Coaxial cable and manufacturing method of the same

1. A method for manufacturing a coaxial cable, comprising:

forming a first internal insulating layer on an outer periphery of an electric conductor, the first internal insulating layer including a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinyl ether copolymer;

forming a second internal insulating layer on an outer periphery of the first internal insulating layer, the second internal insulating layer including a fluorine-containing polymer in which a compound of one kind or more selected from an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an ester thereof is grafted onto a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinyl ether copolymer;

forming a conductive layer on an outer periphery of the second internal insulating layer, by applying the metal nanoparticle paste on an outer periphery of the second internal insulating layer, the paste consisting of solvent and silver or copper nanoparticles dispersed in the solvent, and sintering the silver or copper nanoparticles by irradiating the metal nanoparticle paste, with a laser beam having a wavelength which is 1 μm or less and which is easily absorbed by the silver or copper nanoparticles, from a laser as a light source, while volatilizing the solvent; and

forming an external insulating layer on an outer periphery of the conductive layer, the external insulating layer including a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinyl ether copolymer.

2. A manufacturing method of a coaxial cable comprising:

forming a first internal insulating layer including a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinyl ether copolymer, on an outer periphery of an electric conductor;

forming a second internal insulating layer on an outer periphery of the first internal insulating layer, the second internal insulating layer including a fluorine-containing polymer in which a compound of one kind or more selected from an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an ester thereof is grafted onto a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinyl ether copolymer;

applying a metal nanoparticles paste consisting of solvent and metal nanoparticles dispersed in the solvent on an outer periphery of the second internal insulating layer;

forming a conductive layer on an outer periphery of the second internal insulating layer, by irradiating the metal nanoparticle paste applied on the outer periphery of the internal insulating layer, with a laser beam having a wavelength which is 1 μm or less and which is easily absorbed by the metal nanoparticles, from a laser as a light source, while volatilizing the solvent; and

forming an external insulating layer on the outer periphery of the conductive layer.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the metal nanoparticles of the metal nanoparticle paste are silver particles or copper particles, each of said metal nanoparticles having an average particle size of 100 nm or less.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a Nd:YAG laser capable of emitting the laser beam having a wavelength of 532 nm, is used as the laser.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the external insulating layer includes a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinyl ether copolymer.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

the metal nanoparticles in the metal nanoparticle paste are silver particles or copper particles, each of the metal nanoparticles having an average particle size of 100 nm or less;

and

the external insulating layer includes a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinyl ether copolymer.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a Nd:YAG laser is used as the laser.

8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the wavelength of the laser beam is 1 μm or less and 532 nm or more.