a sintered body layer including metal particles and layered on at least one surface of the base film. The sintered body layer includes sintered particles that are derived from the metal particles and partially embedded into the surface of the base film. The embedment ratio of the sintered particles is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Masamichi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10889086
    Abstract: A resin film according to one aspect of the present invention is a resin film having polyimide as a main component, the resin film including a modified layer formed in a depth direction from at least one side of the resin film; and a non-modified layer other than the modified layer, wherein a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the modified layer is higher than a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the non-modified layer, and an average thickness of the modified layer from the one side of the resin film is greater than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Masamichi Yamamoto, Takashi Kasuga, Yugo Kubo, Hideki Kashihara, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20210007227
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a substrate for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; and a metal layer that covers an entirety or a part of one or both surfaces of the base film, wherein the metal layer includes a sintered body layer of copper nanoparticles, and wherein the sintered body layer includes nitrogen atoms by greater than or equal to 0.5 atomic % and less than or equal to 5.0 atomic %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MIYATA, Kayo HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20200376810
    Abstract: A resin film according to one aspect of the present invention is a resin film having polyimide as a main component, the resin film including a modified layer formed in a depth direction from at least one side of the resin film; and a non-modified layer other than the modified layer, wherein a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the modified layer is higher than a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the non-modified layer, and an average thickness of the modified layer from the one side of the resin film is greater than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Yoshio OKA, Masamichi YAMAMOTO, Takashi KASUGA, Yugo KUBO, Hideki KASHIHARA, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Patent number: 10596782
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film and a metal layer stacked on at least one of surfaces of the resin film. An average diffusion depth of a main metal of the metal layer in the resin film is 100 nm or less after a weather resistance test in which the substrate is held at 150° C. for seven days. The average diffusion depth is preferably 80 nm or less before the weather resistance test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Jinjoo Park, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10244627
    Abstract: An object is to provide a substrate for a printed wiring board that has good circuit formability while maintaining adhesion strength between a conductive layer (2) and a base film (1). The substrate includes a base film having an insulating property (1) and a conductive layer (2) formed on at least one surface of the base film (1). The maximum height Sz, which is defined in ISO25178, of the surface of the base film (1) is 0.05 ?m or more and less than 0.9 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Jinjoo Park, Kousuke Miura, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10225931
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a substrate for a printed circuit board, the substrate including a resin film and a metal layer deposited on at least one surface of the resin film, includes a modified layer on the surface of the resin film on which the metal layer is deposited, the modified layer having a composition different from another portion, in which the modified layer contains a metal, a metal ion, or a metal compound different from a main metal of the metal layer. The content of a metal element of the metal, the metal ion, or the metal compound on a surface of the modified layer is preferably 0.2 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Jinjoo Park, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180371191
    Abstract: A base film for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention is a base film for a printed circuit board, the base film containing a polyimide as a main component. A ratio of a peak intensity around a wave number of 1705 cm?1 to a peak intensity around a wave number of 1494 cm?1 in an absorption intensity spectrum of a surface of the base film, the spectrum being measured at an angle of incidence of 45° by total reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy, is 0.50 or more and 1.10 or less. A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the base film for a printed circuit board and a metal layer stacked on the surface of the base film for a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Kentaro OKAMOTO, Atsushi KIMURA, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20180147815
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film and a metal layer stacked on at least one of surfaces of the resin film. An average diffusion depth of a main metal of the metal layer in the resin film is 100 nm or less after a weather resistance test in which the substrate is held at 150° C. for seven days. The average diffusion depth is preferably 80 nm or less before the weather resistance test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Jinjoo PARK, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20180124925
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a substrate for a printed circuit board, the substrate including a resin film and a metal layer deposited on at least one surface of the resin film, includes a modified layer on the surface of the resin film on which the metal layer is deposited, the modified layer having a composition different from another portion, in which the modified layer contains a metal, a metal ion, or a metal compound different from a main metal of the metal layer. The content of a metal element of the metal, the metal ion, or the metal compound on a surface of the modified layer is preferably 0.2 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Jinjoo PARK, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20170347464
    Abstract: An object is to provide a substrate for a printed wiring board that has good circuit formability while maintaining adhesion strength between a conductive layer (2) and a base film (1). The substrate includes a base film having an insulating property (1) and a conductive layer (2) formed on at least one surface of the base film (1). The maximum height Sz, which is defined in ISO25178, of the surface of the base film (1) is 0.05 ?m or more and less than 0.9 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Jinjoo PARK, Kousuke MIURA, Hiroshi UEDA