Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Nishii

Toshihiro Nishii 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: 7059044
    Abstract: For the purpose of achieving enhanced reliability with respect to interlayer connections of printed wiring boards, a manufacturing method of printed wiring boards of the present invention includes any one of the steps of A) restricting the resin flowing in hot press processing, B) joining fiber reinforcements together by fusion or adhesion, C) having the thickness of a board material reduced after a filling process and D) forming a low fluidity layer via a filler mixed in a board material. Such properties as allowing the resin flowing in hot press processing to be controlled are provided to a material for manufacturing printed wiring boards of the present invention or to a volatile ingredient contained therein to allow the thickness of a board material to be reduced efficiently after a filling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Nishii
  • Patent number: 7018672
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing multi-layer circuit board comprising: a hole forming step for forming through-holes or blind-holes in a plate-form or sheet-form board material, and a filling step for filling a paste into through-holes or blind-holes formed in the hole forming step by using a filling means. A second paste is supplied to the paste in the filling process by using a paste supplying means to stabilized a viscosity of the paste and the paste is reliably filled into the through-holes or the blind-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takenaka, Toshihiro Nishii, Yuichiro Sugita, Shinji Nakamura, Hideaki Komoda, Toshikazu Kondo
  • Patent number: 6996902
    Abstract: A circuit board includes an electrical insulator layer formed of a reinforcer sheet with density distribution in its in-plane direction, an electrical conductor filled in a plurality of inner via holes provided in the electrical insulator layer in its thickness direction, and a wiring layer connected to the electrical conductor. The inner via holes provided in a high-density portion of the reinforcer sheet are formed to have a smaller cross-section than the inner via holes provided in a low-density portion of the reinforcer sheet. In this manner, it is possible to provide a circuit board that can achieve a high-density wiring and an inner via connection resistance with less variation, when a base material including a reinforcer sheet with density distribution in its in-plane direction such as a glass-epoxy base material is used for an insulator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Toshihiro Nishii, Satoru Tomekawa, Fumio Echigo
  • Patent number: 6993836
    Abstract: A circuit board having stable connection resistance can be obtained. The multi-layer circuit board includes the steps of making through-holes in a incompressible substrate having films on either side thereof via a bonding layer; filling conductive paste into the through-holes; removing the films from the substrate; laminating metallic foils to either side of the substrate and heating same under pressures to harden the bonding layer, bonding the metallic foils to the substrate and electrically connecting the sides of the substrate to each other; and forming a circuit pattern by machining the metallic foils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takenaka, Toshihiro Nishii, Shigeru Yamane, Shinji Nakamura, Hideaki Komoda, Kunio Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20050249933
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a clad board includes: sticking a releasing film to a pre-preg sheet; forming a non-through-hole or through-hole in the pre-preg sheet including the releasing film; filling the hole with conductive paste; peeling off the film; and heating and pressing a metal foil onto the pre-preg sheet. The clad board has a smooth face formed on one face or both the faces of the pre-preg sheet, so that the conductive paste is restrained from spreading in an interface between the pre-preg sheet and the releasing film. This structure can avoid short-circuit between circuits and prevent insulating reliability from lowering. As a result, an yield rate is improved, and a reliable circuit board is obtainable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamane, Eiji Kawamoto, Hideaki Komoda, Takeshi Suzuki, Toshihiro Nishii, Shinji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050233122
    Abstract: The invention presents a manufacturing method of laminated substrate capable of realizing small size of portable electronic appliances. Prepreg 141 is a thermosetting resin which holds a plate form in first temperature range, has a thermal fluidity in second temperature range, and is cured in third temperature range, and integrating process (118) includes softening (120) of heating prepreg (141) to second temperature range, and softening the resin impregnated in prepreg (141), forced flowing (122) of compressing prepreg (141) before prepreg (141) comes to third temperature range, and forcing the resin to flow into space and gap formed among semiconductor (105), resistor (106), and substrate (101), and hardening (123) of heating prepreg (141) to third temperature range. As a result, without using intermediate material, space and gap formed among semiconductor (105), resistor (106), and substrate (101) can be securely filled with resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Mikio Nishimura, Toshihiko Mori, Kazuhiko Honjou, Junichi Kimura, Toshihiro Nishii, Shinji Harada, Motoyoshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20050198818
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a circuit forming board, a first sheet having a first direction is transferred in a second direction, so that the first direction of the first sheet is parallel to the second direction. Films are stuck onto both surfaces of the first sheet while transferring the first sheet in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction of the first sheet. This method allows connecting member, such as conductive paste, to electrically coupling between layers of the circuit forming board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nishii, Yoshihiro Kawakita, Kunio Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20050117312
    Abstract: A laminated circuit board with electronic components buried therein comprises a substrate on which a land disposed on one main surface thereof is connected and fixed by solder to an integrated circuit (or the like). A sheet is laminated on the upper surface of the substrate. A filling portion by fluid resin is formed by clearance at the outer periphery of the integrated circuit (or the like). The sheet maintains its shape by woven or non-woven cloth having a hole in which the integrated circuit (or the like) is buried. The woven or non-woven cloth is impregnated with resin having heat fluidity and is thermally compressed. Thus, the electrical and mechanical connections between the laminated circuit board and electronic component can be enhanced in reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Junichi Kimura, Toshihiro Nishii, Akio Ochi, Shinji Harada
  • Patent number: 6893530
    Abstract: A method and system of cleaning to remove cutting dust and the like generated and adhering to a board material (1a) during drilling for electrical connection, and drying the board material, in a process of manufacturing a circuit board for small electronic equipment and the like. A large amount of board materials can be treated without receiving thermal damage by performing the steps of: placing sheets of the board material that have absorbed moisture resulting from cleaning, like a stack in a vacuum chamber (11); and drying the board material by repeating evacuation and pressurization under predetermined conditions while heating the board material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Kishimoto, Toshihiro Nishii, Toshiaki Takenaka, Shinji Nakamura, Akihiro Miura
  • Patent number: 6890449
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a PCB comprising the steps of: forming through-holes in a substrate having releasing layers on front and back faces; filling conductive paste in the through-holes; removing the releasing layers and disposing metal foil on both faces of the substrate; and heat pressing them. A diameter of the through-holes is larger than that of corresponding holes formed on the releasing layers. According to the present invention, when the conductive paste is compressed, conductive paste protruding from the surface of the substrate is trapped at the edges of the through-holes. This configuration prevents short circuits with undesirable wiring patterns. So, an enough amount of the conductive paste can protrude from the surface of the substrate. Therefore, after the compression, stable electric connections inside the conductive paste and between the conductive paste and the metal foils are ensured, thus PCBs with superior reliability can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawamoto, Shigeru Yamane, Toshiaki Takenaka, Toshihiro Nishii
  • Patent number: 6838164
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board, comprising the step of forming a hole by an energy beam such as a laser beam, wherein formation of a resin film by a substrate-material resin oozing to the inner-wall surface of a hole is prevented, by lowering the water-absorption percentage of a substrate material through the dehumidifying step as the preprocess of the hole-forming step for forming a through-hole or non-through-hole for interconnecting circuits formed on both sides or in multiple layers, thereby it is possible to realize high-quality hole-formation by preventing a defective resin film formation and obtain a high-reliability printed wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamane, Toshihiro Nishii, Shinji Nakamura, Masayuki Sakai
  • Patent number: 6833042
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a clad board includes: sticking a releasing film to a pre-preg sheet; forming a non-through-hole or through-hole in the pre-preg sheet including the releasing film; filling the hole with conductive paste; peeling off the film; and heating and pressing a metal foil onto the pre-preg sheet. The clad board has a smooth face formed on one face or both the faces of the pre-preg sheet, so that the conductive paste is restrained from spreading in an interface between the pre-preg sheet and the releasing film. This structure can avoid short-circuit between circuits and prevent insulating reliability from lowering. As a result, an yield rate is improved, and a reliable circuit board is obtainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamane, Eiji Kawamoto, Hideaki Komoda, Takeshi Suzuki, Toshihiro Nishii, Shinji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040248041
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a printing plate capable of preventing paste of high viscosity adhering to an edge of a squeegee from being transferred to and left on a through hole of a printed circuit board when the paste is being filled by a squeegeeing method. The printing plate has a metal sheet (3) provided with a squeegee cleaning section (7) formed thereon and fixed to the back surface of a slanting area (5) of mask (2) attached to a plate framework (1). The through hole of the printed circuit board is filled with paste only after paste of high viscosity adhering to the edge of the squeegee is removed by the squeegee cleaning section (7), to prevent the paste from being left on the through hole, and thereby achieving the printed circuit board of excellent quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takenaka, Toshihiro Nishii, Hideaki Komoda, Toshikazu Kondo, Shinji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6820331
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a clean high-quality circuit board by removing affected material and foreign matter produced when a hole is formed. A manufacturing method of the circuit board includes (a) preparing a film-coated board material by bonding a film material as a mask to a board material, (b) forming a hole in the film-coated board material by applying a laser beam thereto, and (c) selectively removing the unnecessary material sticking to the film-coated board material from the film-coated board material by supersonic cleaning without peeling the film material off the board material. Unnecessary material such as foreign matter is produced when the hole is formed, and the unnecessary material sticks to the board material. After removal of such unnecessary material, a conductive material is disposed in the hole, using the film material as a mask, and the film material is later removed from the board material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Kishimoto, Toshihiro Nishii, Toshiaki Takenaka, Shinji Nakamura, Akihiro Miura
  • Patent number: 6814836
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board, comprising the step of forming a hole by an energy beam such as a laser beam, wherein formation of a resin film by a substrate-material resin oozing to the inner-wall surface of a hole is prevented, by lowering the water-absorption percentage of a substrate material through the dehumidifying step as the preprocess of the hole-forming step for forming a through-hole or non-through-hole for interconnecting circuits formed on both sides or in multiple layers, thereby it is possible to realize high-quality hole-formation by preventing a defective resin film formation and obtain a high-reliability printed wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamane, Toshihiro Nishii, Shinji Nakamura, Masayuki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20040163247
    Abstract: In order to improve the adhesion of a circuit to a circuit forming board, a separation film (4) comprising a base film and a coating layer formed on the base film is joined to both the sides of the board (1). When a laser beam (5) is applied to form a throughhole (6) in the board (1), a unified portion (7) of the board (1) and the separation film (4) is formed around the throughhole (6). An energy beam is applied to the whole or a part of the surface of a circuit formed at a circuit forming step to transfer a part of the separation file. Thus, a high density board where the circuit strongly adheres to the board can be realized in the manufacturing process of the circuit forming board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Nishii
  • Publication number: 20040126516
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a clean high-quality circuit board by removing affected material and foreign matter produced when a hole is formed. A manufacturing method of the circuit board includes (a) preparing a film-coated board material by bonding a film material as a mask to a board material, (b) forming a hole in the film-coated board material by applying a laser beam thereto, and (c) selectively removing the unnecessary material sticking to the film-coated board material from the film-coated board material by supersonic cleaning without peeling the film material off the board material. Unnecessary material such as foreign matter is produced when the hole is formed, and the unnecessary material sticks to the board material. After removal of such unnecessary material, a conductive material is disposed in the hole, using the film material as a mask, and the film material is later removed from the board material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Kishimoto, Toshihiro Nishii, Toshiaki Takenaka, Shinji Nakamura, Akihiro Miura
  • Publication number: 20040075988
    Abstract: In a heat and press stage of manufacturing printed wiring boards, a functional surface layer having release property is provided on a surface of a cushion, and a blocking layer is prepared between the functional surface layer and an inner layer having cushion property so that a frequency of use of the cushion can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kiyohide Tatsumi, Toshihiro Nishii, Shinji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040067348
    Abstract: For the purpose of achieving enhanced reliability with respect to interlayer connections of printed wiring boards, a manufacturing method of printed wiring boards of the present invention comprises any one of the steps of A) restricting the resin flowing in hot press processing, B) joining fiber reinforcements together by fusion or adhesion, C) having the thickness of a board material reduced after a filling process and D) forming a low fluidity layer via a filler mixed in a board material. Such properties as allowing the resin flowing in hot press processing to be controlled are provided to a material for manufacturing printed wiring boards of the present invention or a volatile ingredient is contained therein to allow the thickness of a board material to be reduced efficiently after a filling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Toshihiro Nishii
  • Publication number: 20040058136
    Abstract: A circuit board ensuring electrical connections is provided. An insulated board material, having connecting means for connecting a layer to another layer, includes a reinforcing member. A thickness of the entire insulated board material is at least equal to or not more than 1.5 times of a thickness of the reinforcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nishii, Yasuharu Fukui, Kiyohide Tatsumi, Yoshihiro Kawakita, Shinji Nakamura, Hideaki Komoda