Patents by Inventor Nao KAMAKURA

Nao KAMAKURA 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: 11817415
    Abstract: Provided are a thermal bonding sheet capable of suppressing inhibition of sintering of sinterable metallic particles by an organic component, thereby imparting sufficient bonding reliability to a power semiconductor device, and a thermal bonding sheet with a dicing tape having the thermal bonding sheet. A thermal bonding sheet has a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer includes sinterable metallic particles and an organic component, the precursor layer has a phase separation structure that is a sea-island structure or a co-continuous structure, and in a SEM surface observation image on at least one surface of the precursor layer, a maximum value among each diameter of the largest inscribed circle for a region occupied by each phase of the phase separation structure is 1 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Patent number: 11634611
    Abstract: A problem is to provide a sheet having a pre-sintering layer, the thickness of which following sintering is such as to be capable of relieving stresses. Solution means relate to a sheet comprising a pre-sintering layer. Viscosity at 90° C. of the pre-sintering layer is not less than 0.27 MPa·s. Thickness of the pre-sintering layer is 30 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 10888929
    Abstract: A problem is to provide a sheet which is such that a sintered body produced following sintering has a small amount of remaining organic substances. Solution means relate to a sheet comprising a pre-sintering layer. The pre-sintering layer comprises polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 10821543
    Abstract: Provided is a joint manufacturing method including: a step A of preparing a laminate in which two objects to be joined are temporarily adhered with a heat-joining sheet including a pre-sintering layer interposed between the two objects to be joined; a step B of increasing a temperature of the laminate from a temperature equal to or lower than a first temperature defined below to a second temperature; and a step C of holding the temperature of the laminate in a predetermined range after the step B, in which the laminate is pressurized during at least a part of the step B and at least a part of the step C. The first temperature is a temperature at which an organic component contained in the pre-sintering layer is decreased by 10% by weight when the pre-sintering layer is subjected to thermogravimetric measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo, Satoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 10748866
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet includes a pre-sintering layer containing copper particles and polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura, Satoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 10707184
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer, in which hardness of the layer after being heated at a heating rate of 1.5° C./sec from 80° C. to 300° C. under pressure of 10 MPa, and then held at 300° C. for 2.5 minutes is in a range of 1.5 GPa to 10 GPa in measurement using a nanoindenter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Patent number: 10685933
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer, in which an average area of a pore portion in a cross section of the layer after being heated at a heating rate of 1.5° C./sec from 80° C. to 300° C. under pressure of 10 MPa, and then held at 300° C. for 2.5 minutes is in a range of 0.005 ?m2 to 0.5 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Patent number: 10669452
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal bonding sheet which suppresses a compositional material of the thermal bonding sheet from protruding during bonding and from creeping up onto the surface of an object to be bonded, and provides a strong sintered layer after sintering. A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer. When the layer is analyzed by a differential thermal balance from 23° C. to 500° C. in an air atmosphere at a heating rate of 10° C./min, a value obtained by subtracting a weight decrease amount (%) at 300° C. from a weight decrease amount (%) at 500° C. is in a range of ?1% to 0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20190311936
    Abstract: Provided are a thermal bonding sheet capable of suppressing inhibition of sintering of sinterable metallic particles by an organic component, thereby imparting sufficient bonding reliability to a power semiconductor device, and a thermal bonding sheet with a dicing tape having the thermal bonding sheet. A thermal bonding sheet has a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer has sinterable metallic particles and an organic component, a 95% weight loss temperature of the organic component is 150° C. or more and 300° C. or less when thermogravimetry of the thermal bonding sheet is performed under an air atmosphere at a heating rate of 10° C./min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi HONDA, Yuki SUGO, Nao KAMAKURA
  • Patent number: 10301509
    Abstract: A sheet for thermal bonding which has a tensile modulus of 10 to 3,000 MPa and contains fine metal particles in an amount in the range of 60-98 wt % and which, when heated from 23° C. to 400° C. in the air at a heating rate of 10° C./min and then examined by energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, has a carbon concentration of 15 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura, Tsuyoshi Ishizaka, Mitsuaki Fusumada
  • Publication number: 20190148331
    Abstract: Provided are a thermal bonding sheet capable of suppressing inhibition of sintering of sinterable metallic particles by an organic component, thereby imparting sufficient bonding reliability to a power semiconductor device, and a thermal bonding sheet with a dicing tape having the thermal bonding sheet. A thermal bonding sheet has a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer includes sinterable metallic particles and an organic component, the precursor layer has a phase separation structure that is a sea-island structure or a co-continuous structure, and in a SEM surface observation image on at least one surface of the precursor layer, a maximum value among each diameter of the largest inscribed circle for a region occupied by each phase of the phase separation structure is 1 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20190047081
    Abstract: Provided is a joint manufacturing method including: a step A of preparing a laminate in which two objects to be joined are temporarily adhered with a heat-joining sheet including a pre-sintering layer interposed between the two objects to be joined; a step B of increasing a temperature of the laminate from a temperature equal to or lower than a first temperature defined below to a second temperature; and a step C of holding the temperature of the laminate in a predetermined range after the step B, in which the laminate is pressurized during at least a part of the step B and at least a part of the step C. The first temperature is a temperature at which an organic component contained in the pre-sintering layer is decreased by 10% by weight when the pre-sintering layer is subjected to thermogravimetric measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo, Satoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20190043824
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet includes a pre-sintering layer containing copper particles and polycarbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura, Satoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20180315729
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal bonding sheet capable of preventing bonding irregularity by uniform thickness, and imparting the bonding reliability at high temperatures, and a thermal bonding sheet with dicing tape having the thermal bonding sheet. A thermal bonding sheet includes a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer has an average thickness of 5 ?m to 200 ?m, and a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness falling within a range of ±20% of the average thickness. A thermal bonding sheet includes a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer has an average thickness of 5 ?m to 200 ?m, and a surface roughness Sa measured in a field of view of 200 ?m×200 ?m by a confocal microscope of 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20180277507
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer, in which an average area of a pore portion in a cross section of the layer after being heated at a heating rate of 1.5° C./sec from 80° C. to 300° C. under pressure of 10 MPa, and then held at 300° C. for 2.5 minutes is in a range of 0.005 ?m2 to 0.5 ?m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20180273808
    Abstract: A problem is to provide a sheet having a pre-sintering layer, the thickness of which following sintering is such as to be capable of relieving stresses. Solution means relate to a sheet comprising a pre-sintering layer. Viscosity at 90° C. of the pre-sintering layer is not less than 0.27 MPa·s. Thickness of the pre-sintering layer is 30 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo
  • Publication number: 20180265744
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal bonding sheet which suppresses a compositional material of the thermal bonding sheet from protruding during bonding and from creeping up onto the surface of an object to be bonded, and provides a strong sintered layer after sintering. A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer. When the layer is analyzed by a differential thermal balance from 23° C. to 500° C. in an air atmosphere at a heating rate of 10° C./min, a value obtained by subtracting a weight decrease amount (%) at 300° C. from a weight decrease amount (%) at 500° C. is in a range of ?1% to 0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20180269175
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer, in which hardness of the layer after being heated at a heating rate of 1.5° C./sec from 80° C. to 300° C. under pressure of 10 MPa, and then held at 300° C. for 2.5 minutes is in a range of 1.5 GPa to 10 GPa in measurement using a nanoindenter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20180257142
    Abstract: A problem is to provide a sheet which is such that a sintered body produced following sintering has a small amount of remaining organic substances. Solution means relate to a sheet comprising a pre-sintering layer. The pre-sintering layer comprises polycarbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo
  • Publication number: 20170369744
    Abstract: A sheet for thermal bonding which has a tensile modulus of 10 to 3,000 MPa and contains fine metal particles in an amount in the range of 60-98 wt % and which, when heated from 23° C. to 400° C. in the air at a heating rate of 10° C./min and then examined by energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, has a carbon concentration of 15 wt % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura, Tsuyoshi Ishizaka, Mitsuaki Fusumada