Patents by Inventor Shunsaku Yoshikawa
Shunsaku Yoshikawa 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).
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Patent number: 10076808Abstract: A lead-free solder alloy capable of forming solder joints in which electromigration and an increase in resistance during electric conduction at a high current density are suppressed has an alloy composition consisting essentially of 1.0-13.0 mass % of In, 0.1-4.0 mass % of Ag, 0.3-1.0 mass % of Cu, a remainder of Sn. The solder alloy has excellent tensile properties even at a high temperature exceeding 100° C. and can be used not only for CPUs but also for power semiconductors.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsukasa Ohnishi, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Ken Tachibana, Yoshie Yamanaka, Hikaru Nomura, Kyu-oh Lee
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Patent number: 9987710Abstract: A solder paste whereby metal does not flow out of a joint during a second or subsequent reflow heating stage. The solder paste excels in terms of temporal stability and exhibits high joint strength at room temperature and at high temperatures. The solder paste comprises a powdered metal component and a flux component, the powdered metal component comprising: 10-70 mass % of a powdered intermetallic compound comprising copper and tin and 30-90 mass % of a solder powder including tin as a main component. Neither the powdered intermetallic compound nor the solder powder contains a copper-only phase, inhibiting the elution of copper ions into the flux.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoki Koroki, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Sakie Okada, Taro Itoyama, Hideyuki Komuro, Naoko Hirai, Keitaro Shimizu
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Publication number: 20180005970Abstract: A lead-free solder ball is provided which suppresses interfacial peeling in a bonding interface of a solder ball, fusion defects which develop between the solder ball and solder paste, and which can be used both with Ni electrodes plated with Au or the like and Cu electrodes having a water-soluble preflux applied atop Cu. The lead-free solder ball for electrodes of BGAs or CSPs consists of 1.6-2.9 mass % of Ag, 0.7-0.8 mass % of Cu, 0.05-0.08 mass % of Ni, and a remainder of Sn. It has excellent resistance to thermal fatigue and to drop impacts regardless of the type of electrodes of a printed circuit board to which it is bonded, which are Cu electrodes or Ni electrodes having Au plating or Au/Pd plating as surface treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Yoshie Yamanaka, Ken Tachibana, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Hikaru Nomura
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Publication number: 20180001426Abstract: Provided is a lead-free solder alloy that has excellent tensile strength and ductility, does not deform after heat cycles, and does not crack. The In and Bi content are optimized and the Sb and Ni content are adjusted. As a result, this solder alloy has an alloy composition including, by mass, 1.0 to 7.0% of In, 1.5 to 5.5% of Bi, 1.0 to 4.0% of Ag, 0.01 to 0.2% of Ni, and 0.01 to 0.15% of Sb, with the remainder made up by Sn.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Masayuki SUZUKI, Naoko IZUMITA, Shunsaku YOSHIKAWA, Ken TACHIBANA, Rei FUJIMAKI, Hikaru NOMURA
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Patent number: 9844837Abstract: By using a solder alloy consisting essentially of 0.2-1.2 mass % of Ag, 0.6-0.9 mass % of Cu, 1.2-3.0 mass % of Bi, 0.02-1.0 mass % of Sb, 0.01-2.0 mass % of In, and a remainder of Sn, it is possible to obtain portable devices having excellent resistance to drop impact and excellent heat cycle properties without developing thermal fatigue even when used in a high-temperature environment such as inside a vehicle heated by the sun or in a low-temperature environment such as outdoors in snowy weather.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Shimamura, Tsukasa Ohnishi, Mitsuhiro Kosai, Kazuyori Takagi, Tomoko Nonaka, Masayuki Suzuki, Toru Hayashida, Seiko Ishibashi, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Yoshie Yamanaka
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Patent number: 9837757Abstract: With the increasing density of in-vehicle electronic circuits, not only conventional cracks at bonding interfaces such as between the substrate and the solder attachment site or a component and the solder attachment site but also novel cracking problems of cracks occurring in the Sn matrix in the interior of the bonded solder have appeared. To solve the above problem, a lead-free solder alloy with 1-4 mass % Ag, 0.6-0.8 mass % Cu, 1-5 mass % Sb, 0.01-0.2 mass % Ni and the remainder being Sn is used. A solder alloy, which not only can withstand harsh temperature cycling characteristics from low temperatures of ?40° C. to high temperatures of 125° C. but can also withstand external forces that occur when riding up on a curb or colliding with a vehicle in front for long periods, and an in-vehicle electronic circuit device using the solder alloy can thereby be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Naoko Hirai, Ken Tachibana, Yoshie Tachibana
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Patent number: 9808890Abstract: A solder alloy has an alloy composition containing Zn of 3 through 25 mass %, Ti of 0.002 through 0.25 mass %, Al of 0.002 through 0.25 mass % and balance of Sn, a solder joint made of the solder alloy, and a jointing method using the solder alloy.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hikaru Nomura, Shunsaku Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9780055Abstract: A lead-free solder ball is provided which suppresses interfacial peeling in a bonding interface of a solder ball, fusion defects which develop between the solder ball and solder paste, and which can be used both with Ni electrodes plated with Au or the like and Cu electrodes having a water-soluble preflux applied atop Cu. The lead-free solder ball for electrodes of BGAs or CSPs consists of 1.6-2.9 mass % of Ag, 0.7-0.8 mass % of Cu, 0.05-0.08 mass % of Ni, and a remainder of Sn. It has excellent resistance to thermal fatigue and to drop impacts regardless of the type of electrodes of a printed circuit board to which it is bonded, which are Cu electrodes or Ni electrodes having Au plating or Au/Pd plating as surface treatment. The composition may include at least one element selected from Fe, Co, and Pt in a total amount of 0.003-0.1 mass % or at least one element selected from Bi, In, Sb, P, and Ge in a total amount of 0.003-0.1 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshie Yamanaka, Ken Tachibana, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Hikaru Nomura
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Publication number: 20170274481Abstract: Provided is a lead-free solder alloy for terminal preliminary plating, by which the separation property when pulling up the terminals from molten solder is improved. The lead-free solder alloy for terminal preliminary plating contains 4 mass % or more and 6 mass % or less of Cu, 0.1 mass % or more and 0.2 mass % or less of Ni, 0.01 mass % or more and 0.04 mass % or less of Ga, 0.004 mass % or more and 0.03 mass % or less of P, and a remainder of Sn, a total amount of Ga and P being 0.05 mass % or less. Its tension in a melted condition by heating in soldering temperature is 200 dyn/cm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventor: Shunsaku Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9773721Abstract: A lead-free solder which can reduce the occurrence of voids and a connecting member which uses the solder and has excellent adhesion, bonding strength, and workability are provided. The lead-free solder alloy contains Sn: 0.1-3% and/or Bi: 0.1-2%, and a remainder of In and unavoidable impurities and has the effect of suppressing the occurrence of voids at the time of soldering. The connecting member is prepared by melting the lead-free solder alloy, immersing a metal substrate in the melt, and applying ultrasonic vibrations to the molten lead-free solder alloy and the metal substrate to form a lead-free solder alloy layer on the surface of the metal substrate. A heat sink and a package are soldered to each other through this connecting member by reflow heating in the presence of flux.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Yoshie Yamanaka, Tsukasa Ohnishi, Seiko Ishibashi, Koji Watanabe, Hiroki Ishikawa, Yutaka Chiba
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Publication number: 20170151636Abstract: A solder alloy has an alloy composition consisting of, in mass %: Bi: 0.1 to 0.8%; Ag: 0 to 0.3%; Cu: 0 to 0.7%; P: 0.001 to 0.1%, with the balance being Sn. A total amount of Ag and Bi is from 0.3 to 0.8% in the alloy composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsaku YOSHIKAWA, Hikaru NOMURA
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Patent number: 9597753Abstract: A solder paste whereby metal does not flow out of a joint during a second or subsequent reflow heating stage. The solder paste excels in terms of temporal stability and exhibits high joint strength at room temperature and at high temperatures. The solder paste comprises a powdered metal component and a flux component, the powdered metal component comprising: 10-70 mass % of a powdered intermetallic compound comprising copper and tin and 30-90 mass % of a solder powder including tin as a main component. Neither the powdered intermetallic compound nor the solder powder contains a copper-only phase, inhibiting the elution of copper ions into the flux.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoki Koroki, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Sakie Okada, Taro Itoyama, Hideyuki Komuro, Naoko Hirai, Keitaro Shimizu
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Publication number: 20160158896Abstract: A solder paste whereby metal does not flow out of a joint during a second or subsequent reflow heating stage. The solder paste excels in terms of temporal stability and exhibits high joint strength at room temperature and at high temperatures. The solder paste comprises a powdered metal component and a flux component, the powdered metal component comprising the following: 10-70 mass % of a powdered intermetallic compound comprising copper and tin and 30-90 mass % of a solder powder including tin as a main component. Neither the powdered intermetallic compound nor the solder powder contains a copper-only phase, inhibiting the elution of copper ions into the flux.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki Koroki, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Sakie Okada, Taro Itoyama, Hideyuki Komuro, Naoko Hirai, Keitaro Shimizu
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Publication number: 20160158897Abstract: A solder paste whereby metal does not flow out of a joint during a second or subsequent reflow heating stage. The solder paste exhibits high joint strength at room temperature and at high temperatures, excels in terms of temporal stability, exhibits minimal void formation, and can form highly cohesive joints. The solder paste comprises a powdered metal component and a flux component, the powdered metal component comprising: a powdered intermetallic compound that comprises copper and tin and has metal barrier layers covering the surfaces thereof and a solder powder including tin as a main component. Neither the powdered intermetallic compound nor the solder powder contains a copper-only phase, inhibiting the elution of copper ions into the flux.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki Koroki, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Sakie Okada, Taro Itoyama, Hideyuki Komuro, Naoko Hirai, Keitaro Shimizu
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Publication number: 20160056570Abstract: With the increasing density of in-vehicle electronic circuits, not only conventional cracks at bonding interfaces such as between the substrate and the solder attachment site or a component and the solder attachment site but also novel cracking problems of cracks occurring in the Sn matrix in the interior of the bonded solder have appeared. To solve the above problem, a lead-free solder alloy with 1-4 mass % Ag, 0.6-0.8 mass % Cu, 1-5 mass % Sb, 0.01-0.2 mass % Ni and the remainder being Sn is used. A solder alloy, which not only can withstand harsh temperature cycling characteristics from low temperatures of ?40° C. to high temperatures of 125° C. but can also withstand external forces that occur when riding up on a curb or colliding with a vehicle in front for long periods, and an in-vehicle electronic circuit device using the solder alloy can thereby be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Shunsaku YOSHIKAWA, Naoko HIRAI, Ken TACHIBANA, Yoshie TACHIBANA
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Publication number: 20150328722Abstract: Provided is a lead-free solder alloy that has excellent tensile strength and ductility, does not deform after heat cycles, and does not crack. The In and Bi content are optimized and the Sb and Ni content are adjusted. As a result, this solder alloy has an alloy composition including, by mass, 1.0 to 7.0% of In, 1.5 to 5.5% of Bi, 1.0 to 4.0% of Ag, 0.01 to 0.2% of Ni, and 0.01 to 0.15% of Sb, with the remainder made up by Sn.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Masayuki SUZUKI, Naoko HIRAI, Shunsaku YOSHIKAWA, Ken TACHIBANA, Rei FUJIMAKI, Hikaru NOMURA
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Publication number: 20150221606Abstract: A lead-free solder ball is provided which suppresses interfacial peeling in a bonding interface of a solder ball, fusion defects which develop between the solder ball and solder paste, and which can be used both with Ni electrodes plated with Au or the like and Cu electrodes having a water-soluble preflux applied atop Cu. The lead-free solder ball for electrodes of BGAs or CSPs consists of 1.6-2.9 mass % of Ag, 0.7-0.8 mass % of Cu, 0.05-0.08 mass % of Ni, and a remainder of Sn. It has excellent resistance to thermal fatigue and to drop impacts regardless of the type of electrodes of a printed circuit board to which it is bonded, which are Cu electrodes or Ni electrodes having Au plating or Au/Pd plating as surface treatment. The composition may include at least one element selected from Fe, Co, and Pt in a total amount of 0.003-0.1 mass % or at least one element selected from Bi, In, Sb, P, and Ge in a total emount of 0.003-0.1 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2012Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshie Yamanaka, Ken Tachibana, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Hikaru Nomura
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Publication number: 20150086263Abstract: A solder alloy has an alloy composition containing Zn of 3 through 25 mass %, Ti of 0.002 through 0.25 mass %, Al of 0.002 through 0.25 mass % and balance of Sn, a solder joint made of the solder alloy, and a jointing method using the solder alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Hikaru Nomura, Shunsaku Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 8975757Abstract: Solder used for flip chip bonding inside a semiconductor package was a Sn—Pb solder such as a Pb-5Sn composition. Lead-free solders which have been studied are hard and easily form intermetallic compounds with Sn, so they were not suitable for a flip chip connection structure inside a semiconductor package, which requires stress relaxation properties. This problem is eliminated by a flip chip connection structure inside a semiconductor package using a lead-free solder which is characterized by consisting essentially of 0.01-0.5 mass percent of Ni and a remainder of Sn. 0.3-0.9 mass percent of Cu and 0.001-0.01 mass percent of P may be added to this solder composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Ueshima, Masayuki Suzuki, Yoshie Yamanaka, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Tokuro Yamaki, Tsukasa Ohnishi
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Publication number: 20150037088Abstract: A lead-free solder alloy capable of forming solder joints in which electromigration and an increase in resistance during electric conduction at a high current density are suppressed has an alloy composition consisting essentially of 1.0-13.0 mass % of In, 0.1-4.0 mass % of Ag, 0.3-1.0 mass % of Cu, a remainder of Sn. The solder alloy has excellent tensile properties even at a high temperature exceeding 100° C. and can be used not only for CPUs but also for power semiconductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsukasa Ohnishi, Shunsaku Yoshikawa, Ken Tachibana, Yoshie Yamanaka, Hikaru Nomura, Kyu-oh Lee