Composite Patents (Class 428/607)
  • Publication number: 20140272450
    Abstract: A braze foil (10) formed of a plurality of layers (12, 14, 16) of differing compositions wherein a combined melt of the foil has a desired braze composition, and wherein each layer is sufficiently ductile to be rolled into foil form, even though the desired braze composition is too strong or brittle to be fabricated as a foil Each interface (18,20) between layers may establish a near eutectic composition for initiating melting at the eutectic temperature, with the layer thicknesses selected so that as melting progresses away from the interfaces, the near eutectic composition is maintained within the melt puddles For certain nickel-based superalloy brazing applications, a foil having a layer of pure titanium, hafnium or zirconium may be sandwiched between respective alloy layers of 5-22% chrome-balance nickel
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazim Ozbaysal, Ahmed Kamel
  • Patent number: 8809696
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper surface treatment method capable of keeping certainly a bonding strength between a copper surface and a resist, or between a copper surface and an insulating resin without forming irregularities having sizes of more than 1 ?m on the copper surface, and a copper treated with the method. The surface treatment method, comprising: a first step of forming, on a copper surface, a nobler metal than the copper discretely; a second step, subsequent to the first step, of forming copper oxide on the copper surface by oxidation with an alkaline solution containing an oxidizing agent; and third step of dissolving the copper oxide so as to be removed, thereby forming irregularities on the copper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamashita, Sumiko Nakajima, Sadao Itou, Fumio Inoue, Shigeharu Arike
  • Patent number: 8722186
    Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Micrometal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Burke, James E. Haller
  • Publication number: 20140057123
    Abstract: Provided is a copper foil with surface treated layers, wherein a copper foil or a copper alloy foil includes a plurality of surface treated layers configured from a roughened layer formed on the copper foil or the copper alloy foil by roughening treatment, a heat-resistant layer made from a Ni—Co layer formed on the roughened layer, and a weathering layer and a rust-preventive layer which contain Zn, Ni, and Cr and is formed on the heat-resistant layer, and the surface treated layers having a (total Zn)/[(total Zn)+(total Ni)] ratio of 0.13 or more and 0.23 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideta Arai, Atsushi Miki
  • Publication number: 20140048791
    Abstract: There are provided an electrode foil which has all the functions of a supporting base material, an electrode and a reflective layer and also has a superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil, wherein the electrode foil has at least one outermost surface which is an ultra-smooth surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 10.0 nm or less as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUURA, Nozomu KITAJIMA, Naohiko ABE
  • Publication number: 20130330567
    Abstract: The invention relates to reactive metallic systems and to methods of producing reactive metallic systems. Such systems consist of metallic particles in the form of powders or pastes, or of metallic multilayer structures. To prevent the reaction product of the described self-propagating reactions from being a brittle material, it is suggested in the invention that the reactive metallic system be designed as a multilayer structure made up of thin layers of ruthenium and aluminium deposited sequentially one upon the other, or as a powder consisting of ruthenium and aluminium particles. The object is established according to the invention by selecting Ru/Al as the basic system. The strongest exothermic reaction and thus the greatest amount of liberated heat are to be expected from stoichiometrically constructed reactive systems. The heat of formation is highest here.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAET DES SAARLANDES
    Inventors: Karsten Woll, Frank Muecklich
  • Publication number: 20130295407
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil excellent in softening resistance performance which reduces decrease in tensile strength after heat treatment at about 350° C. to 400° C. In order to achieve the object, a surface-treated copper foil provided with a rust-proofing treatment layer on both surfaces of a copper foil in which a rust-proofing treatment layer is constituted by zinc alloy, and the either rust-proofing treatment layer is a zinc alloy layer having zinc amount of 20 mg/m2 to 1,000 mg/m2; and the copper foil contains one or two or more of small amount elements selected from carbon, sulfur, chlorine and nitrogen, and a sum amount thereof is 100 ppm or more is adopted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Obata, Shinya Hiraoka, Fumiaki Hosokoshi, Ayumu Tateoka, Hideaki Matsushima, Koichi Miyake, Sakiko Tomonaga, Tomoyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8563142
    Abstract: A dual brazing alloy element for a materially integral connection of a ceramic surface to a metallic surface includes a first layer having a Ni-based brazing alloy with a Ni content of at least 50% by weight and having at least one component configured to lower a melting point of the Ni-based brazing alloy selected from the group consisting of Si, B, Mn, Sn and Ge. A second layer includes an active brazing alloy material having a total content of 1-15% by weight of at least one active element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Hf, Zr and V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bossmann, Alexander Schnell
  • Publication number: 20130270218
    Abstract: A rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil for an electronic circuit to be used for forming a circuit by etching, characterized in comprising a layer of metal of one or more types among a platinum group, gold and silver with an etching rate that is lower than the copper formed on an etching surface side of the rolled copper foil or the electrolytic copper foil, or alternatively comprising a layer of an alloy having the above-described metal as its main component. The following can be achieved upon forming a circuit by etching a copper foil of a copper clad laminate: sagging caused by the etching is prevented; a uniform circuit of the intended circuit width is formed; the time required to form a circuit by etching is reduced; etching properties in pattern etching are improved; and the occurrence of short circuits and defects in the circuit width are prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamanishi, Kengo Kaminaga, Ryo Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 8557392
    Abstract: In order to provide a flexible laminate circuit board using a surface treated copper foil satisfying all of a bonding strength of a copper foil with respect to polyimide, acid resistance, and etching property, in a flexible laminate circuit board formed by a copper foil on the surface of a polyimide resin layer, the copper foil is a surface treated copper foil formed by depositing an Ni—Zn alloy onto at least one surface of a untreated copper foil, and the Zn deposition amount in the deposited Ni—Zn alloy is 6% or more and 15% or less of the (Ni deposition amount+Zn deposition amount), and the Zn deposition amount is 0.08 mg/dm2 or more to provide a flexible copper clad laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujisawa, Yuji Suzuki, Takeo Uno, Koichi Hattori, Naoya Kuwasaki
  • Publication number: 20130260171
    Abstract: A charge collection tape is disclosed that includes a foil substrate and an adhesive layer laminated on the foil substrate. The foil substrate is constructed of an aluminum base foil having a conductive metal coating overlying and in direct contact with a non-oxidized surface of the aluminum base foil. A method of making the charge collection tape is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ADHESIVES RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventor: Brian A. HARKINS
  • Publication number: 20130247373
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a printed wiring board which reduces production steps, is excellent in infrared laser processability, and is suitable for formation of an excellent wiring pattern; and to provide a copper foil for laser processing and a copper-clad laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Joji FUJII, Hiroaki TSUYOSHI, Hiroto IIDA, Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Mitsuyoshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20130240257
    Abstract: Provided is a copper foil for a printed wiring board, the copper foil being suitable for achieving finer pitch, favorable in terms of manufacturing cost, and excellent both in etching ability and adhesion to an insulating substrate. The copper foil for a printed wiring board comprises a copper foil base material and a covering layer for covering at least a portion of a surface of the copper foil base material, wherein the covering layer is formed by an nickel-vanadium alloy layer containing nickel and vanadium, and a chromium layer, laminated in this order from the surface of the copper foil base material; the chromium layer contains chromium in an amount of 15-210 ?g/dm2; the nickel-vanadium alloy layer contains nickel and vanadium in a combined covering amount of 20-600 ?g/dm2; and the nickel-vanadium alloy layer contains vanadium in an amount of 3-70 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro Tanaka, Misato Chuganji
  • Publication number: 20130236737
    Abstract: A metal foil including: a steel layer whose thickness is 10 to 200 ?m; an alloy layer which contains Fe and Al and which is formed on the steel layer; and an Al-containing metal layer arranged on the alloy layer, wherein, when a cutting-plane line of a surface of the Al-containing metal layer is defined as a contour curve and an approximation straight line of the contour curve is defined as a contour average straight line, a maximum point, whose distance from the contour average straight line is more than 10 ?m, is absent on the contour curve, and a thickness of the alloy layer is 0.1 to 8 ?m and the alloy layer contains an Al7Cu2Fe intermetallic compound or FeAl3 based intermetallic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Shinichi Terashima, Takayuki Kobayashi, Masamoto Tanaka, Masami Fujishima, Masao Kurosaki, Jun Maki, Hideaki Suda, Shuji Nagasaki
  • Publication number: 20130216855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier-attached copper foil, wherein an ultrathin copper foil is not peeled from the carrier prior to the lamination to an insulating substrate, but can be peeled from the carrier after the lamination to the insulating substrate. A carrier-attached copper foil comprising a copper foil carrier, an intermediate layer laminated on the copper foil carrier, and an ultrathin copper layer laminated on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate foil is configured with a Ni layer in contact with an interface of the copper foil carrier and a Cr layer in contact with an interface of the ultrathin copper layer, said Ni layer containing 1,000-40,000 ?g/dm2 of Ni and said Cr layer containing 10-100 ?g/dm2 of Cr is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Tomota Nagaura, Kazuhiko Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20130216854
    Abstract: The present invention is a vacuum insulated panel (VIP) for increasing the thermal insulation surrounding a structure or volume, and a novel method for manufacturing the VIP. The VIP comprises at least two pieces of thin metal foil welded together adjacent the edges of said metal foil, said thin metal foil material defining the exterior of a sealed and gas evacuated vacuum enclosure; and a vacuum insulation panel core located between said at least two pieces of welded thin metal foil material, said vacuum insulation panel core located inside said sealed and gas evacuated vacuum enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Alan Feinerman, Prateek Gupta
  • Patent number: 8512873
    Abstract: To provide a surface treated copper foil satisfying all of the bonding strength to polyimide film, chemical resistance, and etching property, and to provide a CCL using the surface treated copper foil, a surface treated copper foil is formed being comprising an untreated copper foil on at least one surface of which Ni—Zn alloy is deposited, wherein Zn content (wt %)=Zn deposition amount/(Ni deposition amount+Zn deposition amount)×100 is 6% or more and 15% or less, and Zn deposition amount is 0.08 mg/dm2 or more, or, a CCL is formed being comprising a surface treated copper foil and a polyimide film laminated on the surface treated copper foil, wherein the surface treated copper foil comprises an untreated copper foil on at least one surface of which Ni—Zn alloy is deposited, Zn content (wt %)=Zn deposition amount/(Ni deposition amount+Zn deposition amount)×100 is 6% or more and 15% or less, and Zn deposition amount is 0.08 mg/dm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujisawa, Yuji Suzuki, Takeo Uno
  • Patent number: 8500870
    Abstract: Methods of producing corrosion-inhibiting aluminum foil products suitable for culinary use involve metallurgical sequestration of aluminum radicals by applying a copper-containing barrier metal layer to a substrate aluminum foil, followed by application of a biocompatible, lipid-based sealant layer to seal any gaps in the barrier layer and provide a non-stick coating. The sealant, which has a vegetable cooking oil, or oil mixture, as its primary ingredient, may also function as a natural antimicrobial and/or anti-fungal agent. Various sealant additives may increase the thermal stability of the oil base, enhance the antimicrobial properties thereof, and increase shelf life. Aluminum foil products include a coated aluminum foil with a copper-containing barrier layer applied to an aluminum substrate layer, with a sealant layer applied to the barrier layer. The coated foil may be wound in a coil around a hollow tube which contains a desiccant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Marc S. Werblud
  • Patent number: 8470450
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a two-layered copper-clad laminate with improved folding endurance, wherein the two-layered copper-clad laminate retains folding endurance of 150 times or more measured with a folding endurance test based on JIS C6471 by subjecting the laminate in which a copper layer is formed on a polyimide film through sputtering and plate processing to heat treatment at a temperature of 100° C. or more but not exceeding 175° C. Specifically, provided are a method of producing a two-layered copper-clad laminate (two-layered CCL material) in which a copper layer is formed on a polyimide film through sputtering and plate processing, wherein the rupture of the outer lead part of a circuit can be prevented due to the improvement in folding endurance; and a two-layered copper-clad laminate obtained from the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 8449987
    Abstract: Provided is a rolled copper or copper alloy foil having a roughened surface formed of fine copper particles, obtained by subjecting a rolled copper or copper alloy foil to roughening plating with a plating bath containing copper sulfate (Cu equivalent of 1 to 50 g/L), 1 to 150 g/L of sulfuric acid, and one or more additives selected among sodium octyl sulfate, sodium decyl sulfate, and sodium dodecyl sulfate under the conditions of a temperature of 20 to 50° C. and a current density of 10 to 100 A/dm2. The provided rolled copper or copper alloy foil subject to roughening is reduced in craters which are obvious defects unique to rolled copper or copper alloy foils having a roughened surface, has high strength, adhesive strength with the resin layer, acid resistance and anti-tin plating solution properties, high peel strength, favorable etching properties and gloss level, and also suits for use in producing a flexible printed wiring board capable of bearing a fine wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Kobayashi, Atsushi Miki, Keisuke Yamanishi
  • Publication number: 20130095003
    Abstract: A high-temperature-resistant component for an exhaust-gas treatment unit, an exhaust-gas treatment unit and a method for producing such a unit, include providing the component or the exhaust-gas treatment unit with a surface layer intended to prevent the formation of chromium carbide bridges during a brazing process for producing the exhaust-gas treatment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUER EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBH
    Inventor: Amitec Gesellschaft Fuer Emissionstechnologie
  • Publication number: 20130069042
    Abstract: There are provided an electrode foil which has both the functions of a supporting base material and a reflective electrode and also has a superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil and a reflective layer provided directly on the metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Matsuura, Nozomu Kitajima, Naohiko Abe
  • Publication number: 20130065074
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a carbon-nanomaterial-supported catalyst, including: a carbon nanomaterial, and a polymer grafted onto the carbon nanomaterial, wherein the polymer has a repeat unit containing a phosphonium salt and its molecular weight is 1,000-200,000. The disclosure is also related to a method of preparing carbonate, which includes using the carbon nanomaterial-supported catalyst for the cycloaddition reaction of carbon dioxide into the epoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kuo-Chan CHIOU, Lu-Shih LIAO, Chen-Lung LIN
  • Patent number: 8394509
    Abstract: Object is to provide a surface-treated copper foil free from chromium in the surface-treatment layer and excellent in peel strength of a circuit and chemical resistance against to degradation of the peel strength after processing into a printed wiring board. To achieve the object, the surface-treated copper foil having a surface-treatment layer on a bonding surface of a copper foil for manufacturing a copper-clad laminate by laminating it to an insulating resin substrate has the surface-treatment layer formed by depositing a metal component having high melting point not lower than 1400° C. by dry process film formation method to the bonding surface of the copper foil after the cleaning treatment and further depositing a carbon component to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Nagatani, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazufumi Izumida
  • Publication number: 20130060340
    Abstract: A coating for a CoCrMo substrate including a first layer located directly on the substrate and including Ta(CoCrMo)0.5-2.0, a second layer located directly on the first layer and including tantalum, a third layer located directly on the second layer and including tantalum carbide, and a fourth layer located directly on the third layer and including diamond-like carbon (DLC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SYNTHES USA, LLC
    Inventor: Synthes USA, LLC
  • Publication number: 20130048976
    Abstract: There are provided an electrode foil which has all the functions of a supporting base material, an electrode and a reflective layer and also has a superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil, wherein the electrode foil has at least one outermost surface which is an ultra-smooth surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 10.0 nm or less as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Matsuura, Nozomu Kitajima, Naohiko Abe
  • Publication number: 20130040162
    Abstract: Provided is an industrially excellent surface-treated copper foil which satisfies requirements for adhesiveness to an insulating resin such as polyimide, heat-resistant adhesiveness, chemical resistance and soft etching properties. Also provided is a method for producing a surface-treated copper foil which achieves a high adhesion strength between an insulating resin and the copper foil, shows high chemical resistance in circuit formation and sustains good soft etching properties after forming vias by laser-processing. A base copper foil is subjected to a roughening treatment to give a surface roughness (Rz) of 1.1 ?m or below. On the roughened surface, an Ni—Zn alloy layer is formed. The aforesaid roughening treatment is conducted in such a manner that the roughened surface comprises sharp-pointed convexes, which have a width of 0.3-0.8 ?m, a height of 0.6-1.8 ?m and an aspect ratio of 1.2-3.5, and the surface roughness (Rz) of said base copper foil is increased by 0.05-0.3 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujisawa, Takeo Uno, Koichi Hattori
  • Patent number: 8329315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultra thin copper foil with a very low profile copper foil as a carrier, comprising a carrier foil a release layer and an ultra thin copper foil. The copper foil with the Very Low Profile, smooth on both sides (i.e. VLP copper foil) is used as the carrier foil, the said very low profile copper foil for supporting the ultra thin copper foil can bring advantages of no pinhole, excellent thickness uniformity and low surface roughness. The impact of a release layer on the bond strength between the carrier foil and the ultra thin copper foil is very significant, the release layer is composed of a quaternary metal alloy with peelability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Jen Tzou, Ya Mei Lin
  • Patent number: 8283051
    Abstract: A plated product made of a substrate having formed thereon an alloy barrier thin film for preventing copper diffusion contains metal B, which has barrier properties in relation to copper and enables displacement plating with the copper ions contained in an electroless copper plating solution, and metal A, which tends to have less ionization than metal B in an electroless copper plating solution at a pH of 10 or higher; the alloy barrier thin film for preventing copper diffusion has a composition wherein metal A constitutes between 15 and 35 at % of the atoms; and a copper thin film is formed on the alloy barrier thin film by electroless plating using an electroless copper plating solution at a pH of 10 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Ito, Atsushi Yabe, Junnosuke Sekiguchi, Toru Imori, Yasuhiro Yamakoshi, Shinichiro Senda
  • Publication number: 20120196144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultra thin copper foil with a very low profile copper foil as a carrier, comprising a carrier foil a release layer and an ultra thin copper foil. The copper foil with the Very Low Profile, smooth on both sides (i.e. VLP copper foil) is used as the carrier foil, the said very low profile copper foil for supporting the ultra thin copper foil can bring advantages of no pinhole, excellent thickness uniformity and low surface roughness. The impact of a release layer on the bond strength between the carrier foil and the ultra thin copper foil is very significant, the release layer is composed of a quaternary metal alloy with peelability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Ming Jen Tzou, Ya Mei Lin
  • Publication number: 20120164470
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide core-sheath nanostructures and methods for forming such nanostructures. In one embodiment, a method for forming core-sheath nanostructures includes stirring an aqueous dispersion containing silver nanostructures while adding a catalytic metal salt solution to the aqueous dispersion and forming catalytic metal coated silver nanostructures during a galvanic replacement process. The method further includes stirring an organic solvent dispersion containing the catalytic metal coated silver nanostructures dispersed in an organic solvent while adding a nickel salt solution to the organic solvent dispersion, and thereafter, adding a reducing solution to the organic solvent dispersion to form silver-nickel core-sheath nanostructures during a nickel coating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurtis Leschkies, Roman Gouk, Steven Verhaverbeke, Robert Visser
  • Patent number: 8202626
    Abstract: A brass-plated steel wire for reinforcing rubber articles capable of surely improving adhesiveness between brass-plated steel wire and rubber and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Bridgestone
    Inventors: Shinichi Musha, Kiyotaka Sueyoshi
  • Publication number: 20120148862
    Abstract: A copper foil for a printed circuit board is provided. The copper foil includes a layer including nickel, zinc, a compound of nickel and that of zinc (hereinafter referred to as a “nickel zinc layer”) on a roughened surface of a copper foil and a chromate film layer on the nickel zinc layer. The zinc add-on weight per unit area of the nickel zinc layer is 180 ?g/dm2 or more and 3500 ?g/dm2 or less, and the nickel weight ratio in the nickel zinc layer {nickel add-on weight/(nickel add-on weight+zinc add-on weight)} is 0.38 or more and 0.7 or less. This surface treatment technology of a copper foil is able to effectively prevent the circuit corrosion phenomenon in cases of laminating a copper foil on a resin base material and using a sulfuric acid hydrogen peroxide etching solution to perform soft etching to the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: JX Nippon Mining and Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Terumasa Moriyama, Kengo Kaminaga
  • Patent number: 8187722
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil with carrier sheet which permits releasing of the carrier sheet from the copper foil layer even when hot pressing at a temperature exceeding 300° C. is applied in the production of a printed wiring board. In order to achieve the object, a copper foil with physically releasable carrier sheet having a copper foil layer on the surface of the carrier sheet through a bonding interface layer, characterized in that the bonding interface layer is composed of a metal layer and a carbon layer. It is preferable for the bonding interface layer to be composed of a metal layer of 1 nm to 50 nm thick and a carbon layer of 1 nm to 20 nm thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Nagatani, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazufumi Izumida
  • Patent number: 8187723
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil comprising an electrodeposited copper foil with a chromium-free rust-proofing layer which exhibits good performance in peel strength and resistance to peel loss after chemical treatment as a printed wiring board. The surface-treated copper foil comprises a rust-proofing layer and a silane coupling agent layer formed on an electrodeposited copper foil , wherein the rust-proofing layer comprises a nickel layer having a thickness by weight of 5 to 40 mg/m2 and a tin layer having a thickness by weight of 5 to 40 mg/m2 stacked in this order, and the silane coupling layer is applied on top of the tin layer. The surface-treated copper foil may be further coated with a very thin primer resin layer having a thickness of 0.5 to 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuhiro Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20120107637
    Abstract: A copper foil for a semiconductor package substrate comprising a chromate treatment layer or a coating layer made of zinc or zinc oxide and chromium oxide formed on a roughened surface of a copper foil to serve as an adherend surface with resin, and a silane coupling agent layer. With this copper foil for a semiconductor package substrate, the amount of Cr in the chromate coating layer is 25 to 150 ?g/dm2, and the amount of Zn is 150 ?g/dm2 or less. Moreover, with this copper foil for a semiconductor package substrate, the silane coupling agent layer contains tetraalkoxysilane, and at least one type of alkoxysilane comprising a functional group possessing reactivity with resin. Provided is an electrolytic treatment technique of a copper foil capable of effectively preventing the circuit corrosion phenomenon upon laminating a copper foil on a resin base material, and using a sulfuric acid-based etching solution to perform soft etching to a circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumiaki Akase
  • Patent number: 8142905
    Abstract: Provided is a copper foil for a printed circuit board comprising a layer including nickel, zinc, a compound of nickel and that of zinc (hereinafter referred to a “nickel zinc layer”) on a roughened surface of a copper foil, and a chromate film layer on the nickel zinc layer, wherein the zinc add-on weight per unit area of the nickel zinc layer is 180 ?g/dm2 or more and 3500 ?g/dm2 or less, and the nickel weight ratio in the nickel zinc layer {nickel add-on weight/(nickel add-on weight+zinc add-on weight)} is 0.38 or more and 0.7 or less. This surface treatment technology of a copper foil is able to effectively prevent the circuit corrosion phenomenon in cases of laminating a copper foil on a resin base material and using a sulfuric acid hydrogen peroxide etching solution to perform soft etching to the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Terumasa Moriyama, Kengo Kaminaga
  • Publication number: 20120040202
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of materials science and material physics and relates to a coated magnetic alloy material, which can be used, for example, as a magnetic cooling material for cooling purposes. The object of the present invention is to disclose a coated magnetic alloy material, which has improved mechanical and/or chemical properties. The object is attained with a magnetic alloy material with a NaZn13 type crystal structure and a composition according to the formula RaFe100-a-x-y-zTxMyLz and the surface of which is coated with a material composed of at least one element from the group Al, Si, C, Sn, Ti, V, Cd, Cr, Mn, W, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pd, Ag, Pt, Au or combinations thereof The object is furthermore attained by a method in which the magnetic alloy material is coated by means of a method from the liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Julia Lyubina, Mihaela Buschbeck, Oliver Gutfleisch
  • Patent number: 8101285
    Abstract: A metallic material for a connecting part, having a rectangular wire material of copper or a copper alloy as a base material, and formed at an outermost surface thereof, a copper-tin alloy layer substantially composed of copper and tin, wherein the copper-tin alloy layer of the outermost surface further contains at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc, indium, antimony, gallium, lead, bismuth, cadmium, magnesium, silver, gold, and aluminum, in a total amount of 0.01% or more and 1% or less in terms of mass ratio with respect to the content of the tin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Mitose, Shuichi Kitagawa, Yoshiaki Ogiwara
  • Publication number: 20110297641
    Abstract: Provided is a rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil for an electronic circuit to be used for forming a circuit by etching, wherein the copper foil comprises a nickel or nickel alloy layer with a lower etching rate than copper formed on an etching side of the rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil, and a heat resistance layer composed of zinc or zinc alloy or its oxide formed on the nickel or nickel alloy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamanishi, Kengo Kaminaga, Ryo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20110300401
    Abstract: A rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil for an electronic circuit to be used for forming a circuit by etching, characterized in comprising a layer of metal of one or more types among a platinum group, gold and silver with an etching rate that is lower than the copper formed on an etching surface side of the rolled copper foil or the electrolytic copper foil, or alternatively comprising a layer of an alloy having the above-described metal as its main component. This invention aims to achieve the following upon forming a circuit by etching a copper foil of a copper clad laminate; specifically, to prevent sagging caused by the etching; to form a uniform circuit of the intended circuit width; to shorten the time of forming a circuit by etching as much as possible; to improve the etching properties in pattern etching; and to prevent the occurrence of short circuits and defects in the circuit width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamanishi, Kengo Kaminaga, Ryo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20110293960
    Abstract: Provided is a rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil for an electronic circuit to be used for forming a circuit by etching, wherein the copper foil comprises a heat resistance layer composed of zinc or zinc alloy or its oxide formed on an etching side of the rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil, and a layer of nickel or nickel alloy, which is a metal or alloy with a lower etching rate than copper, formed on the heat resistance layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Yamanishi, Kengo Kaminaga, Ryo Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 8064219
    Abstract: A ceramic substrate part comprising on its upper surface pluralities of external electrodes comprising wire-bonding electrodes, each of which comprises a primer layer based on Ag or Cu, a Ni-based lower layer, an intermediate layer based on a Pd—P alloy containing 0.4-5% by mass of P, and a Au-based upper layer formed in this order on a ceramic substrate, the upper layer containing Pd after heated by soldering, and having a Au concentration of 80 atomic % or more based on the total concentration (100 atomic %) of Au and Pd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumitake Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8054611
    Abstract: A porous metal thin film formed from aluminum has a film structure in which domains having an average diameter of 200 nm or more, and 500 nm or less and being formed through aggregation of a plurality of grains having an average grain diameter of 50 nm or more, and 160 nm or less are distributed discretely at an average distance of 5 nm or more, and 40 nm or less, wherein the area occupied by the above-described domains is 60% or more, and 90% or less in a cross-section in any direction of the porous metal thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8048823
    Abstract: A foil for producing a metal honeycomb or catalyst carrier body, has an average surface roughness of more than 0.3 ?m (micrometers) on both surfaces in at least one measurement direction. Preferably, the foil is rolled and has an average surface roughness of more than 0.3 or 0.5 ?m, especially approximately 0.6 ?m, in the rolling direction and/or transverse thereto. The foil can have an oxide coating with a thickness between 60 and 80 or between 70 and 75 nm (nanometers) on both surfaces. Despite the roughness, an even thickness of the oxide coating with a tolerance of less than 10% or 5% is advantageous on both surfaces. The foil allows production of durable honeycomb bodies, especially for exhaust systems of internal combustion engines, requiring an exactly defined distribution and quality of compounds in the interior thereof. A honeycomb body and method of production using a foil, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Sven Schepers, Jan Hodgson, Kait Althöfer
  • Publication number: 20110189499
    Abstract: To provide a surface treated copper foil satisfying all of the bonding strength to polyimide film, chemical resistance, and etching property, and to provide a CCL using the surface treated copper foil, a surface treated copper foil is formed being comprising an untreated copper foil on at least one surface of which Ni—Zn alloy is deposited, wherein Zn content (wt %)=Zn deposition amount/(Ni deposition amount+Zn deposition amount)×100 is 6% or more and 15% or less, and Zn deposition amount is 0.08 mg/dm2 or more, or, a CCL is formed being comprising a surface treated copper foil and a polyimide film laminated on the surface treated copper foil, wherein the surface treated copper foil comprises an untreated copper foil on at least one surface of which Ni—Zn alloy is deposited, Zn content (wt %)=Zn deposition amount/(Ni deposition amount+Zn deposition amount)×100 is 6% or more and 15% or less, and Zn deposition amount is 0.08 mg/dm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujisawa, Yuji Suzuki, Takeo Uno
  • Patent number: 7985485
    Abstract: A copper foil reducing transmission loss at a high frequency and excellent in bond strength with a resin substrate, including at least a granular layer and a columnar layer in its thickness direction, the columnar layer being formed on at least one surface of the granular layer forming the copper foil or the granular layer being formed on at least one surface of the columnar layer forming the copper foil, the relation of the thickness A of the granular layer and the thickness B of the columnar layer in the copper foil being preferably A/(A+B)=40 to 99%, a method of production and apparatus for production for the same, and a high frequency circuit using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takami Moteki, Yuuji Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hoshino, Kensaku Shinozaki, Akira Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20110171486
    Abstract: A copper foil reducing transmission loss at a high frequency and excellent in bond strength with a resin substrate, including at least a granular layer and a columnar layer in its thickness direction, the columnar layer being formed on at least one surface of the granular layer forming the copper foil or the granular layer being formed on at least one surface of the columnar layer forming the copper foil, the relation of the thickness A of the granular layer and the thickness B of the columnar layer in the copper foil being preferably A/(A+B)=40 to 99%, a method of production and apparatus for production for the same, and a high frequency circuit using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takami MOTEKI, Yuuji Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hoshino, Kensaku Shinozaki, Akira Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7976956
    Abstract: A through-hole type laminated circuit board is given with high reliability of electrical connection using copper foil and conductive paste containing low melting point metal without generating harmful void and crack at boundary between the copper foil and conductive paste metal. The laminated circuit board is made by laminating a multiple number of resin boards with roughening treated copper foils at least on their one surface sides with roughening projection deposition of less than 150 mg/dm2 to make surface roughness Rz of 0.3 to 10 ?m and height of the projection to be 0.3 to 10 ?m. Surface roughness of the original foil is 0.1 to 5 ?m and the amount of copper metal atoms of roughening treated layer is set at 4 times or less than the amount of diffusible conductive paste metal atoms containing low melting point metal into the roughening treated layer on the foil surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignees: Furukawa Circuit Foil., Ltd., The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Suzuki, Yuuki Kikuchi, Satoru Zama
  • Patent number: 7972709
    Abstract: A Cu—Zn alloy strip and Sn plating strip thereof having improved thermal peel resistance of Sn Plating is provided. In a Cu—Zn alloy strip comprising 15 to 40% by mass of Zn and a balance of Cu and unavoidable impurities, the total concentration of P, As, Sb and Bi is regulated to 100 ppm by mass or less, the total concentration of Ca and Mg is regulated to 100 ppm by mass or less, and the concentrations of O and S are each regulated to 30 ppm by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takaaki Hatano